[mythtv-users] reconfigure to single FE/BE with Json

[Stephen Worthington]

On Sat, 23 Sep 2023 12:42:13 -0400, you wrote:

>On Sat, Sep 23, 2023 at 12:24?PM Stephen Worthington <
>stephen_agent at jsw.gen.nz> wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 23 Sep 2023 11:17:45 -0400, you wrote:
>>
>> >On Sat, Sep 23, 2023 at 11:04?AM Hika van den Hoven <hikavdh at gmail.com>
>> >wrote:
>> >
>> >> Hoi Daryl,
>> >>
>> >> Saturday, September 23, 2023, 3:22:59 PM, you wrote:
>> >>
>> >> > Experimentally, I tried using a RPi4 as a master BE with EIT
>> >> > program data, on 24/7 to get the best data possible. That didn't
>> >> > work so well so, as the subject indicates, I want my previous setup
>> >> > back. I renewed my SD subscription and started with the "XMLTV -
>> >> > MythTV Official" wiki. I did the xmltv install, but get nothing when
>> >> > I run "mythtv-setup" as mythtv. If I turn the RPi off I can't
>> >> > connect to the database. Do I need to restore a database to the
>> >> > Lenovo in order to proceed with the wiki?
>> >> > TIA  Daryl
>> >>
>> >> Am I right to assume your database is on the rpi?
>> >>
>> >Yes, it is currently the Master BE
>> >
>> >> The database does not have to be on the machine running the
>> >> master backend, but it MUST be up and running to use mythtv.
>> >> So, if the db is on the rpi and you want to take the rpi out of
>> >> commission, you will have to move the database and change the settings
>> >> on all back and frontends accordingly.
>> >>
>> >
>> >The RPi is called "trieli" and the Lenovo is called "daryl".
>> >I've created a new database backup from the RPi (host name trieli) so I'll
>> >need to change Lenove's hostname from daryl to trieli to be able to: drop,
>> >create, and restore this new db?
>> >
>> >Or can I move the database from the master (RPi) to the slave (Lenovo) and
>> >then configure the Lenovo to be  the master?
>> >
>> >TIA  Daryl
>>
>> The mythconverg_restore.pl program has an option to change the
>> hostname in the database - use the --help option to see it.  So you
>> can restore a database on a machine with a different hostname, then
>> use that command to change the hostname in the database to match the
>> machine's hostname.
>>
>So, to make sure I understand this. restoring the RPi's database backup
>onto the Lenovo, WILL restore and leave me with a mis-match of hostnames:
>database to machine (Lenovo) which can be corrected / matched by using the
>command in the mythconverg_restore.pl --help. Then off to the XMLTV wiki?
>Thanks again!   Daryl

Yes.