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Converting VBulletin 3.8?

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MrMike:
I'd like to convert a VBulletin board with ~250,000 to SMF 2.0. 

I see a converter for VBulletin 3.6 and 3.7, but nothing for 3.8.

What converter should I use for version 3.8?

digitalmikey:
3.7 Converter will work. However, be forewarned that all ~250,000 users will have to reset their passwords to access the forum after conversion.

I just went through all of this as well and is the only downside I've seen for switching to SMF. Luckily I only had a few hundred members.

MrMike:

--- Quote from: digitalmikey on August 14, 2011, 05:41:14 PM ---3.7 Converter will work. However, be forewarned that all ~250,000 users will have to reset their passwords to access the forum after conversion.
--- End quote ---

Err, my bad typo- I left out the word "posts". There are ~250,000 posts, not users. There are only about 10,000 users.

Thanks digitalmikey, I'll try the 3.7 converter and see what happens.

MrMike:


--- Quote from: MrMike on August 14, 2011, 05:57:37 PM ---
--- Quote from: digitalmikey on August 14, 2011, 05:41:14 PM ---3.7 Converter will work. However, be forewarned that all ~250,000 users will have to reset their passwords to access the forum after conversion.
--- End quote ---

Err, my bad typo- I left out the word "posts". There are ~250,000 posts, not users. There are only about 10,000 users.

Thanks digitalmikey, I'll try the 3.7 converter and see what happens.

--- End quote ---

MrMike:
I ran the vbulletin 3.7 converter and everything seemed to go fine, except it stopped at the "Recount Totals and Statistics" step. I went to the maintenance area and did a manual recount and everything seemed to be fine.

That was my first "test shot".

I cleared the db and did it again today, but no matter what I do it always seems to stop at the "Converting posts" step with the message "Got a packet bigger than 'max_allowed_packet' bytes".

So..............

1) Why would it work yesterday but not today?

2) More importantly, how can I fix this so I can do a full import again??

3) Does posting to the VBulletin board need to be suspended while I convert it?

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