Migrating Large DirectAdmin User Accounts Directly to Another Server via Control Panel

[Sharif]

I’m looking to migrate several large user accounts from one DirectAdmin server to another.
Due to the storage space required, I’d like to avoid downloading the backups to my local machine.
Ideally, I’d prefer to handle this migration directly through the DirectAdmin web control panel using FTP or SFTP, to keep the process simple and efficient.

Does anyone know if it’s possible to transfer accounts this way?
Any guidance on setting this up effectively would be very helpful.

 

[Active8]

try this:

DA Migration Tool - Migrate cPanel and DirectAdmin Accounts Easily

DA Migration Tool: Free DirectAdmin plug-in for bulk migrating accounts from remote servers with cPanel or DirectAdmin, saving time and resources.

da-migration-tool.com.ar

no gurantee

 

[Richard G]

Does anyone know if it’s possible to transfer accounts this way?

You can also do admin backup/transfer but unfortunately these backups also first get on the local drive.
Another ways is to just backup the accounts themselfs and transfer them to the new server and restore them there.
And then rsync all the rest like mail and web directory.

 

[Zhenmue]

try this:

DA Migration Tool - Migrate cPanel and DirectAdmin Accounts Easily

DA Migration Tool: Free DirectAdmin plug-in for bulk migrating accounts from remote servers with cPanel or DirectAdmin, saving time and resources.

da-migration-tool.com.ar

no gurantee

maybe that's safe, and maybe it works.

but i would recommend agains't any external APP or tool like that.



You can just as admin, create everyaccount backup (or trough batches if you don't have enough space).
then rsync them to the other admin account and restore them.

I do that most of the time, but you can also create the backups, as admin, with a FTP destination, using the admin account of the new server too.

then on the new server, you enter to the backup/transfer, and you will see the entire list of backups there, ready to be restored.

 

[Sharif]

try this:

DA Migration Tool - Migrate cPanel and DirectAdmin Accounts Easily

DA Migration Tool: Free DirectAdmin plug-in for bulk migrating accounts from remote servers with cPanel or DirectAdmin, saving time and resources.

da-migration-tool.com.ar

no gurantee

I'm using Ubuntu, but the "DA Migration Tool - Simplify Server Migrations" requires CentOS 7 or AlmaLinux 8/9. I'm unsure if it works with Ubuntu. Such a feature should already be integrated into DirectAdmin or allow FTP transfers directly from the panel without local downloads.

 

[Sharif]

You can also do admin backup/transfer but unfortunately these backups also first get on the local drive.
Another ways is to just backup the accounts themselfs and transfer them to the new server and restore them there.
And then rsync all the rest like mail and web directory.

How is it possible to do this without downloading and reuploading it from the local drive?

 

[Active8]

I am using Ubuntu

Was not mentioned on your initial post, anyway you have to work with rsync or ftp or so

 

[Sharif]

maybe that's safe, and maybe it works.

but i would recommend agains't any external APP or tool like that.



You can just as admin, create everyaccount backup (or trough batches if you don't have enough space).
then rsync them to the other admin account and restore them.

I do that most of the time, but you can also create the backups, as admin, with a FTP destination, using the admin account of the new server too.

then on the new server, you enter to the backup/transfer, and you will see the entire list of backups there, ready to be restored.

I'm planning to create backups via FTP on the new server. Once the backup is done, I can access the directory for all available restorations, which sounds like a good plan.

I’m also looking for a feature like the cPanel "Transfer Tool" to be added to the DirectAdmin. This would simplify server migrations, saving time and eliminating the hassle of manually downloading and uploading backups. A tool that provides a completion report would be beneficial, especially since each website account can take up a lot of space, making manual transfers time-consuming.

 

[Richard G]

How is it possible to do this without downloading and reuploading it from the local drive?

As for the accounts itself, without webdata and mail, that is not possible. But accounts only do jus take very very little space.
And rsync does not make local copy's if you rsync directly to the remote server.

Backups via FTP also first land on the local machine via admin backup/transfer.
Unless you transfer directoy but then the accounts already have to exist on the new server.

 

[Ohm J]

this can't done in simple task.

Just backup all importanting via FTP, except Account Directory... then restore FTP backup and rsync the rest all Account Directory.