[mythtv-users] Migration issues from 0.20 to 0.22
Rick Goldberg
myth at pinteleyid.net
Wed Dec 9 03:15:38 UTC 2009
Thanks for the reply.
When you say "before you start any mythtv programs (including mythtv-setup
and mythbackend)" is it a problem that I've previously run myth-setup and
mythbackend on the new machine? Is stopping mythbackend (and any other myth
processes) enough, or do I need to change the hostnames before ever having
run these?
Thanks
-Rick
On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 9:32 PM, Michael T. Dean <mtdean at thirdcontact.com>wrote:
> On 12/08/2009 08:41 PM, Rick Goldberg wrote:
>
>> I think my problem is that I'm trying to migrate too many aspects at once,
>> and I don't know what order to do it in. Here's the current setup.
>>
>> Several year old installation of Ubuntu with Myth 0.20. SIngle machine
>> acting as the frontend and backend. Using a PVR-350. I'm running X over the
>> 350's TV-out to my TV. The X part was very finicky to setup, so I don't
>> really want to mess with that machine any more than I have to.
>>
>> I'd like to modernize my setup, and eventually retire that old box. My
>> desired setup is a single mythbackend running on my home server and several
>> front ends around the house.
>>
>> I have the server part all set up. I just installed Ubuntu 9.10 and myth
>> 0.22, configured an HVR-1600 and that machine is working perfectly as a
>> front and back end.
>>
>> I have also set up a second front end on a different ubuntu 9.10 machine,
>> communicating with the backend server, and everything works fine.
>>
>> Now the part I can't figure out. How do I migrate all my data off the old
>> 0.20 myth box to my new 0.22 backend?
>>
>> The recording files were on an NFS server, so they are accessible to the
>> new backend. I've done a backup of my old database using
>> mythconverg_backup.pl <http://mythconverg_backup.pl>. But I'm stuck now.
>> I only want to restore the recording data, I don't want to do a full
>> database restore (since user names and plugins are different), but the
>> partial restore option says it only works with identical DB schemas, and I
>> assume the schema changed from 0.20 to 0.22
>>
>>
>> Can anyone help me over this last hump?
>>
>
> You really need to do a full restore of your 0.20 data.
>
> Then, if your host names change, you /must/ do
> http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Database_Backup_and_Restore#Change_the_hostname_of_a_MythTV_frontend_or_backendfor each host whose name you change *before you start any mythtv programs*
> (including mythtv-setup and mythbackend).
>
> So, for example, if your master backend was named mbe before and now it's
> newmbe, you'd do:
>
> mythconverg_restore.pl --change_hostname --old_hostname="mbe"
> --new_hostname="newmbe"
>
> And if you had a frontend named frontend and changed its hostname to
> newfrontend:
>
> mythconverg_restore.pl --change_hostname --old_hostname="frontend"
> --new_hostname="newfrontend"
>
> Then start mythtv-setup and let it upgrade the database schema.
>
> There's really no benefit to doing a partial restore--even if you choose
> not to install some plugins you previously installed, the space taken up by
> their data is negligible. A partial restore is meant as a last-ditch
> approach for salvaging a little data from a broken database.
>
> If you really feel you must do a partial restore, it can be done, but the
> process will include /all/ of the above steps plus a few others.
>
> Mike
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