Comments on: cPanel/WHM Site Migration http://www.backlinkintelligence.com/happening-now/cpanelwhm-site-migration/ Competitive Link Analysis by MakeItYourRing Wed, 01 Dec 2010 15:04:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Oes Tsetnoc http://www.backlinkintelligence.com/happening-now/cpanelwhm-site-migration/comment-page-1/#comment-4 Oes Tsetnoc Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:48:54 +0000 http://www.backlinkintelligence.com/?p=150#comment-4 Thanks so much David! Good information. Thanks so much David! Good information.

]]> By: David Grega http://www.backlinkintelligence.com/happening-now/cpanelwhm-site-migration/comment-page-1/#comment-3 David Grega Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:38:28 +0000 http://www.backlinkintelligence.com/?p=150#comment-3 The option to copy an account using account password should be used after other options have been exhausted. The other methods are very reliable thus should be pursued first. With regards to DNS, if both servers are running cPanel/WHM version 11.23 or later, there is an option to have DNS records on the old server updated automatically after each account is transferred to the new server. This way for those who do not have updated DNS information, when their traffic hits the old server, the old server automatically directs them to the new server, thus curbing downtime and mail issues I notice you are logged into WHM using an unencrypted connection (via the screenshots). I recommend using WHM with an encrypted (SSL) connection. You can do this by going to https://SERVER:2087 where SERVER is any IP address or domain associated with the cPanel/WHM server. Using a plain text connection while transmitting root login credentials for your server (and later the root credentials for a remote server) is not ideal for preventing others from knowing those credentials. The option to copy an account using account password should be used after other options have been exhausted. The other methods are very reliable thus should be pursued first.

With regards to DNS, if both servers are running cPanel/WHM version 11.23 or later, there is an option to have DNS records on the old server updated automatically after each account is transferred to the new server. This way for those who do not have updated DNS information, when their traffic hits the old server, the old server automatically directs them to the new server, thus curbing downtime and mail issues

I notice you are logged into WHM using an unencrypted connection (via the screenshots). I recommend using WHM with an encrypted (SSL) connection. You can do this by going to https://SERVER:2087 where SERVER is any IP address or domain associated with the cPanel/WHM server. Using a plain text connection while transmitting root login credentials for your server (and later the root credentials for a remote server) is not ideal for preventing others from knowing those credentials.

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