[mythtv-users] 0.21 and 0.22 servers on the same network?

Mark Knecht markknecht at gmail.com
Wed Apr 7 18:11:31 UTC 2010


On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 10:32 AM, Nick F <nikos.f at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 11:38 AM, Mark Knecht <markknecht at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Is there any problem with running both 0.21 and 0.22 servers on the
>> same network? I know that 0.21 frontends can upset the 0.22 database
>> so I won't change any settings on the existing 0.21 frontends and they
>> will continue to only use the old server. I'm hoping they won't try to
>> automatically access the newer 0.22 server.
>
> I ran two myth servers on the same network for a while about 18 months
> ago (I had moved countries 9 months ahead of my family and set up my
> own myth, and then when they moved over I had both running on the same
> network for a while).  If I recall correctly, the biggest thing was
> making sure the two databases had different names (I had the original
> called mythconverg, and the other one called mythconverg_new).  They
> co-existed happily.  I can't imagine would be a bigger issue with 0.21
> and 0.22 servers).
> _______________________________________________

Thanks to both of you for your responses.

I'm considering learning iptables and putting a firewall on both
servers to completely stop any cross pollenation/comtamination. I only
want to do this once!

I appreciate your sharing the experiences.

Cheers,
Mark


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