...and they are so unorganized. I need to basically just redo my WHM, and redo all the hosting accounts.
I dont want any downtime for more than 12 hours.
I want them all organized nicely on the server, and any inactive accounts I need them to be deleted. So I guess Ill need a fresh CPANEL install and a fresh WHM.
Any advice would be appreciated, or if you can recommend a company who could do this, that would be great. I would really like to get some hints on how I could do it myself without loosing any client data. I know that would require simply turning off http and mysql and backing up everything. But Im a windows guy and well...not really a server admin, so...
Anywya, thanks in advance.
I want to then take my current hosting company and turn it into another one. After doing so I will email my clients and let them know of everything.I'm sure that you can find a good company that would help you with this. What kind of budget do you have?mm.....500 bucks i guess for this. (lower is better. haha. but i dont want to be cheap about it)uhm...i dont just want anyone donig this though. i need someone who i can trust.Per month? I would just find a good looking host, and establish a good relationship with them. I would probably look for a smaller host. How many accounts do you have?Eron,
I am not a WHM wizard, but can't you do the following.
1...Backup all accounts and save to either your PC, or another server.
2...Arrange with the datacenter to replatform your servers drive. All new, fresh OS installs, patches, updates, etc.
3...Configure cPanel/WHM and server to your companies liking.
4...Create all your client accounts.
5...Migrate and install the client account backups. (restore).
6...Work out any bugs.
Naturally you will have informed all your clients beforehand of this, and keep them informed during the operation. Make certain you warn them to all make thier own backups as well - just in case.
I am sure more people with much more WHM experience than mine will jump in. You likely should also post this in the technical forum here at WHT. Good luck!Eron,I am not a WHM wizard, but can't you do the following.1...Backup all accounts and save to either your PC, or another server.2...Arrange with the datacenter to replatform your servers drive. All new, fresh OS installs, patches, updates, etc.3...Configure cPanel/WHM and server to your companies liking.4...Create all your client accounts.5...Migrate and install the client account backups. (restore).6...Work out any bugs.Naturally you will have informed all your clients beforehand of this, and keep them informed during the operation. Make certain you warn them to all make thier own backups as well - just in case.I am sure more people with much more WHM experience than mine will jump in. You likely should also post this in the technical forum here at WHT. Good luck!HM!!!! maybe i can :/ but when i run into problems. i dont know what to do!
Huh??I don't get it.(1) What exactly do you mean by "redo"-ing your WHM? (2) How is it that your accounts are "unorganized" ? Like, can you explain, what exactly leads you to feel they are unorganized? (3) Why do you think you need a fresh cPanel installation and a fresh WHM?What is it exactly that you are trying to achieve here? The reason I ask, is to sort out
a) whether you might be applying Windows-only issues to your Linux server;(b) whether you are trying to achieve something that can be easily done by clicking a link 
or that maybe can't be done at all.If you can help paint me a picture of your desired end-result, then maybe we can help you with good advice. 
Baileywell man its really bad. im sure some of my clients have left or maybe even posted bad reviews!!! i dont know who has paid what and who is inactive and who is active and who is on my old drive still and who is on the new one! i dont know waht my sql db are good and which are old! i need to upgrade the plans! i need to switch the web site to the new template.redo whm. reinstall. recreate the accts. i dont really need a fresh cpanel, but i have other unorganized stuff in the drive itself. so i geuss its bst just to do it all over. :shrugs:...and they are so unorganized. I need to basically just redo my WHM, and redo all the hosting accounts.
...
I want them all organized nicely on the server, and any inactive accounts I need them to be deleted. So I guess Ill need a fresh CPANEL install and a fresh WHM.
Huh??
I don't get it.
(1) What exactly do you mean by "redo"-ing your WHM?
(2) How is it that your accounts are "unorganized" ? Like, can you explain, what exactly leads you to feel they are unorganized?
(3) Why do you think you need a fresh cPanel installation and a fresh WHM?
What is it exactly that you are trying to achieve here?
The reason I ask, is to sort out:
(a) whether you might be applying Windows-only issues to your Linux server;
(b) whether you are trying to achieve something that can be easily done by clicking a link or that maybe can't be done at all.
If you can help paint me a picture of your desired end-result, then maybe we can help you with good advice.
BaileyPerhaps this should be moved to employment?Per month? I would just find a good looking host, and establish a good relationship with them. I would probably look for a smaller host. How many accounts do you have?nah i have a dedicated server. no i need someone to do this 1 time. i can handle it from there. i saw a company online a few months back but i lost the link. they help you set up everything. im sure they could do this.wow whats up with this 90 second wait between posts!!!! are they serious?Your post quite frankly is not very clear?
How is someone to know what is old what accounts and files are being used and what databases are no longer being used?
Seems to me the only one that will know that is you or the client.
I am also confused as to what you are wanting to do.Your post quite frankly is not very clear?
How is someone to know what is old what accounts and files are being used and what databases are no longer being used?
Seems to me the only one that will know that is you or the client.
I am also confused as to what you are wanting to do.well see. i am not sure, so maybe someone could advise me what to do about that, or how i could find this information.currently though im pretty sure everyone is getting free hosting LOL! so i guess i could just restart everyones plan.but some accts are just not in use. you can ping the domain to know that. its not a sure fire way to know though.i just want to redo my WHM accounts and stuff. i dont know how to explain it better than that. reinstall WHM, and reenter the accts and redo the plans.but some accts are just not in use. you can ping the domain to know that. its not a sure fire way to know though.So delete them.i just want to redo my WHM accounts and stuff. i dont know how to explain it better than that. reinstall WHM, and reenter the accts and redo the plans.Why bother? They will look and function exactly the same as they do now. All you will have done is wasted a lot of time, to accomplish... nothing. I'm sorry, but your request simply does not make sense. Nothing actually needs to be reinstalled. There is no constructive purpose to re-installing anything from scratch. You already have the latest and greatest. It will look and run exactly the same then, as it does now.If you have packages or sites which are not being used right now, just delete them.Unless, of course, you really need to burn some money, in which case you might as well crumple up a couple $100 bills and light a match to them. LOLSeriously, there is nothing here to "redo" ... it is what it is. It works like it works. Nothing is going to change. Just remove the stuff you don't need, and get on with the rest of your day. 
BaileySo delete them.Why bother? They will look and function exactly the same as they do now. All you will have done is wasted a lot of time, to accomplish... nothing. I'm sorry, but your request simply does not make sense. Nothing actually needs to be reinstalled. There is no constructive purpose to re-installing anything from scratch. You already have the latest and greatest. It will look and run exactly the same then, as it does now.If you have packages or sites which are not being used right now, just delete them.Unless, of course, you really need to burn some money, in which case you might as well crumple up a couple $100 bills and light a match to them. LOLSeriously, there is nothing here to "redo" ... it is what it is. It works like it works. Nothing is going to change. Just remove the stuff you don't need, and get on with the rest of your day. Baileymaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan i need to redoo this ish!do you know how i can backup all my stuff and verify it? then after doing so. ill copy to a location and store the stuff there. then ill just start deleting.i dont want to delete some wrong ****!Aside from just sitting down and doing it?Nobody has access to your emails, records, billing, calls, and notes but you. You are going to have to go through your stuff and match up invoices with payments. Match up domain names with accounts, and then with billing and then payments. I've been in the same position as you, actually, and there is no way to do it except to sit down and DO it.The nice thing about databases is that they are all tied to a cPanel account. You aren't going to need to mess around with individual databases; either the site is live, or it's not. If it's not, nuke it. If it is, then either clean the dead stuff out, or tell the site owner to do it, or leave it.There's no 3rd-party company that can do this for you, because you are the only person who knows the history and the details about each account and each installation. Nobody else can just jump into your brain and magically know the needed details in order to get the job done. That said, your cPanel server is not like Windows. Nothing needs to be wiped and re-done. That's a Windows-only concept. .... If you need to upload a new site design, upload it (FTP). .... If you need to increase quotas on your hosting packages, do so (WHM > Packages > Edit Packages). .... If you need to delete accounts, delete them (WHM > Account Functions > Terminate an Account)Here in Linux land, we do not reinstall software as a matter of routine maintenance. Only Windows needs such faldera. In Linux, we sit down and do the task that needs to be done. Period. So if you need to delete old accounts, do just that: delete your old accounts. No additional work is necessary. BaileyAside from just sitting down and doing it?Nobody has access to your emails, records, billing, calls, and notes but you. You are going to have to go through your stuff and match up invoices with payments. Match up domain names with accounts, and then with billing and then payments. I've been in the same position as you, actually, and there is no way to do it except to sit down and DO it.The nice thing about databases is that they are all tied to a cPanel account. You aren't going to need to mess around with individual databases; either the site is live, or it's not. If it's not, nuke it. If it is, then either clean the dead stuff out, or tell the site owner to do it, or leave it.There's no 3rd-party company that can do this for you, because you are the only person who knows the history and the details about each account and each installation. Nobody else can just jump into your brain and magically know the needed details in order to get the job done. That said, your cPanel server is not like Windows. Nothing needs to be wiped and re-done. That's a Windows-only concept. .... If you need to upload a new site design, upload it (FTP). .... If you need to increase quotas on your hosting packages, do so (WHM > Packages > Edit Packages). .... If you need to delete accounts, delete them (WHM > Account Functions > Terminate an Account)Here in Linux land, we do not reinstall software as a matter of routine maintenance. Only Windows needs such faldera. In Linux, we sit down and do the task that needs to be done. Period. So if you need to delete old accounts, do just that: delete your old accounts. No additional work is necessary. Baileythx dude. ****!LOL!!!!!1@reinstalling as maintenance. hahahah!cool.but i want to back up all my stuff though, incase i need to restore something. i could just create like a copy of the whole drive, huh? thatt probably be best thing to do. then i just restore every acct from that drive to my other one 1 by 1? i want to delete all them old involices and ****. (not a good idea? yeah but i want to anywya.)i think i can handle it though i guess.Just as Bailey said, I would also suggest to first sit down and weed out the dead accounts.Make a list of all the accounts on your server:WHM->Account Information->List Accounts->AllYou can even download the list as CSV (Fetch CSV).Now separate the active/dead accounts, paid/unpaid accounts. Once you have got the dead & unpaid accounts list, you can always terminate them WHM->Account Functions->Terminate an Account or WHM->Multi-Account Functions->Terminate Multiple AccountsOnce done, you have only active and paid account on your server, if you want to change packages you can do it, if you want to organise them you can do it.But before doing all this:TAKE BACKUP OF ALL ACCOUNTSThis you can do by WHM->Backup->Configure Backup just to make sure, if something goes wrong, you have the backup.You need to do a server audit. I've done 100s of them and they are tedious, but the end result is a great feeling. If you're on a cPanel server, it won't be too bad.--TinaServer audit, yes that's the right wordings.And yes that's an ongoing process, not a one time job.You need to audit your accounts time to time.I had the same problam i had people all over the joint i set down on my computer for 16hrs+ making it nice and neat i had customers that had over due bills for months which they never paid and etc.Aside from just sitting down and doing it?
Nobody has access to your emails, records, billing, calls, and notes but you. You are going to have to go through your stuff and match up invoices with payments. Match up domain names with accounts, and then with billing and then payments.
You could allow a company to send you an activex or get on remotely and take control of your computer then transfer the files to their databse then reupload all oyur files to another destination. This would create very small very small downtime.
Hope this helps
xxen
I dont want any downtime for more than 12 hours.
I want them all organized nicely on the server, and any inactive accounts I need them to be deleted. So I guess Ill need a fresh CPANEL install and a fresh WHM.
Any advice would be appreciated, or if you can recommend a company who could do this, that would be great. I would really like to get some hints on how I could do it myself without loosing any client data. I know that would require simply turning off http and mysql and backing up everything. But Im a windows guy and well...not really a server admin, so...
Anywya, thanks in advance.
I want to then take my current hosting company and turn it into another one. After doing so I will email my clients and let them know of everything.I'm sure that you can find a good company that would help you with this. What kind of budget do you have?mm.....500 bucks i guess for this. (lower is better. haha. but i dont want to be cheap about it)uhm...i dont just want anyone donig this though. i need someone who i can trust.Per month? I would just find a good looking host, and establish a good relationship with them. I would probably look for a smaller host. How many accounts do you have?Eron,
I am not a WHM wizard, but can't you do the following.
1...Backup all accounts and save to either your PC, or another server.
2...Arrange with the datacenter to replatform your servers drive. All new, fresh OS installs, patches, updates, etc.
3...Configure cPanel/WHM and server to your companies liking.
4...Create all your client accounts.
5...Migrate and install the client account backups. (restore).
6...Work out any bugs.
Naturally you will have informed all your clients beforehand of this, and keep them informed during the operation. Make certain you warn them to all make thier own backups as well - just in case.
I am sure more people with much more WHM experience than mine will jump in. You likely should also post this in the technical forum here at WHT. Good luck!Eron,I am not a WHM wizard, but can't you do the following.1...Backup all accounts and save to either your PC, or another server.2...Arrange with the datacenter to replatform your servers drive. All new, fresh OS installs, patches, updates, etc.3...Configure cPanel/WHM and server to your companies liking.4...Create all your client accounts.5...Migrate and install the client account backups. (restore).6...Work out any bugs.Naturally you will have informed all your clients beforehand of this, and keep them informed during the operation. Make certain you warn them to all make thier own backups as well - just in case.I am sure more people with much more WHM experience than mine will jump in. You likely should also post this in the technical forum here at WHT. Good luck!HM!!!! maybe i can :/ but when i run into problems. i dont know what to do!
Huh??I don't get it.(1) What exactly do you mean by "redo"-ing your WHM? (2) How is it that your accounts are "unorganized" ? Like, can you explain, what exactly leads you to feel they are unorganized? (3) Why do you think you need a fresh cPanel installation and a fresh WHM?What is it exactly that you are trying to achieve here? The reason I ask, is to sort outa) whether you might be applying Windows-only issues to your Linux server;(b) whether you are trying to achieve something that can be easily done by clicking a link or that maybe can't be done at all.If you can help paint me a picture of your desired end-result, then maybe we can help you with good advice. Baileywell man its really bad. im sure some of my clients have left or maybe even posted bad reviews!!! i dont know who has paid what and who is inactive and who is active and who is on my old drive still and who is on the new one! i dont know waht my sql db are good and which are old! i need to upgrade the plans! i need to switch the web site to the new template.redo whm. reinstall. recreate the accts. i dont really need a fresh cpanel, but i have other unorganized stuff in the drive itself. so i geuss its bst just to do it all over. :shrugs:...and they are so unorganized. I need to basically just redo my WHM, and redo all the hosting accounts....
I want them all organized nicely on the server, and any inactive accounts I need them to be deleted. So I guess Ill need a fresh CPANEL install and a fresh WHM.
Huh??I don't get it.
(1) What exactly do you mean by "redo"-ing your WHM?
(2) How is it that your accounts are "unorganized" ? Like, can you explain, what exactly leads you to feel they are unorganized?
(3) Why do you think you need a fresh cPanel installation and a fresh WHM?
What is it exactly that you are trying to achieve here?
The reason I ask, is to sort out:
(a) whether you might be applying Windows-only issues to your Linux server;
(b) whether you are trying to achieve something that can be easily done by clicking a link
or that maybe can't be done at all.If you can help paint me a picture of your desired end-result, then maybe we can help you with good advice.
BaileyPerhaps this should be moved to employment?Per month? I would just find a good looking host, and establish a good relationship with them. I would probably look for a smaller host. How many accounts do you have?nah i have a dedicated server. no i need someone to do this 1 time. i can handle it from there. i saw a company online a few months back but i lost the link. they help you set up everything. im sure they could do this.wow whats up with this 90 second wait between posts!!!! are they serious?Your post quite frankly is not very clear? How is someone to know what is old what accounts and files are being used and what databases are no longer being used?
Seems to me the only one that will know that is you or the client.
I am also confused as to what you are wanting to do.Your post quite frankly is not very clear?
How is someone to know what is old what accounts and files are being used and what databases are no longer being used?
Seems to me the only one that will know that is you or the client.
I am also confused as to what you are wanting to do.well see. i am not sure, so maybe someone could advise me what to do about that, or how i could find this information.currently though im pretty sure everyone is getting free hosting LOL! so i guess i could just restart everyones plan.but some accts are just not in use. you can ping the domain to know that. its not a sure fire way to know though.i just want to redo my WHM accounts and stuff. i dont know how to explain it better than that. reinstall WHM, and reenter the accts and redo the plans.but some accts are just not in use. you can ping the domain to know that. its not a sure fire way to know though.So delete them.i just want to redo my WHM accounts and stuff. i dont know how to explain it better than that. reinstall WHM, and reenter the accts and redo the plans.Why bother? They will look and function exactly the same as they do now. All you will have done is wasted a lot of time, to accomplish... nothing.
I'm sorry, but your request simply does not make sense. Nothing actually needs to be reinstalled. There is no constructive purpose to re-installing anything from scratch. You already have the latest and greatest. It will look and run exactly the same then, as it does now.If you have packages or sites which are not being used right now, just delete them.Unless, of course, you really need to burn some money, in which case you might as well crumple up a couple $100 bills and light a match to them. LOLSeriously, there is nothing here to "redo" ... it is what it is. It works like it works. Nothing is going to change. Just remove the stuff you don't need, and get on with the rest of your day. BaileySo delete them.Why bother? They will look and function exactly the same as they do now. All you will have done is wasted a lot of time, to accomplish... nothing. I'm sorry, but your request simply does not make sense. Nothing actually needs to be reinstalled. There is no constructive purpose to re-installing anything from scratch. You already have the latest and greatest. It will look and run exactly the same then, as it does now.If you have packages or sites which are not being used right now, just delete them.Unless, of course, you really need to burn some money, in which case you might as well crumple up a couple $100 bills and light a match to them. LOLSeriously, there is nothing here to "redo" ... it is what it is. It works like it works. Nothing is going to change. Just remove the stuff you don't need, and get on with the rest of your day. Baileymaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan i need to redoo this ish!do you know how i can backup all my stuff and verify it? then after doing so. ill copy to a location and store the stuff there. then ill just start deleting.i dont want to delete some wrong ****!Aside from just sitting down and doing it?Nobody has access to your emails, records, billing, calls, and notes but you. You are going to have to go through your stuff and match up invoices with payments. Match up domain names with accounts, and then with billing and then payments. I've been in the same position as you, actually, and there is no way to do it except to sit down and DO it.The nice thing about databases is that they are all tied to a cPanel account. You aren't going to need to mess around with individual databases; either the site is live, or it's not. If it's not, nuke it. If it is, then either clean the dead stuff out, or tell the site owner to do it, or leave it.There's no 3rd-party company that can do this for you, because you are the only person who knows the history and the details about each account and each installation. Nobody else can just jump into your brain and magically know the needed details in order to get the job done. That said, your cPanel server is not like Windows. Nothing needs to be wiped and re-done. That's a Windows-only concept. .... If you need to upload a new site design, upload it (FTP). .... If you need to increase quotas on your hosting packages, do so (WHM > Packages > Edit Packages). .... If you need to delete accounts, delete them (WHM > Account Functions > Terminate an Account)Here in Linux land, we do not reinstall software as a matter of routine maintenance. Only Windows needs such faldera. In Linux, we sit down and do the task that needs to be done. Period. So if you need to delete old accounts, do just that: delete your old accounts. No additional work is necessary. BaileyAside from just sitting down and doing it?Nobody has access to your emails, records, billing, calls, and notes but you. You are going to have to go through your stuff and match up invoices with payments. Match up domain names with accounts, and then with billing and then payments. I've been in the same position as you, actually, and there is no way to do it except to sit down and DO it.The nice thing about databases is that they are all tied to a cPanel account. You aren't going to need to mess around with individual databases; either the site is live, or it's not. If it's not, nuke it. If it is, then either clean the dead stuff out, or tell the site owner to do it, or leave it.There's no 3rd-party company that can do this for you, because you are the only person who knows the history and the details about each account and each installation. Nobody else can just jump into your brain and magically know the needed details in order to get the job done. That said, your cPanel server is not like Windows. Nothing needs to be wiped and re-done. That's a Windows-only concept. .... If you need to upload a new site design, upload it (FTP). .... If you need to increase quotas on your hosting packages, do so (WHM > Packages > Edit Packages). .... If you need to delete accounts, delete them (WHM > Account Functions > Terminate an Account)Here in Linux land, we do not reinstall software as a matter of routine maintenance. Only Windows needs such faldera. In Linux, we sit down and do the task that needs to be done. Period. So if you need to delete old accounts, do just that: delete your old accounts. No additional work is necessary. Baileythx dude. ****!LOL!!!!!1@reinstalling as maintenance. hahahah!cool.but i want to back up all my stuff though, incase i need to restore something. i could just create like a copy of the whole drive, huh? thatt probably be best thing to do. then i just restore every acct from that drive to my other one 1 by 1? i want to delete all them old involices and ****. (not a good idea? yeah but i want to anywya.)i think i can handle it though i guess.Just as Bailey said, I would also suggest to first sit down and weed out the dead accounts.Make a list of all the accounts on your server:WHM->Account Information->List Accounts->AllYou can even download the list as CSV (Fetch CSV).Now separate the active/dead accounts, paid/unpaid accounts. Once you have got the dead & unpaid accounts list, you can always terminate them WHM->Account Functions->Terminate an Account or WHM->Multi-Account Functions->Terminate Multiple AccountsOnce done, you have only active and paid account on your server, if you want to change packages you can do it, if you want to organise them you can do it.But before doing all this:TAKE BACKUP OF ALL ACCOUNTSThis you can do by WHM->Backup->Configure Backup just to make sure, if something goes wrong, you have the backup.You need to do a server audit. I've done 100s of them and they are tedious, but the end result is a great feeling. If you're on a cPanel server, it won't be too bad.--TinaServer audit, yes that's the right wordings.And yes that's an ongoing process, not a one time job.You need to audit your accounts time to time.I had the same problam i had people all over the joint i set down on my computer for 16hrs+ making it nice and neat i had customers that had over due bills for months which they never paid and etc.Aside from just sitting down and doing it?Nobody has access to your emails, records, billing, calls, and notes but you. You are going to have to go through your stuff and match up invoices with payments. Match up domain names with accounts, and then with billing and then payments.
You could allow a company to send you an activex or get on remotely and take control of your computer then transfer the files to their databse then reupload all oyur files to another destination. This would create very small very small downtime.
Hope this helps
xxen