Moving to new Host - assistance needed

[zavaf32]

Hi simmers,

We have been using phpVMS with Kacars for a couple of years now.

The ISP we have been with is closing down, and we need to move to a new host.

The current host is running on KonsoleH and the new one on CPanel

Even though we did inquire beforehand if there would be issues with the migration,

everybody assured us that the move over will be a walk in the park,

needless to say, that didn't work that way

We did as instructed, zipped the complete route of the old host and exported the DB's manually.

This was uploaded to the new site. The new Host did create the folders & import the DB's.

We have the main site - www.abcde.org and two subs forum.abcde.org and acars.abcde.org,

the latter running phpVMS.

As we all our seriously impaired when it comes to website issues, we could not migrate successfully.

With the help of Google and LOTS of time, we managed to get the main site ( running wordpress )

up and also the forum ( running phpBB ), as info is more commonly available.

It entailed basically settings of the DB, user/name/password etc

Now we sit with a problem that phpVMS is still broken.

1. to open the preview site takes VERY-VERY long ( the WP & phpBB sites are up in a flash )

2.

[servetas]

Following the following steps and you should be able to transfer phpVMS.

1. Download the phpVMS from the old web hosting provider using ftp or the panel they offer to you if it offers a file manager.

2. Export the database from the old web hosting provider (probably using phpmyadmin).

3. Login to your new web hosting provider cpanel.

4. Upload the phpVMS files using ftp or cpanel's file manager.

5. Go to Mysql Database Wizard and create a new database. Create the database, create the user of the database and add the required permissions to the user over the database. Most users forget or miss to add the required permissions. http://prnt.sc/b06nlm Just select "All Priviledges".

6. Go to the phpVMS files on the new server and navigate to core. Open local.config.php file and find the following settings:

define('DBASE_USER', 'the-database-user-name');
define('DBASE_PASS', 'the-database-user-password');
define('DBASE_NAME', 'the-database-name');
define('DBASE_SERVER', 'localhost');
define('DBASE_TYPE', 'mysql');
define('TABLE_PREFIX', 'do-not-edit-this-leave-it-as-it-is-on-your-current-phpvms');
define('SITE_URL', 'the-new-phpvms-url-if-it-has-changed-after-the-web-hosting-provider-change');

I hope that you will manage to transfer it.

[zavaf32]

1. Download the phpVMS from the old web hosting provider using ftp or the panel they offer to you if it offers a file manager.

That was done for the complete route, all 3 sites ( of which two are working 100% )

2. Export the database from the old web hosting provider (probably using phpmyadmin).

That was done

3. Login to your new web hosting provider cpanel.

Yip

4. Upload the phpVMS files using ftp or cpanel's file manager.

New host did that

5. Go to Mysql Database Wizard and create a new database.

New host did that

Create the database, create the user of the database and

New host did that

add the required permissions to the user over the database. Most users forget or miss to add the required permissions.http://prnt.sc/b06nlm Just select "All Priviledges".nour

And that is the part that I can not confirm,

somewhere along the line some said something about "permissions"

but we didnt have a clue as to what it was all about

6. Go to the phpVMS files on the new server and navigate to core. Open local.config.php file and find the following settings

That was done, originally the host changed the password, but NOT the user or the DB name

Bbefore we redo the whole process, maybe just confirm the permissions first

and if that fails, we will start from scratch

So, can the permissions be set afterwards, or only during the creation of the DB ?

Thank you for the reply & advice

[zavaf32]

the permissions was correct, so I deleted all, busy uploading all files

just dont have a way of importing DB from the site (only from my pc & file is too big)

will have to speak to support in the morning

[servetas]

JFI, ensure that the mysql and php versions are equal on both old and new web hosting provider. You new web hosting provider might have a latest php version installed on your web hosting plan and this might affect your phpVMS.

[zavaf32]

Thank you,

just thought I report back all sorted out