[Moodle] Migrating established Moodle to new server

[Stephen Digby]

We went from 1.8 to 1.9 pretty seamlessly (from MY point of view)....
Backup up before starting (moodle file as well as database).
Put the new 1.9 moodle folder (php) where the old one was and fixed some
other links...

Our tech ironed out a few bugs mainly related to gallery 2 integration.
I ironed out a few bugs related to missing themes (navigation line does not
work in many old themes), some hacks  that I like etc

Works like a charm


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Stephen Digby, Learning Technology Manager
mailto: digby.stephen.p at edumail.vic.gov.au  
Cheltenham Secondary College www.cheltsec.vic.edu.au
Ph: 613 955 55 955  Fx: 9555 8617 Mb: 0431-701-028
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-----Original Message-----
From: moodle-bounces at edulists.com.au [mailto:moodle-bounces at edulists.com.au]
On Behalf Of Laurie Savage
Sent: Monday, 8 September 2008 10:53 AM
To: moodle at edulists.com.au
Subject: [Moodle] Migrating established Moodle to new server

It's time for me to bite the bullet and update my server software and
Moodle base. The problem is, last time I did that I lost everything
although I dumped my database and copied my MoodleData. I had backed up
individual courses but that meant restoring each one in turn.

MySQL didn't like the data-dump file for some reason and wouldn't
restore the database from it. This has happened to me twice so I'm a bit
chary of doing it again now I have several teachers using the system
regularly.

Has anybody had any luck upgrading the whole box and dice? and how did
they do it?

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Laurie Savage
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