[mythtv-users] Backend upgrade question

[lothar.subscribe at comcast.net]

>I know how to 
>back up the database, install a new 64 bit version of Natty or Oneric, and 
>then restore the database, but if I do that, it forces the upgrade to 0.24, 
>and that is the part I am not so sure of. I know that the database schema 
>changes with each version, and I am worried about importing a 0.23 database 
>into a 0.24 installation. 
> 
>Does anybody have experience? I have a very high WAF (my current system 
>has been stable for 3 years, and the one before that was good for about 2 
>years), and I don't want to ruin it. 
> 
>Matthew Asplund 

> 
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I recently upgraded from 0.21 to 0.24 (three times because it kept recording new shows before I had time to migrate all of my systems) using the mythconverg_backup and mythconverg_restore scripts. The process went very smoothly each time. In my case, I used a separate hard drive to do the new installation on so I was guaranteed to not lose data, but it wasn't a problem in the end anyway. I wrote up the experience here if you want to take a look: http://www.missingremote.com/guide/migrating-mythtv-database-between-installations 


Tim 
Editor 
MissingRemote.com 
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