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Migrating from databaseserver A to databaseserver B

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Tom Kamphuis
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Posted on 12/01/2015 15:54:39

Hi,

Recently we've taken over an account which has a ecommerce website on server A. We're planning to migrate website and database to our server (B) but the website is very frequently visited. As part of the migration I've come up with the following plan:

  • Restore database from server A to server B.
  • Setup website on server B, set connectionstring to database on server A.
  • Change DNS records to point to server B.
  • Close shoppingcart (is this possible??).
  • Copy all possibly added information (tables EcomOrders and EcomOrderLines for orders?) to the database on server B.
  • Change connectionstring for database.
  • Re-open shoppingcart (if possible)

Is this a migration plan that could work for Dynamicweb? Are there people who have different / better ways of migrating to a new server?

Thanks!
Tom


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Nicolai Høeg Pedersen
Posted on 12/01/2015 16:17:24
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Hi Tom

It sounds like a valid plan. But closing the shopping cart is an implementation thing - you have to do it in the templates.

Remember to run a test and maybe also a performance test before switching to the new server. Also take the DNS latency into account - maybe have a temp domain for the first 24 hours and redirect the old server to the new one.

Nicolai

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