[mythtv-users] New server problems

[Mike Carron]

On 10/24/2014 04:17 AM, Michael T. Dean wrote:
> On 10/23/2014 12:46 AM, Mike Carron wrote:
>> I've been trying to get a new server running with Mythbuntu 14.04.1 
>> for the last few days and seem to be caught in an endless loop.
>>
>> First attempt I ran the backend-setup completely and after completing 
>> it I restored a backup of my old server. Everything seemed to run 
>> fine but when it was finished the new server had the old server's URL 
>> and DB password
>
> I'm not sure what you mean by "server's URL".  I'm assuming you're 
> talking about the server's IP address or the database server's IP/host 
> name (as those are the closest things to a "server URL" that are 
> related to DB password).  These are set using mythtv-setup's General 
> Settings.  You can also set them for a frontend with mythfrontend -p.
>
>> and I was not able to change them. Running mythconverg_restore.pl 
>> --change_hostname did nothing. When I started the backend-setup again 
>> the old URL and DB password were still there.
>
> This is not what you want.  It's only used if you're using a different 
> host name for the system.  If so, you'll need to:  a) restore the 
> pre-upgrade/pre-messing-around-with-partial-restore-and-change_hostname database 
> backup, b) run mythconverg_restore.pl --change_hostname , c) run 
> mythtv-setup to change the "this server" and/or "master server" IP 
> address
>
>> It seemed to me that by restoring the database from the old server I 
>> essentially made the new server a clone of the old. That makes sense 
>> but it isn't what I want to do.
>>
>> Further reading of the mythconverg_restore.pl material in --help 
>> --help convinced me that a partial restore was what I really wanted.
>
> No, that's not what you want.  There is never a reason to do a partial 
> restore of the database unless you have a corrupt schema and/or 
> corrupt data in certain tables (the ones that aren't included in the 
> partial restore).
>
> Mike
>
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It may not be what I want but the description of the option 
--partial_restore clearly states that it is required when setting up 
MythTV on new hardware. Is that not so?

mike