Hello -
We will be migrating our production forum to a new server in several weeks. We are running vB 3.5 in production now, and I am setting up a new version on our new system (also vB 3.5) and I am installing new templates, plug-ins, etc.
I would like to be able to import the forums and posts from the production system onto the development system as the last step, before cutting over to the new server.
The only way I've been able to "export and import" from the production to the dev server is using a full mysql dump and restore; but that overwrites too many important things on the new server.
I've looked into the Impex system but it only had the ability to export from 3.0 and import into 3.5 - not 3.5 to 3.5.
Am I missing something here? Is there a [relatively] easy way to do this? I am not a mysql expert, but I have figured out the basic dump/restore syntax - do I need to selectively dump/restore certain tables and if so, which ones (and how?)
Your help is appreciated!
Lou
We will be migrating our production forum to a new server in several weeks. We are running vB 3.5 in production now, and I am setting up a new version on our new system (also vB 3.5) and I am installing new templates, plug-ins, etc.
I would like to be able to import the forums and posts from the production system onto the development system as the last step, before cutting over to the new server.
The only way I've been able to "export and import" from the production to the dev server is using a full mysql dump and restore; but that overwrites too many important things on the new server.
I've looked into the Impex system but it only had the ability to export from 3.0 and import into 3.5 - not 3.5 to 3.5.
Am I missing something here? Is there a [relatively] easy way to do this? I am not a mysql expert, but I have figured out the basic dump/restore syntax - do I need to selectively dump/restore certain tables and if so, which ones (and how?)
Your help is appreciated!
Lou
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