Host Migration

[loafer123]

Does anyone have any recommendations for someone to manage the migration of several websites and email accounts from one host to another?

[loafer123]

Thanks for your reply.

I don’t think the code will be an issue, as all the processes are done on e-commerce servers elsewhere and the code moving is pretty simple.

For the emails, archive would need to move too, so will be lumpy.

For me, it is the seamless migration that is important - we can’t have downtime on either.

[loafer123]

dmsims said:

loafer123 said:

For me, it is the seamless migration that is important - we can’t have downtime on either.

How are you going to manage the DNS change ?

Exactly why I need someone who knows what they are doing!

[loafer123]

DSLiverpool said:

I can introduce you to a guy who specialises in exactly this. Nothing to do with me, just a guy I know who can do it.

Thanks - PM sent.

[loafer123]

itsnotarace said:

Take a backup of the websites and upload to new provider and perform UAT, then switch the DNS over to put the new sites live once you are happy. As the above poster noted you will need to make sure your webdev hasn't hardcoded any paths into the site contents as this could lead to considerable work to find and fix

Email migration is as simple as redirecting DNS records to the new mail system. If there is existing mail in an archive Im assuming it can remain in place and new emails will just continue to come in via the new server. If the mails are archived on the existing hosting server then they will need to be downloaded and reuploaded again

Thanks...I understand the theory, but I’m no tech guy and whilst I could take the risk on my own businesses and their basic email and website needs, my wife’s e-commerce business is now pretty big and employs a few people and it would be rather embarrassing if they ended up sitting around doing nothing because I missed something!