[mythtv-users] Planning to rebuild Myth backend, just need database?

[Nick Rout]

On Sat, Dec 17, 2011 at 5:17 AM, Dave Richardson <mythtv at derdev.com> wrote:
> I've had longterm, unresolved package dependencies on my Ubuntu 10
> backend.  As a result, I have not been able to upgrade to the Ubuntu 11
> series.  I have decided to take my medicine and just wipe the OS partition
> and apply a new install of Ubuntu 11.10 so that I can rejoin the
> distribution's maintenance lifecycle.
>
> Fortunately I *have* been able to keep up with the package updates for
> Myth, so I regard the system as current from a Myth standpoint.  Likewise
> for MySQL packages.  Therefore my plan to recover/restore Myth would be to
> (only) take a full backup of the 'mythconverg' database before I wipe the
> system partition.  [Yes, I think MySQL is on the same partition as the OS,
> I'll fix that]
>
> I'm fairly sure that the only necessary step after the fresh rebuild of
> the OS and a fresh package install of Myth (assuming I configure the MySQL
> details the same as before) would be to shutdown Myth and restore the full
> MySQL backup.
>
> If I do that, the I would expect the following major bits to fall back
> into place:
> -- tuners
> -- listings/recording tasks
> -- links to recordings
> (I don't run as a FE on this host, so no real video/audio settings to manage)
>
> Since I have a few crontab items for additional SchedulesDirect and other
> maintenance tasks, I'll bring those over as well.
>
> Would someone please check me on this.  It seems to be the as-documented
> method so I'm hopeful that I haven't missed anything critical.
>
> TIA!


http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Database_Backup_and_Restore