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05-26-2012, 07:32 AM #1Temporarily Suspended
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Major confusion about site
okay so I moved my site between hosts a few hours ago.
I checked Who.is and the nameservers are updated properly.
Now i know it takes the site awhhile to propogate and all that stuff but i am a bit confused.
I and a few of my memebrs are seeing something different. It shows we are online and we are posting(I migrated the database over to a new host) and we are doing our posting.
But other members are seeing an entirely different site with different members logged in and i can't see their threads?
Like i said, I know it takes awhile to propogate but will all the post end back up int he right databse?
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05-26-2012, 07:40 AM #2Web Hosting Master
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It looks like for few members propagation takes place already.
So you need to wait 24 hours atleast to propagate it globally.
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05-26-2012, 07:41 AM #3Temporarily Suspended
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05-26-2012, 07:44 AM #4Web Hosting Master
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05-26-2012, 08:11 AM #5Newbie
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Post and DB will be updated for those members who are seeing the site on the new server.
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05-26-2012, 10:51 AM #6Web Hosting Master
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If you want to speed up propagation, edit the dns zone on the old server and point the A records to the new IP address.
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05-26-2012, 01:54 PM #7Web Hosting Master
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Update your script on the old server so that it points to the *new* DB server IP address. This way people can hit any server but all will see and post data to the new server.
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05-26-2012, 02:52 PM #8Web Hosting Master
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Nope they won't. When I move a forum. I put up an announcement a few days ahead of time and state that the board will be put offline for a server move.
I leave the forum off on the old server and have the forum open on the new server.
So I know that if they are posting to the forum, then the post are going on the new server and not the old.
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05-26-2012, 02:58 PM #9Newbie
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It is always better to change the A records at the old dns servers along with the name server change. As the DNS records propagate at the higher speed than the NS.
Also, before migrating any site to the new server, your old server should say the site under maintenance or anything similar.
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05-27-2012, 08:06 PM #10Web Hosting Master
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Did you put up any notices you would be transfering the data? If they are doing updates while that's going on there might be a chance you might not see it on the new server.
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05-28-2012, 03:57 AM #12(formerly WhichGunDotCom)
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05-28-2012, 10:06 AM #13Temporarily Suspended
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All appears to be well now. I haven't heard of anymore issues as of yet.
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05-28-2012, 11:59 AM #14Newbie
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Well it is a common thing, and it would be fine within a few days, however it is in your best interest that you should also contact the customer support in order to overcome this issue at the earliest. And yes definitely your database would end up in the right place, so you don't need to worry about that in any way!
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05-28-2012, 02:01 PM #16Disabled
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I'd advise to disable site on old host with explanation.
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05-28-2012, 02:21 PM #17Web Hosting Master
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That's not the best way to do it though.
As I mentioned earlier, by far the best way to do it is change the database IP address on the old site to point to the new DB server. This means anyone hitting either site gets to still see the forums and everything goes into the new DB.
I have done this many times and it is by far the easiest and most convenient for everyone.
Why stop people/spiders hitting the site when you don't have to?
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05-28-2012, 04:49 PM #24Web Hosting Master
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Yes, you change the IP and then make sure it's all working, then change the nameservers over.
Doing it this way means the only downtime anyone faces is the initial period while you copy the database over to the new server and update the server IPs. With a smallish database you would only have a few minutes of downtime.
After that it doesn't matter how long it takes to propagate, people can hit either server and everyone sees the same thing.
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05-28-2012, 05:02 PM #25Temporarily Suspended
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Learned something new today Should i ever need to transfer, I'll remember this
thank you!
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