[mythtv-users] Replacing boot drive - need advice

[George Bingham]

On Thu, Jun 27, 2024 at 5:40 PM James Abernathy <jfabernathy at gmail.com>
wrote:

>
>
> On Thu, Jun 27, 2024 at 6:31 PM George Bingham <georgeb1962 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hey all,
>>
>> I am having to start over with a new boot drive. I had mythtv v 33
>> installed, but would like to install the current version - 34 right?
>>
>> But I''m not sure if I should do that because  I have the database backup
>> for v 33.
>>
>> Should I install v 33 and get it's database restored and then upgrade to
>> v 34 or can I just install v 34, and restore the database from v 33 to it?
>>
>> It's been a while since I've had to do this, so any advice is appreciated.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> -- George
>> _______________________________________________
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> IMHO, I'd install v34 on a clean system and get it working with your
> tuners, etc.  Then I'd restore your database and let the system upgrade the
> database to the new schema that comes with v34.
>
>  I generally do a complete restore as called out on the wiki:
>
> mythconverg_restore.pl --drop_database --create_database --filename mythconverg-1214-20080626150513.sql.gz
>
> I use the full path to the backup file.
>
> You will generally have to go back into the web app and recheck your parameters
> because some things may have changed.
>
> I have not done this recently, but I have created a new V34 system and restored a v34 backup
> from a different set of hardware and had to update the parameters.
>
> Jim A
>
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OK! Got it installed and v34 running, but it initially has a presumably
random sql password. Since I'm planning on restoring from backup, do I  set
it to my prior databases password? or does that not matter?
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