Hello,

I would like to ask you a question about a
web-site migration.

The website's name is registered somewhere (let's
say "A"), hosted by "B", and uses PHP, MySQL.

It has to be moved to a "C" dedicated server.
(C = Rackspace)

What I would like to know, is the steps to follow
to minimize the amount of down-time.

Should I ask for a private DNS ?

Will it be enough, just to tell to the registrar
the names of the new DNS ?

Another thing I don't know how to do is moving
the MySQL database. :( How can I do that ?

I would be very pleased if you could help me.

Thank you in advance.

UpupIn

If you use phpMYADMIN then simply obtain a dump of the database. Click on search then select all tables under "View dump (schema) of database" holding CTRL then select structure & data. If you want them separated out them simply do structure then go back and do data. Then hit "go". May want to create a new database and test importing and exporting.

Or here is the manual way to do it if you somehow have command line access:

http://www.mysql.com/doc/m/y/mysqldump.html

:wavey:

I will try this.

Thank you very much clemzonguy

See you soon !

UpupIn :)