The last step of the mnspecialhockey.org migration took place at DreamHost. The provide an optional mixed hosting service. I had some files in a traditional ftp site on a DH server, but also Gmail and Google Apps via Google.
From their control panel I turned off the Gmail and Google Apps connection. (See the posts list below for my prior action).
Then, since DH was also the registrar for mnspecialhockey.org I switched to the new DNS servers. I'll update this post if I learn what really happens to the data that was at the old site.
See also (note, some are old)!
From their control panel I turned off the Gmail and Google Apps connection. (See the posts list below for my prior action).
Then, since DH was also the registrar for mnspecialhockey.org I switched to the new DNS servers. I'll update this post if I learn what really happens to the data that was at the old site.
See also (note, some are old)!
- Closing a Google Apps domain: document liberation and more 2010
- Closing a Google Apps project: downloading sites 2010
- Transferring a Google Apps eNom domain: Awkward!
- How to create a google apps custom domain and move your blogger blogs to your new domain (2007)
- Gordon's Tech: Migrating a domain with related Google Apps and hosting files to a new service (2008). How I configured mnspecialhockey.org Google Apps after moving from Lunarpages.
- Gordon's Tech: Google Apps: Configuration for a non-Google managed domain (2007) - original mnspecialhockey.org Google Apps
Update 8/29/10: After the transfer
The mnspecialhockey.org domain now points to a new site. What happened to the old content?
- sites: they still exist! The URLs are of the form: http://sites.google.com/a/mnspecialhockey.org/sites/system/app/pages/meta/dashboard
- docs: they still exist! The URL is of the form: http://docs.google.com/a/mnspecialhockey.org/#all
- mail: it still exists for my account (I removed the others) with URL: http://mail.google.com/a/mnspecialhockey.org/?tab=om#inbox
In fact, I can still manage the domain using the URL
https://www.google.com/a/cpanel/mnspecialhockey.org/Dashboard
So I have, at least for the moment, answered the question about what happens to Google Apps content when the original Google App Domain is gone. Turns out, it persists. Even the Domain settings persist (Google Apps thinks the domain is still mnspecialhockey.org, even though it no longer references this site).
If this remains true, it shows there's only a loose coupling between a domain-associated Google Apps suite and the domain itself.
That's rather nice to know. It's not completely surprising however.
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