[mythtv-users] Best way to migrate from one server to another.

[Brent Bolin]

On Sun, Oct 3, 2010 at 5:46 PM, Nick Rout <nick.rout at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 11:40 AM, Raymond Wagner <raymond at wagnerrp.com> wrote:
>>  On 10/3/2010 18:32, Robert Johnston wrote:
>>>
>>> copying the DB over the top
>>
>> Never directly copy a database.  You want to export to text, and then import
>> back in to the new database server.  There are binary incompatibilities
>> between database versions, and even different builds.  This extra step just
>> ensures there will be no problems.
>
> and specifically you should use the scripts described here
>
> http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Database_Backup_and_Restore
>
>>
>>> setting up the HDDs on the new box at the same mount point as they were at
>>
>> MythTV always records to the root of the storage group, and it will be able
>> to find a recording anywhere, so long as that directory is listed as a
>> storage group directory.  There is no need to mount the disks at the same
>> point.
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I have been using my own mysql mythtv backup for some time.  I have
noticed DB backups in /var/lib/mythtv/db_backups but I don't know how
they get there.  They also don't get done every night like my home
grown mysqldump.  My question is the naming convention.

mythconverg-1254-20101003201508.sql.gz

What is this -1254- name part?