[support] Backing up and migrating a drupal site

[Amit Vyas]

Have you cleared the cache before taking database dump ? Have you heard
about Migraine? Here is the presentation from my college :
http://bit.ly/c1Qj1v



On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 8:06 AM, Maurice Mengel <mauricemengel at gmail.com>wrote:

> I think you are  on the right track. I use backup and migrate to get
> the db, then I get the files from the server and copy all to my home
> server. I bet the WSOD is due to something trivial like php memory
> settings or some rights issues (file system, or db) or the like.
> Anyways, it will pay off if you figure that out now! Did you search
> d.o for this problem?
>
>
>
> On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 10:29 PM, Roger <arelem at bigpond.com> wrote:
> > I have a development site on a remote server.
> > I've installed the Backup_Migrate module and found that it only copies
> > the Drupal code not the database, images, etc.
> >
> > I do not want to continue developing on the remoter server site as the
> > save times can frequently be 1 minute or so even after small changes to
> > css code. So trialing css code changes can take a long time over all.
> >
> > I tried cPanel on the server but the resultant mysql.tar.gz seems to
> > produce only the same as the backup_migrate module produces.
> >
> > When I used the b_m module to restore to my home pc it killed my Drupal
> > installation, WSOD.
> >
> > When I have all the drupal site and mysql database I can develop at
> > home, fix issues then intend to migrate it back to the server but after
> > the current experience am nervous.
> >
> > I can find nothing to help understand the process or what I should or
> > should not be doing in migrating a drupal system.
> > Can someone please advise me.
> > Thanks
> > Roger
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