Shifting vBulletin to a new site

[Doglet]

I currently own two licensed 3.6.1 versions, each on a different domain and server. I want to move one of my sites to be a subdomain of the other. My question is, can I install the existing vBulletin for the site I am moving on the new site, before the domain is moved, or is there something preventing that? I am not too sure how I am going to shift the database, but I am sure it is possible.

[Steve Moore]

vBulletin policy is that you can have 1 instance of 1 vbulletin license on 1 domain at a time so you would have to take down your current domain before you can move the files and all to your new domain. Usually how I do it is I close my vbulletin, move to all files to a new domain, move database to new domain then delete everything off the old domain then reopen. Takes time if you have a big database which then you would move the database first then the files.

[Doglet]

vBulletin policy is that you can have 1 instance of 1 vbulletin license on 1 domain at a time so you would have to take down your current domain before you can move the files and all to your new domain. Usually how I do it is I close my vbulletin, move to all files to a new domain, move database to new domain then delete everything off the old domain then reopen. Takes time if you have a big database which then you would move the database first then the files.Can you just export your current database as an .sql file, then import it to the new domain, even if the directory structure is different?

[Marco van Herwaarden]

You can view instructions on moving servers in our manual: Moving Servers (http://www.vbulletin.com/docs/html/moving_servers)