Hi there,

I wanting to use this module to create a test/dev backup of my site on a different server. I've read through the documentation and tutorials online and its pretty clear how you back up. But what do you do on the new server?

Do you first install a clean install of Drupal? At what point do you drop in your all your files?

If someone could list the order of steps to restore your site on a new server, that would be great!

Thanks...
Guy

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vm’s picture

vm commented

you can use phpmyadmin to import the database back up from backup and migrate module.

or install drupal, then this module and use it's import feature.

ratinakage’s picture

ratinakage commented

Heya,

If I go the second route of using only this module and not phpmyadmin, what would I do first?

Do I first go and create a clean install of Drupal? And then do I drop in all my files (modules, themes etc). Won't dropping in all the files screw up the Drupal installation causing me not to be able to use this module? not sure how Drupal works but I'm guessing when I overwrite the original files with the new ones, its not going to be happy...

I guess I could go experiment myself. Just wondering what the steps are...

Thanks!

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ronan commented
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Yeah that's how you'd do it. Install a clean drupal, add any modules or themes you need (including backup and migrate), enable backup and migrate and restore the db dump.

You shouldn't really need to overwrite any files since all you'll be adding is any additional modules and themes you need.

You can also just copy across the entire drupal code base from your original site (with your added modules, themes etc.), delete the settings.php file and then run the install. You will then need to enable backup and migrate and restore the db. As long as you haven't removed any core files from your drupal install that will work too.

Hope this helps.

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