# MySQL movement

**URL:** <https://forums.percona.com/t/mysql-movement/1228>\
**Category:** Other MySQL® Questions\
**Created:** [August 4, 2009, 10:44pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/mysql-movement/1228 "2009-08-04T22:44:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![ervaneet82](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c68b51/32.png) [@ervaneet82](https://forums.percona.com/u/ervaneet82)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2009, 10:44pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/mysql-movement/1228/1 "2009-08-04T22:44:10Z")

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Hi everybody,

Is there any way to transfer the MYSQL from one server to another?  
In fact, I am new system administrator in a company. I have to move the MYSQL SERVER to another machine. But I don’t know most of the user name and password of the database. Exactly , I want to transfer the mysql with same user name and password credentials.

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**Author:** ![gmouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b9e5f3/32.png) [@gmouse](https://forums.percona.com/u/gmouse)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2009, 4:34am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/mysql-movement/1228/2 "2009-08-05T04:34:00Z")

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Use the same version and just copy the data files. Or use a root account, dump all data (which includes user accounts, which are in the database named mysql), see [URL][http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/backup.html[/URL]](http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/backup.html%5B/URL%5D)

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**Author:** ![ervaneet82](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c68b51/32.png) [@ervaneet82](https://forums.percona.com/u/ervaneet82)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2009, 5:45am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/mysql-movement/1228/3 "2009-08-05T05:45:55Z")

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Thanks alot