Hello!
Just bought the license and getting ready to install / import. I asked this question in another thread and was suggested to post it here. Any advice on this or anything else before I start is appreciated!
I assumed when I got to the import part that it would ask for an .sql file but in reading more I see you just need to give db connection info or it may even find a config file so no need to export or d/l my db. I dont know if it matters but something I found strange. When trying to export through phpmyadmin I keep getting network errors around 4.4GB and then it fails. I downloaded a backup of the db directly through cpanel and its only 2.9GB, strange yes? Opening the live db up the largest table in there is like 1.6GB which is vb_filedata. In researching more I guess we should have switched the attachments and files to the filesystem instead of keeping them in the db all these years. Should I go through that process first of moving those files to the filesystem before attempting an import?
Also it mentions in installation to have an empty DB for the install. So do I need to go into phpmyadmin and create a new DB, name it something and that's it before running the /install?
Just bought the license and getting ready to install / import. I asked this question in another thread and was suggested to post it here. Any advice on this or anything else before I start is appreciated!
I assumed when I got to the import part that it would ask for an .sql file but in reading more I see you just need to give db connection info or it may even find a config file so no need to export or d/l my db. I dont know if it matters but something I found strange. When trying to export through phpmyadmin I keep getting network errors around 4.4GB and then it fails. I downloaded a backup of the db directly through cpanel and its only 2.9GB, strange yes? Opening the live db up the largest table in there is like 1.6GB which is vb_filedata. In researching more I guess we should have switched the attachments and files to the filesystem instead of keeping them in the db all these years. Should I go through that process first of moving those files to the filesystem before attempting an import?
Also it mentions in installation to have an empty DB for the install. So do I need to go into phpmyadmin and create a new DB, name it something and that's it before running the /install?