Importing Stuck AT “Preparing To Import” 6 Hours+
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I backed up my website on an older server and importing it onto a new wordpress site.
Both hosted via AWS – EC2.The total size of the exported backed-up website was approximately 80 GB compressed, and uncompressed close to 160 GB, I think.
I have 220 GB, and 210 GB available storage on the server right now. (Just checked while this import process has been stuck).
The importing process has been stuck on “Preparing to import…” – “Please do not close this browser window or your import will fail” for the last 6+ hours. It took 10+ hours just to upload the file so I don’t want to restart until I know I have to.
Also, can I minimize the tab, and use other windows/programs? Or will that interfere with the import?
Do I need to increase my server disk storage? Or should that suffice? Do I need to restart?
Thanks
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Please read this guide: How to Increase Maximum Upload File Size in WordPress
The easiest way to figure out the problem is to request error logs from your hosting provider for your website, then examine them around the time when you tried to upload the file.
You will see what limit you have encountered and increasing it will solve the issue.The settings in PHP that you likely need to adjust are:
upload_max_filesize– set this to a value > than your backuppost_max_size– set this to a value > than your backupmemory_limit– set this to a value > than your backupmax_execution_time– set this to 0 (infinite)
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