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Moving reseller account with nameservers
| Posted by john551, 01-09-2006, 12:05 PM |
| I have a reseller account with private nameservers and hosting about 25 sites. whm/cpanel is the control panel. Now I want to move my reseller account (all the 25 sites to different host having WHM/cpanel. So the transfer of all the 25 sites can be done using WHM. But I don't want to change the DNS of each domain. How can I move the private nameservers on the old host to the new one?
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| Posted by rois, 01-09-2006, 12:21 PM |
| If you are already using private nameservers, just find a reseller host that also provide private nameservers.
Once your own domain has propagated, then get the host to help you move your sites over. Some will charge a small fee others will do it free.
Or you can individually backup each of the sites via cpanel and upload it via cpanel too.
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| Posted by aodat2, 01-09-2006, 12:53 PM |
| As per my knowledge, there's no way for you to package up all 25 accounts and move them 1 shot. Your only worry or concern how you are going to transfer the entire 25 accounts to the new host.
You can package them 1 by 1 but that's most probably gonna take FOREVER and 1 day to do. I doubt that'll be the way. Next comes the part where you need to have all the 25 passwords. Usernames are not a problem but password is the problem. You can't package an account without the password.
Other than that, if you change the DNS, there might be some lost mails. When the propogation happens, you might get some lost mails in between. particular people might be sending to the old server and particular people might be sending to the new server. That's gonna pose a BIG problem in you trying to explain it to your clients. This will definitely happen even if your new host do provide Private Nameservers.
Hope this helps a bit. Have a nice day!
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| Posted by rois, 01-09-2006, 01:01 PM |
| Sorry double post
Last edited by rois; 01-09-2006 at 01:05 PM.
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| Posted by rois, 01-09-2006, 01:04 PM |
| No, there is no way to pack them up but most reseller hosting company would be able to move them for you.
Just make sure you inform your clients that their accounts will be moved to a better server on xxx date thus some services will be affected bla bla bla. And because you will have to supply your new host with all your client's password, just reset all your client's password. Then email your clients to request for a change of passwords. You can explain to your clients that due to some technical reason, their passwords will have to be reset.
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| Posted by cyanide, 01-09-2006, 01:14 PM |
| If your new hosting company is helpful, they will be able to move all your sites over, without any downtime or any account changes at all.
The only issue you may experience is email, as stated above.
During propagation, you could have some mail going to the older server and some mail going to the new server.
One way to fix that, is once propagation has been completed, instruct your clients to change their incoming mail server to your old primary ip address to collect email off the old server, if there is any, then change it back.
Wait 1-2 weeks, to ensure no clients are having difficulties, then cancel your old reseller account.
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| Posted by ScottJ, 01-09-2006, 01:48 PM |
| Simply change the IPs on your private nameservers to your new server IPs. To transfer your accounts, ask if your host can help you or you will have to manually make backups and restore them 1 by 1.
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| Posted by Kionic.com, 01-09-2006, 02:52 PM |
| In addition, if you have the "edit dns" feature in your WHM, you can make the move transparent by editing the IP in the zones to the IP in the new server.
If you need assistance, don't hesitate to ask!
Take care,
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| Posted by sharks, 01-10-2006, 03:03 AM |
| I think you might expierence downtime.
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| Posted by cyanide, 01-10-2006, 03:38 AM |
| why do you say that?
As long as the websites are uploaded to the new server before the dns is changed....
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| Posted by aodat2, 01-10-2006, 01:28 PM |
| Propogation is not immediate. Sometimes your ISP screws up and sends to the wrong place. No matter what you do, there will 100% be a small downtime.
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