migration version 1.1.11 of host A to version 1.1.12 at host B

[petit-pere]

Hi all,

I am coming to you for confirmation of my point of view before I start migrating.

Currently I have an SMF forum version 1.1.11 running at a host A. I will be moving the forum at a host B and would like to use the opportunity to install version 1.1.12.

For test purposes I could backup the database and restore it on the host B after creating a specific database; so backup and restore work fine.

So to do this migration I thought to:

• install the smf forum version 1.1.12 on host B
• put the forum on host A to maintenance mode
• backup the database on host A
• restore the database on host B
• turn off maintenance mode
• put a redirection to host B on host A (that point still needs to be clarified as I do not have access to the server of host A to upload an html redirection index file)

I think this will work fine. I will probably have some issues with the difference in the tables' definitions between version 1.1.11 and 1.1.12 but I think I can manage these. I'm not a newbie at SQL.

What do you think about my migration procedure? Am I correct or will I run into lots of trouble?

Thanks a lot for your answers ...

[kat]

If that was me, I'd backup, make the upgrade, then migrate.

Each to their own, though.

[petit-pere]

thanks for your answer K@

actually  it doesn't matter in which order you do it as everything's migrated to another host. nothing gets overwritten so nothing gets lost

[kat]

Oh, of course!

I'd just do it that way, myself, so that what I'm transferring over is the finished product, as it were.

Upgrading from 1.1.11 to 1.1.12 is a doddle, though.

Just get this:

http://custom.simplemachines.org/mods/downloads/smf_patch_1.0.20_1.1.12.tar.gz

Upload it to your Packages directory, then browse to Admin>Packages to apply it.

Easy as that!

[petit-pere]

Ok, so if I'm right I just need to install version 1.1.11 on the new host B, then backup the DB from host A, then restore it to host B and finally upgrade on host B from 1.1.11 to 1.1.12 by applying the patch.

I need to stress out that I do not have an FTP access to the old host A, so that I can't copy the public html files as described in this topic --> http://docs.simplemachines.org/index.php?topic=489

I you have any idea on how I could manage to get them without having to do the whole forum, you are welcome ...

Thanks ...

[Illori]

as long as there is no custom code in the old forum, you do not need access to the files to do a file backup, you just need the database.

[petit-pere]

thanks illori,

I have the database restored on the new host. But I think I need at least an index.php file stored to display the forum or am I wrong?

[Illori]

you need to install all the files from the large upgrade package and the create the settings.php file to match your current settings on the new server.

[JimM]

Any update on this?  Were you able to successfully migrate you forum?