2009-11-14: Moving host and forum license expiry
Right, couple of things;
I'm moving the site to the new host and I've copied all the files over to the new server. However, what I need to get is the database back-up of the forum and it turns out that the host we've been with is a bit lacking in flexibility in this regard.
I cannot create a back-up manually or schedule one for a specific time. I have to wait until they perform a back-up. Which sucks a lot, as I'll now have to shut the site down for longer than I normally would while I wait for them to do the back-up.
So I'll probably disable the forum later tonight in the hope that Saturday's back-up happens in the next few hours. Don't be too surprised if the forum is unavailable until late Sunday or even Monday, though - it's about as out of my control as it could be.
Hey, I'll take the blame - I thought the host was a good one. They're not.
Next thing... oh yeah, the forum license expires today and it's $190 to renew it because vBulletin 3 is at the end of the line and they want folk to upgrade to vBulletin 4. I can't afford to buy that right now, so I'm going to let the license lapse and then buy the new license later in the month. Probably.
As we have an "owned" license this should not affect the every day running of the forum. An "owned license" means I paid more up-front when we first moved to vBulletin so that WipEoutZone owns a copy of version 3 and just because they stop supporting it doesn't mean we lose ownership. We'll just carry on for free but without support that I never really used anyway.
Of course, I'm working on the assumption that nothing will go wrong over the whole owned license thing - it might be that when it gets to midnight they pull a switch that stops the forum working anyway because the license has expired and I'll need to get down and dirty with them.
Like I said, shouldn't come to that, but just in case you see an alarming message when the site is down, that's what might have happened. It's not like WipEoutZone has defaulted on the bills or anything, it's just that the bill for the forum license has come at a time when I've had to pay out for a new host on top of the other new host.
Can't make the scene if you don't have the green.
Right - I'll go drink some beer and give it a few hours, then disable the forum to preserve the timeline for the back-up/move. Hopefully I'll see you all on the other side.
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Good to see that place up again. Damn, was down only for a short time, but I missed the zone lol. Big thanks for your job Rob.
Originally Posted by infoxicated
, not many but playing regularly 30 min almost every day, to relax after job, keep them coming naturally.
