transfer to new server with only one valid license

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alect

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Hello guys, I'm trying to tranfser all my data to a new server but I have only one license.
I don't want any downtime during the transfer,
so is it possible to change the license ip to my new server ip and get everything ready(but this will take a few hours),
then restore all the backup from the old server.
my question is:
1.how can I make a full backup on my old server when the old server has no valid license.
2.will all the websites on the old server still accessible without a valid license.

thanks in advanced.
 
1. You can ask DA to provide you temp-license for 24h for this action.
2. You can run backups on existing server and start DA installation on new-one, usually it takes less than 30minutes. There is no IP-binding anymore, DA will work on server where you update DA/license with same license key.
 
alect said:
2.will all the websites on the old server still accessible without a valid license.
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If I'm not mistaken, they will run, but once the license is activated on the new server, you can't login to DA anymore on the old server.
Please correct me if I'm wrong. @Zhenyapan or @jamgames2 can you confirm or am I mistaken?
 
Last time i asked for a short-term lic for serverchange, they told me to take a 1-month additional license. The years ago it wasnt a problem at all. Only last time. Well you should ask them anyway.
 
johannes said:
they told me to take a 1-month additional license.
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Correct. I've seen them saying this somewhere too, not sure if it was on the forums or a ticket however they also said it was not required since you cuold make the change as described above or otherwise if it's a few days you could make use of the money-back guarantee. But I reckon they will keep track so this will not be abused.
This was mentioned shortly after they did not issue temp licenses anymore. So also some time ago.
 
hello guy, I have already transferred to new server successfully with only one key.

this docs said I'm able to create a full backup via cli, and this works even the key is expired.
/usr/local/directadmin/directadmin admin-backup --destination=/home/admin/admin_backups
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it took me about more than one hour to setup new server and restore all the backup, luckily all things works fine and no downtime.
 
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