Now you can quickly and easily migrate your current virtual server running BSDI BSD/OS Unix to a virtual server running FreeBSD Unix.

• Why migrate to a FreeBSD virtual server?

BSDI virtual server users who wish to move to this improved platform will be provided a new "shadow account" for migrating all of their current BSD/OS virtual server files. To create a new FreeBSD "shadow account" simply follow the steps below. You will not be charged a new setup fee for creating a shadow account, nor will you be charged a monthly fee for the new server while the account is still a shadow account. You will have 30 days to move your current account to the new shadow account. If you have any questions about this process, please contact customer service at service@digitaldaze.com.

1. Shadow
   Send e-mail to service@digitaldaze.com requesting migration of your BSDI virtual server to FreeBSD. Be sure to include in your request the primary domain, IP address and Administrator password of the account that you would like to migrate. Typically, the shadow account will be created by the customer service staff within one day of your request. When the shadow account is created, you will receive notification via e-mail with the new shadow account IP address and other important information. Read this information carefully. It will assist you greatly in the migration.

2. Testing
   When you create your shadow account, your content is moved automatically to your new server. However, we cannot guarantee that the automated move was accurate or complete due to your ability to customize your virtual server. After the new shadow account is created, you will be given 30 days to review all of the content on the FreeBSD shadow account. Remember, in requesting a new shadow account it is fully your responsibility to ensure that you have verified that all files, services and settings on your new shadow account are correct before requesting that the shadow account go live.

3. Go Live
   Once you have thoroughly tested your new FreeBSD account, you are ready to make the FreeBSD account live. Anytime between forty-eight (48) hours and 30 days after you create your shadow account, you can request to go live. In order to "Go Live", you must send e-mail to customer service requesting that the IP addresses for each domain in question to be modified to point to the new FreeBSD server. It is important to list each domain that you want updated. This includes special domains like yourname.securenow.com if you are using our SSL cert. Domains not specifically listed in your e-mail will not be modified to point to the new server.

   Note: If your domain names are not using our name servers (ns1.dnscentral.com and ns2.dnscentral.com), you will need to contact the administrator of the authoritative nameservers in order to make the necessary changes to your zone files.

4. Deshadow
   Once you have made the FreeBSD server live via the instructions above and are totally confident that everything is working properly, you will need to contact customer service and request that they "deshadow" your account. You will need to provide the IP address of both the old and new virtual servers, and the administrator login password for the old server.

   The deshadowing of the account terminates the old BSDI server. Deshadowing is non-reversible. Because of DNS propagation issues, we recommend that you wait at least 48 hours after the DNS change takes effect before deshadowing your account. However, you must request to deshadow your account within 30 days of the account shadow activation date.

   YOU SHOULD NOT REQUEST THAT THE ACCOUNT BE DESHADOWED UNTIL YOU ARE CERTAIN THAT YOUR NEW SERVER IS FUNCTIONING PROPERLY. YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE VERIFICATION OF ALL CONTENT AND TESTING THE NEW SERVER TO MAKE SURE THAT IT FUNCTIONS PROPERLY. Once the account is deshadowed you will not have access to the old BSDI virtual server. You will not be able to revert back to the BSDI virtual server. All data on the BSDI virtual server will be lost. DO NOT deshadow your account until you are assured that the FreeBSD account is functioning properly. We recommend that you point the domain name(s) to the FreeBSD virtual server for several days prior to requesting that the account be deshadowed.