cPanel/WHM selective transfer question
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Is it possible to perform a selective cPanel-to-cPanel transfer (or a similar WHM function) that only migrates the website data (files and databases) while explicitly excluding the mail data to ensure the already configured mailboxes remain untouched?
Please advise on the best and safest procedure to re-run the transfer for the website content only.
Thank you.
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Hey there! No, there isn't an automated way to only exclude email with the cPanel tools, as even the base transfer will attempt to recreate mailboxes and email users.
The options you can choose inside the Transfer Tool are outlined here: https://docs.cpanel.net/whm/transfers/transfer-tool/select-what-to-transfer/
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You can run pkgacct in the source server with switch --skipmail , transfer it to the destination server and restore it with restorepkg
https://docs.cpanel.net/whm/scripts/the-pkgacct-script/
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--skipmail will only exclude the mail account directory, and not the creation of the email accounts themselves, so I'm not sure if that would be enough for the user.
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I already have the email accounts created on the second server, so I would just like to restore the website.
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I already made the backup of the account on the original server without the email accounts (usingpkgacct --skipmail) but seeing the attached image, I have the doubt if it will overwrite the email accounts that exist on the destination server.
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Yes, that option would overwrite the cPanel account, including any existing emails you have already created.
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