Answers.Body: <p>If you have access to your server and database, and you want to move the whole installation <a href="http://wiki.civicrm.org/confluence/display/CRMDOC/Moving+an+Existing+Installation+to+a+New+Server+or+Location" rel="nofollow">this wiki page</a> should provide all the information you need. If you only want to move the database, have a look at <a href="http://wiki.civicrm.org/confluence/display/CRMDOC/Moving+the+database+using+phpMyAdmin" rel="nofollow">this page</a>.</p>
  
  <p>I am assuming you are talking about CiviCRM, not CiviCSM ;)</p>
  
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Answers.Body: <p>Ironically, this isn't a CiviCRM question but a MySQL question.  MySQL is the database software that underpins CiviCRM.  Moving a MySQL database can be done either using the command line (<code>mysqldump</code>) or via web interface (<code>phpMyAdmin</code>).</p>
  
  <p>However, this is a fairly technical process, and I wouldn't recommend trying this without someone experienced!  Fortunately, anyone with MySQL experience can help you, even if they've never seen CiviCRM before.  Just have them read the links in Fabian's answer.</p>
  
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Body: <p>We are running our CiviCSM system on a vendor's host with our database in the cloud.  We have a CiviCSM system built for our network that is not currently in use, but we want to move the database from the cloud to our network.  Can we Export/Import, Backup/Restore or Detach/Attach and which would work best?</p>
  
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Title: How do we move our civicrm SQL database from the cloud to our network?
ThreadText: # How do we move our civicrm SQL database from the cloud to our network?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2015-12-09)
  
  We are running our CiviCSM system on a vendor's host with our database in the cloud. We have a CiviCSM system built for our network that is not currently in use, but we want to move the database from the cloud to our network. Can we Export/Import, Backup/Restore or Detach/Attach and which would work best?
  
  **Tags:** database
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_1 on 2015-12-10. Score: 2
  
  If you have access to your server and database, and you want to move the whole installation [this wiki page](http://wiki.civicrm.org/confluence/display/CRMDOC/Moving+an+Existing+Installation+to+a+New+Server+or+Location) should provide all the information you need. If you only want to move the database, have a look at [this page](http://wiki.civicrm.org/confluence/display/CRMDOC/Moving+the+database+using+phpMyAdmin).
  
  I am assuming you are talking about CiviCRM, not CiviCSM ;)
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_2 on 2015-12-11. Score: 1
  
  Ironically, this isn't a CiviCRM question but a MySQL question. MySQL is the database software that underpins CiviCRM. Moving a MySQL database can be done either using the command line (`mysqldump`) or via web interface (`phpMyAdmin`).
  
  However, this is a fairly technical process, and I wouldn't recommend trying this without someone experienced! Fortunately, anyone with MySQL experience can help you, even if they've never seen CiviCRM before. Just have them read the links in username_1's answer.
  
  
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