Best way to transfer very large accounts

webmasteryoda

• March 23, 2017 18:10

Hello I am transfering accounts to the new server. But few accounts are very large. One of the accounts is used for email exchange, mostly IMAP. Its currently occupying more than 100 Gb of disk space. So, if I want to backup that account, I need at least 3 days for backup process to finish. But I need to transfer that account while it is live and working. So, what is the best and fastest method to transfer that account? Ps - I control the Dns server, Ttl is 300. So no problem with A records.

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  Eminds

  • March 24, 2017 00:14

  If its a cpanel to cpanel migration then you can use the transfer tool built in whm itself. go through the docs at Transfer Tool - Documentation - cPanel Documentation

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  cPanelMichael

  • March 24, 2017 13:53

  Hello, The following post offers a solution if you want to avoid packaging the full data of the account: Move cPanel account manually without taking full backup Thank you.

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  webmasteryoda

  • March 26, 2017 20:12

  Thanks. I ll try these methods very soon. Sure, I ll update this topic with my migration info. Thanks a lot.

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  webmasteryoda

  • April 24, 2017 18:05

  Hello Finally I am migrating to a new server. I am using Transfer tool, and its ok. But I have a problem. Small accounts are not problematic. I transfer those accounts very fast, and my clients dont even know that their websites are transfered to a new server. But very large accounts are problematic. One of these large accounts is a client that is using more than 100 email accounts. His account is ~100 GB in size. So, if I transfer this account with the transfer tool, it takes 1-2 days to finish. Meanwhile lots of emails arrive and if I change the DNS records, email users will not see new emails. So, my questions is: What is the best approach to transfer that kind of large accounts?

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  dalem

  • April 25, 2017 11:13

  transfer the site skipping the /home/username directory then use rsync to transfer the /home/username so you can incrementally rsync it again to get those missed emails

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  cPanelMichael

  • April 25, 2017 17:43

  What is the best approach to transfer that kind of large accounts?

  
  Hello, You could transfer the account without the home directory and then manually rsync the data over to the new server per the instructions on the following post: Move cPanel account manually without taking full backup Thank you.

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  webmasteryoda

  • May 01, 2017 22:46

  transfer the site skipping the /home/username directory then use rsync to transfer the /home/username so you can incrementally rsync it again to get those missed emails

  
  Yap. Thats what I was looking for. Problem solved. Thanks a lot guys. I really learn new things whenever I visit this forum.

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