Server move for Cigarsmokers.com

**hex1848** · 01-19-2009, 04:03 PM

The new server was setup last night and I began preparing things for the move. If everything continues to go smoothly I hope to have things transfered over tonight. The site will be down for a couple of hours during the time. I hope to get started sometime between 9:00 and 10:00 PM EST.

I'll let you guys know if this schedule changes.

**hex1848** · 01-20-2009, 01:41 AM

Well, the server move is complete. We are in our new host. I was hoping to do a clean install of vBulletin and upgrade things, but I ran into some issues moving the database. I actually want to wait a couple of days to see if any issues crop up in the DB before upgrading vBulletin and doing a clean install.

It's probably going to take some time for the DNS to propagate. The old server is still in off mode, but I don't want to take off line completely until we are settled over here.

Let me know if you run into any problems or if things seem slower/faster then before.

**craig** · 01-20-2009, 02:34 AM

Woo-hoo!

Seems good to me!

Thanks for all your efforts!

**Silencei2** · 01-20-2009, 02:36 AM

Woohoo!

Thanks for keeping this site up

**hex1848** · 01-20-2009, 09:04 AM

Thanks guys. The site seems a little faster to me. At least clicking around between forums and threads seems to be quick compared to the old site.

I noticed DNS propagation's taking longer then I thought, maybe I set the TTL too low? I reset it back to an hour to see if that helps. Ironically I still see the old site when VPN'ed in to the office.