Title: Migration Problems
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Migration Problems

 *  [rosscolquhoun](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rosscolquhoun/)
 * (@rosscolquhoun)
 * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/migration-problems-2/)
 * Hey,
 * I just migrated my WordPress blog from a MediaTemple DV server to a MediaTemple
   GS.
 * I migrated all of the data first, it asked me to install the website (as there
   was no database) so I did. At this point, everything was working fine and the
   website was accessible, well apart from the default theme and no data being present.
 * I then imported the original database from the DV server to the new GS server
   via SSH and now I am getting error messages. The theme and data are all now correct
   apart from the error messages.
 * Have I done something wrong because I am now getting the following message at
   the top of the page:
 * “Warning: is_readable() [function.is-readable]: open_basedir restriction in effect.
   File(/var/www/vhosts/welcometohr.com/httpdocs/wp-content/themes/k2/styles/sample/
   functions.php) is not within the allowed path(s): (/nfs:/tmp:/usr/local:/etc/
   apache2/gs-bin) in /nfs/c08/h04/mnt/124282/domains/welcometohr.com/html/wp-content/
   themes/k2/app/classes/styles.php on line 24
 * I also can no longer login to the admin section of the website.
 * At a total loss because I have done this before and not experienced any problems.
   Your advice would be greatly appreciated.
 * You can view the website here: [http://www.welcometohr.com](http://www.welcometohr.com)
 * Thanks in advance,
 * Ross

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 *  Moderator [t-p](https://wordpress.org/support/users/t-p/)
 * (@t-p)
 * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/migration-problems-2/#post-2010938)
 * have you followed instructions of this codex guide: [http://codex.wordpress.org/Moving_WordPress](http://codex.wordpress.org/Moving_WordPress)
 * particularly this section in the above codex: [http://codex.wordpress.org/Moving_WordPress#Moving_WordPress_to_a_New_Server](http://codex.wordpress.org/Moving_WordPress#Moving_WordPress_to_a_New_Server)
 *  [snapoint](https://wordpress.org/support/users/snapoint/)
 * (@snapoint)
 * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/migration-problems-2/#post-2011071)
 * This seems like a question for your hosts tech support, as this error:
    Warning:
   is_readable() [function.is-readable]: open_basedir restriction in effect has 
   something to do with a server setting. PHP’s open_basedir protection prevents
   users from opening files outside of their home directory with php. I’ve seen 
   similar problems to this and they aren’t wordpress specific, more MediaTemple
   and php related. The open_basedir can be turned off if needed from their end.

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 * Last reply from: [snapoint](https://wordpress.org/support/users/snapoint/)
 * Last activity: [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/migration-problems-2/#post-2011071)
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