[Deskaheh-sysadmin] Uploading backup to new dadaIMC install

[treesong at treesong.org]

Hello,

One of my fellow techies here at BMIMC has set up a local server that we
hope to transition to. He has successfully installed dadaIMC on the new
server. We also have the backup file from our Deskaheh database, which
I believe is named:

bigmuddyimc_dump.sql.gz

My question is this -- how do we use this backup file to put our site's
data on the new server? i.e. how do we replace the default/blank
dadaIMC data on the new  installation with the dumped data from our
Deskaheh installation? And once we've done this, are there any other
considerations in performing the transfer? [I know that we'll have to
transfer some image files which I hope will be easy to find, but
anything other than that?]

Our initial goal with this new server was to use it as a "test server" /
"mirror" in the event of any future Deskaheh outages. But since Deskaheh
seems to be up poop creek without a paddle anyway, we may as well just
treat it as our new server and hope for the best. If  the new server
works well, we may move away from Deskaheh entirely -- but I'll get
back to you on that once the "if" is resolved. :) Our collective is
very eager to get our site "live" again, so any help would be
appreciated.

Love and Healing,

Treesong