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Move site from Server A > Server B (without downloading)

I'm curious as I am in need of advice on how I can move a site from an old
Win 2K server, to it's new home on a Win 2003 server, without having to mess
around with downloading/uploading the file's (there's over 30,000
file's/folders, so it would take forever to do it manually).

Thus, anyone have any idea on how one would proceed with doing this? (I've
heard of an ASP script thats capable of this, but can't seem to locate it).

TIA

--

Regards

Steven Burn
Ur I.T. Mate Group
www.it-mate.co.uk

Keeping it FREE!


Jul 19 '05 #1
11 1530
Do you have file share access to both servers? If so, you can use xcopy, go
out for dinner, and check on it later.

If you only have FTP access to either, you're pretty limited in what you can
do, I think.

--
Aaron Bertrand
SQL Server MVP
http://www.aspfaq.com/


"Steven Burn" <pv*@noyb.com> wrote in message
news:uQ**************@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
I'm curious as I am in need of advice on how I can move a site from an old
Win 2K server, to it's new home on a Win 2003 server, without having to mess around with downloading/uploading the file's (there's over 30,000
file's/folders, so it would take forever to do it manually).

Thus, anyone have any idea on how one would proceed with doing this? (I've
heard of an ASP script thats capable of this, but can't seem to locate it).
TIA

--

Regards

Steven Burn
Ur I.T. Mate Group
www.it-mate.co.uk

Keeping it FREE!

Jul 19 '05 #2
Aaron,
I've only got FTP access unfortunately :o(

--

Regards

Steven Burn
Ur I.T. Mate Group
www.it-mate.co.uk

Keeping it FREE!
"Aaron Bertrand - MVP" <aa***@TRASHaspfaq.com> wrote in message
news:uQ**************@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
Do you have file share access to both servers? If so, you can use xcopy, go out for dinner, and check on it later.

If you only have FTP access to either, you're pretty limited in what you can do, I think.

--
Aaron Bertrand
SQL Server MVP
http://www.aspfaq.com/


"Steven Burn" <pv*@noyb.com> wrote in message
news:uQ**************@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
I'm curious as I am in need of advice on how I can move a site from an old Win 2K server, to it's new home on a Win 2003 server, without having to

mess
around with downloading/uploading the file's (there's over 30,000
file's/folders, so it would take forever to do it manually).

Thus, anyone have any idea on how one would proceed with doing this? (I've heard of an ASP script thats capable of this, but can't seem to locate

it).

TIA

--

Regards

Steven Burn
Ur I.T. Mate Group
www.it-mate.co.uk

Keeping it FREE!


Jul 19 '05 #3
Well, have fun. :-(

--
Aaron Bertrand
SQL Server MVP
http://www.aspfaq.com/


"Steven Burn" <pv*@noyb.com> wrote in message
news:#8**************@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
Aaron,
I've only got FTP access unfortunately :o(

--

Regards

Steven Burn
Ur I.T. Mate Group
www.it-mate.co.uk

Keeping it FREE!
"Aaron Bertrand - MVP" <aa***@TRASHaspfaq.com> wrote in message
news:uQ**************@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
Do you have file share access to both servers? If so, you can use xcopy,
go
out for dinner, and check on it later.

If you only have FTP access to either, you're pretty limited in what you

can
do, I think.

--
Aaron Bertrand
SQL Server MVP
http://www.aspfaq.com/


"Steven Burn" <pv*@noyb.com> wrote in message
news:uQ**************@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
I'm curious as I am in need of advice on how I can move a site from an old Win 2K server, to it's new home on a Win 2003 server, without having
to mess
around with downloading/uploading the file's (there's over 30,000
file's/folders, so it would take forever to do it manually).

Thus, anyone have any idea on how one would proceed with doing this?

(I've heard of an ASP script thats capable of this, but can't seem to locate

it).

TIA

--

Regards

Steven Burn
Ur I.T. Mate Group
www.it-mate.co.uk

Keeping it FREE!



Jul 19 '05 #4
hehe, I had a horrible feeling that was going to be the reply :o(

--

Regards

Steven Burn
Ur I.T. Mate Group
www.it-mate.co.uk

Keeping it FREE!
"Aaron Bertrand - MVP" <aa***@TRASHaspfaq.com> wrote in message
news:e5**************@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
Well, have fun. :-(

--
Aaron Bertrand
SQL Server MVP
http://www.aspfaq.com/


"Steven Burn" <pv*@noyb.com> wrote in message
news:#8**************@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
Aaron,
I've only got FTP access unfortunately :o(

--

Regards

Steven Burn
Ur I.T. Mate Group
www.it-mate.co.uk

Keeping it FREE!
"Aaron Bertrand - MVP" <aa***@TRASHaspfaq.com> wrote in message
news:uQ**************@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
Do you have file share access to both servers? If so, you can use xcopy,
go
out for dinner, and check on it later.

If you only have FTP access to either, you're pretty limited in what you
can
do, I think.

--
Aaron Bertrand
SQL Server MVP
http://www.aspfaq.com/


"Steven Burn" <pv*@noyb.com> wrote in message
news:uQ**************@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> I'm curious as I am in need of advice on how I can move a site from
an old
> Win 2K server, to it's new home on a Win 2003 server, without having

to mess
> around with downloading/uploading the file's (there's over 30,000
> file's/folders, so it would take forever to do it manually).
>
> Thus, anyone have any idea on how one would proceed with doing this?

(I've
> heard of an ASP script thats capable of this, but can't seem to

locate it).
>
> TIA
>
> --
>
> Regards
>
> Steven Burn
> Ur I.T. Mate Group
> www.it-mate.co.uk
>
> Keeping it FREE!
>
>
>
>



Jul 19 '05 #5
will their server allow you to create a ZIP?
toss up a page to zip the site, then on your new server toss up a page to
get the zip and run the command line unzip. This of course assumes it's
setup to allow this on the servers....

--
Curt Christianson
Owner/Lead Developer, DF-Software
Site: http://www.Darkfalz.com
Blog: http://blog.Darkfalz.com
"Steven Burn" <pv*@noyb.com> wrote in message
news:un**************@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
hehe, I had a horrible feeling that was going to be the reply :o(

--

Regards

Steven Burn
Ur I.T. Mate Group
www.it-mate.co.uk

Keeping it FREE!
"Aaron Bertrand - MVP" <aa***@TRASHaspfaq.com> wrote in message
news:e5**************@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
Well, have fun. :-(

--
Aaron Bertrand
SQL Server MVP
http://www.aspfaq.com/


"Steven Burn" <pv*@noyb.com> wrote in message
news:#8**************@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
Aaron,
I've only got FTP access unfortunately :o(

--

Regards

Steven Burn
Ur I.T. Mate Group
www.it-mate.co.uk

Keeping it FREE!
"Aaron Bertrand - MVP" <aa***@TRASHaspfaq.com> wrote in message
news:uQ**************@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> Do you have file share access to both servers? If so, you can use xcopy,
go
> out for dinner, and check on it later.
>
> If you only have FTP access to either, you're pretty limited in what you can
> do, I think.
>
> --
> Aaron Bertrand
> SQL Server MVP
> http://www.aspfaq.com/
>
>
>
>
> "Steven Burn" <pv*@noyb.com> wrote in message
> news:uQ**************@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> > I'm curious as I am in need of advice on how I can move a site from an
old
> > Win 2K server, to it's new home on a Win 2003 server, without
having
to
> mess
> > around with downloading/uploading the file's (there's over 30,000
> > file's/folders, so it would take forever to do it manually).
> >
> > Thus, anyone have any idea on how one would proceed with doing

this? (I've
> > heard of an ASP script thats capable of this, but can't seem to

locate > it).
> >
> > TIA
> >
> > --
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > Steven Burn
> > Ur I.T. Mate Group
> > www.it-mate.co.uk
> >
> > Keeping it FREE!
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>



Jul 19 '05 #6
"Steven Burn" wrote in message news:un**************@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
: hehe, I had a horrible feeling that was going to be the reply :o(

Steven...

You can create a new project with Visual Studio, synchronize and then upload
to a new site. However, using a GUI FTP client should offer roughly the
same capabilities to iterate folders. WS_FTP does but you would have to
copy it locally first, I believe and of course you could do that with
Explorer. The only time consuming task would be if you have different
authorization for different folders under the web root.

I usually work in master mode with Visual Studio so I always have a copy and
if I need to move to a new site, I just create a new project for the new
site, and upload the files, creating folders automatically.

--
Roland Hall
/* This information is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
without any warranty; without even the implied warranty of merchantability
or fitness for a particular purpose. */
Technet Script Center - http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/
WSH 5.6 Documentation - http://msdn.microsoft.com/downloads/list/webdev.asp
MSDN Library - http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp

Jul 19 '05 #7
Curt,
Alas it appears not :o( (I've been trying to get this added for some
time as it would make it much easier to back the site's up aswell..........
but they won't add it for some reason).

--

Regards

Steven Burn
Ur I.T. Mate Group
www.it-mate.co.uk

Keeping it FREE!
"Curt_C [MVP]" <software_AT_darkfalz.com> wrote in message
news:uP**************@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
will their server allow you to create a ZIP?
toss up a page to zip the site, then on your new server toss up a page to
get the zip and run the command line unzip. This of course assumes it's
setup to allow this on the servers....

--
Curt Christianson
Owner/Lead Developer, DF-Software
Site: http://www.Darkfalz.com
Blog: http://blog.Darkfalz.com
"Steven Burn" <pv*@noyb.com> wrote in message
news:un**************@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
hehe, I had a horrible feeling that was going to be the reply :o(

--

Regards

Steven Burn
Ur I.T. Mate Group
www.it-mate.co.uk

Keeping it FREE!
"Aaron Bertrand - MVP" <aa***@TRASHaspfaq.com> wrote in message
news:e5**************@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
Well, have fun. :-(

--
Aaron Bertrand
SQL Server MVP
http://www.aspfaq.com/


"Steven Burn" <pv*@noyb.com> wrote in message
news:#8**************@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> Aaron,
> I've only got FTP access unfortunately :o(
>
> --
>
> Regards
>
> Steven Burn
> Ur I.T. Mate Group
> www.it-mate.co.uk
>
> Keeping it FREE!
>
>
> "Aaron Bertrand - MVP" <aa***@TRASHaspfaq.com> wrote in message
> news:uQ**************@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> > Do you have file share access to both servers? If so, you can use
xcopy,
> go
> > out for dinner, and check on it later.
> >
> > If you only have FTP access to either, you're pretty limited in what
you
> can
> > do, I think.
> >
> > --
> > Aaron Bertrand
> > SQL Server MVP
> > http://www.aspfaq.com/
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > "Steven Burn" <pv*@noyb.com> wrote in message
> > news:uQ**************@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> > > I'm curious as I am in need of advice on how I can move a site from
an
> old
> > > Win 2K server, to it's new home on a Win 2003 server, without

having to
> > mess
> > > around with downloading/uploading the file's (there's over
30,000 > > > file's/folders, so it would take forever to do it manually).
> > >
> > > Thus, anyone have any idea on how one would proceed with doing

this? > (I've
> > > heard of an ASP script thats capable of this, but can't seem to

locate
> > it).
> > >
> > > TIA
> > >
> > > --
> > >
> > > Regards
> > >
> > > Steven Burn
> > > Ur I.T. Mate Group
> > > www.it-mate.co.uk
> > >
> > > Keeping it FREE!
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>



Jul 19 '05 #8
Roland,
Thats basically what I ws thinking too. I'm going to go through my
300+ magazine cover CD's in a few, to see if I can find a copy of either
WS_FTP, SmartFTP, or CuteFTP (only one's I know of that can handle this kind
of thing properly....... without screaming at me, lol).

Cheers :o)

--

Regards

Steven Burn
Ur I.T. Mate Group
www.it-mate.co.uk

Keeping it FREE!
"Roland Hall" <nobody@nowhere> wrote in message
news:OG**************@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
"Steven Burn" wrote in message news:un**************@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl... : hehe, I had a horrible feeling that was going to be the reply :o(

Steven...

You can create a new project with Visual Studio, synchronize and then upload to a new site. However, using a GUI FTP client should offer roughly the
same capabilities to iterate folders. WS_FTP does but you would have to
copy it locally first, I believe and of course you could do that with
Explorer. The only time consuming task would be if you have different
authorization for different folders under the web root.

I usually work in master mode with Visual Studio so I always have a copy and if I need to move to a new site, I just create a new project for the new
site, and upload the files, creating folders automatically.

--
Roland Hall
/* This information is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
without any warranty; without even the implied warranty of merchantability
or fitness for a particular purpose. */
Technet Script Center - http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/
WSH 5.6 Documentation - http://msdn.microsoft.com/downloads/list/webdev.asp MSDN Library - http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp

Jul 19 '05 #9
"Steven Burn" wrote in message news:ui**************@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
: Roland,
: Thats basically what I ws thinking too. I'm going to go through my
: 300+ magazine cover CD's in a few, to see if I can find a copy of either
: WS_FTP, SmartFTP, or CuteFTP (only one's I know of that can handle this
kind
: of thing properly....... without screaming at me, lol).

Well if this will help, ipswitch makes ws_ftp and you can probably get a
30-day eval. It didn't used to be crippled. It also has resume which can
definitely come in handy.

Roland
Jul 19 '05 #10
I would use site to site file transfer in FlashFXP, 30 day shareware =)

"Roland Hall" <nobody@nowhere> skrev i meddelandet
news:e$*************@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
"Steven Burn" wrote in message news:ui**************@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl... : Roland,
: Thats basically what I ws thinking too. I'm going to go through my : 300+ magazine cover CD's in a few, to see if I can find a copy of either
: WS_FTP, SmartFTP, or CuteFTP (only one's I know of that can handle this
kind
: of thing properly....... without screaming at me, lol).

Well if this will help, ipswitch makes ws_ftp and you can probably get a
30-day eval. It didn't used to be crippled. It also has resume which can
definitely come in handy.

Roland

Jul 19 '05 #11
On Wed, 26 May 2004 10:47:24 +0200, Dennis Eklund wrote:
I would use site to site file transfer in FlashFXP, 30 day shareware =)

Unfortunately (or is it fortunately), most ISP/Hosting environments have
their FTP server and/or firewalls configured so that using the ftp PORT
command to a host other than that originating the FTP control connection
are not allowed. This is because enabling this command allows more-or-less
arbitrary access to any machine that the FTP server has access to. I.e.
you can use this to disguise your true IP address, or to access servers
behind firewalls (such as database and/or application servers). Most of
these FTP tools just fall back to download-then-upload strategy which
doesn't save you much except that the whole process can be left to run
overnight.

More Windows machines should have rsync or unison installed.
http://www.samba.org/rsync/
http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~bcpierce/unison/
"Roland Hall" <nobody@nowhere> skrev i meddelandet
news:e$*************@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
"Steven Burn" wrote in message

news:ui**************@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
: Roland,
: Thats basically what I ws thinking too. I'm going to go through

my
: 300+ magazine cover CD's in a few, to see if I can find a copy of either
: WS_FTP, SmartFTP, or CuteFTP (only one's I know of that can handle this
kind
: of thing properly....... without screaming at me, lol).

Well if this will help, ipswitch makes ws_ftp and you can probably get a
30-day eval. It didn't used to be crippled. It also has resume which can
definitely come in handy.

Roland


Jul 19 '05 #12

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