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I have found success migrating the database consistently using this tool. https://interconnectit.com/products/search-and-replace-for-wordpress-databases/. My general process is wget THEFiLE && unzip master.zip and then visit siteurl.com/Search-Replace-DB-Master. Had any thoughts on using a script/tool for your workflow?