Migration from the current IIS6/SQL2005 platform to the new IIS7/SQL2008 platform

Creating an account on the new hosting platform

1. Go to https://ssl1.dcs.pl/dcs/dcsweb/rejestracja/Migration
2. Enter the credentials you currently use to manage the HostedWindows.pl service

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1. In the next step accept the service terms and conditions

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An empty account will be created automatically on the new hosting platform. No data (apps/databases) is migrated automatically.

You will receive two emails:

- one email with credentials for logging in to the management panel

- a second email with a summary of your hosting space

Application migration

You will find detailed instructions for the steps below in the service documentation.

To migrate an application to the new hosting you must:

1. Log in to the panel at https://panel.dcsweb.pl with the credentials you received by email (1)
2. Create the Domain you are migrating together with a Quick alias – this lets you access the application immediately for testing (?)
3. Create a Site for the domain created in step 2 (2)
4. If the app uses a SQL database: create a SQL database and user (3)
5. Create an FTP account to upload the app to the server (4)
6. In the application configuration files (e.g. Web.config) update the SQL Server address to mssql01.dcsweb.pl

1. Upload the application and the database backup (.bak) to the server via FTP (5)
2. Restore the database on the server from the management panel (6)
3. Test the application using the Quick alias, e.g. [ http://[domain name].demo.dcsweb.pl]

1. If you use email – create the required mailboxes
2. If all tests are successful, change the DNS delegation of the domain (in the domain-management panel at the registrar – e.g. home.pl) to the new DNS servers listed below. DNS propagation can take up to 48 hours; after that the application should be available from the new HostedWindows.pl servers.
   • ns1.dcsweb.pl
   • ns2.dcsweb.pl
3. After confirming that the application runs correctly and no longer uses resources on the old platform, send a request to disable the account on the IIS6/SQL2005 service to <script type="text/javascript"> </script><noscript>support at hostedwindows dot pl</noscript>

Notes: Communication between both environments is enabled. You can therefore temporarily (for testing) run an application on the new IIS7 server that still uses a database on the old SQL2005 server. However, this should not be treated as a production solution.

List of useful addresses in the new service

DNS servers

• ns1.dcsweb.pl
• ns2.dcsweb.pl

Mail

• webmail poczta.dcsweb.pl
• SMTP poczta.dcsweb.pl port 465 with SSL or 587
• POP3 poczta.dcsweb.pl port 995 with SSL
• IMAP poczta.dcsweb.pl port 993 with SSL

SQL Server

• mssql01.dcsweb.pl port 51433
• inside the hosting network the standard port 1433 is also available

MySQL Server

• mysql01.dcsweb.pl port 3306 – available only inside the hosting network

Technical support

If the above information is insufficient, contact technical support at <script type="text/javascript"> </script><noscript>support at hostedwindows dot pl</noscript>.