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Steven Burn

2004-05-25, 4:33 pm

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!




Aaron Bertrand - MVP

2004-05-25, 4:33 pm

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" <pvt@noyb.com> wrote in message
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> 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!
>
>
>
>



Steven Burn

2004-05-25, 4:33 pm

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" <aaron@TRASHaspfaq.com> wrote in message
news:uQBhP8oQEHA.3580@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" <pvt@noyb.com> wrote in message
> news:uQLvg6oQEHA.4020@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
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>



Aaron Bertrand - MVP

2004-05-25, 4:33 pm

Well, have fun. :-(

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




"Steven Burn" <pvt@noyb.com> wrote in message
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> 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" <aaron@TRASHaspfaq.com> wrote in message
> news:uQBhP8oQEHA.3580@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
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>
>



Steven Burn

2004-05-25, 4:33 pm

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" <aaron@TRASHaspfaq.com> wrote in message
news:e5C$jPpQEHA.3708@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> Well, have fun. :-(
>
> --
> Aaron Bertrand
> SQL Server MVP
> http://www.aspfaq.com/
>
>
>
>
> "Steven Burn" <pvt@noyb.com> wrote in message
> news:#8hB9DpQEHA.2132@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> xcopy,
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>



Curt_C [MVP]

2004-05-25, 11:35 pm

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" <pvt@noyb.com> wrote in message
news:unTSnUpQEHA.1276@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" <aaron@TRASHaspfaq.com> wrote in message
> news:e5C$jPpQEHA.3708@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> you
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Roland Hall

2004-05-25, 11:35 pm

"Steven Burn" wrote in message news:unTSnUpQEHA.1276@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



Steven Burn

2004-05-25, 11:35 pm

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:uPVG5kpQEHA.2976@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" <pvt@noyb.com> wrote in message
> news:unTSnUpQEHA.1276@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
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> from
> having
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>



Steven Burn

2004-05-25, 11:35 pm

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:OGYLUspQEHA.3016@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> "Steven Burn" wrote in message

news:unTSnUpQEHA.1276@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
>
>
>



Roland Hall

2004-05-30, 11:53 am

"Steven Burn" wrote in message news:uisg$ypQEHA.2704@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


Dennis Eklund

2004-05-30, 11:53 am

I would use site to site file transfer in FlashFXP, 30 day shareware =)

"Roland Hall" <nobody@nowhere> skrev i meddelandet
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> "Steven Burn" wrote in message

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> : 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
>
>



Rodd Snook

2004-05-30, 11:54 am

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/
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> "Roland Hall" <nobody@nowhere> skrev i meddelandet
> news:e$dpnRuQEHA.132@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
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