export customer and sales data

[kobra]

a non shared server was required.

My database is rather large thus I would like to know how to import just the customer & sales data.

Large is not an issue

Make the proper DB backup from your live site after placing on maint

Move it to your new server

at a shell prompt
enter this adjusting for your db name and Db backup

mysql database < file.sql

so this might look like

mysql jsmith_db < db_backup.sql

Then rerun zc_install and upgrade the DB Only