[mythtv-users] I need to reinstall my backend

[Michael T. Dean]

On 02/10/2010 03:15 AM, Ian Oliver wrote:
> In article, Michael T. Dean wrote:
>    
>> Mainly just remember that the backup is only a backup of the database
>> data--you'll need to ensure you handle the upgrade/reinstall such that
>> all recordings files stay intact.
>>      
> My plan was -
> 1) Stop backend.
> 2) Copy everything in /var/lib/mythtv to an external disk.
> 3) Backup mysql database to the same disk (and somewhere else!)
> 4) Reinstall mythbuntu from scratch.
> 5) Stop backend again, restore database backup.
> 6) Reconfigure backend to use recordings on external disk. Or may restore
> them initially and then migrate to storage groups.
>    
>> The updates are mainly additional safety checks
>> to prevent problems caused when users forgot steps or whatever (so
>> they're good for ensuring you do things right).
>>      
> OK, sounds good. Thought the backup/restore seemed straight forwards -
> what steps were people missing?
>    

Things like dropping the distro-installed 0.22-fixes database before 
restoring their 0.21-fixes database or--most commonly--reading the 
instructions for how to perform a restore.  Anyway, either should work 
fine, but the newer one will give better messages if you make any mistakes.

Mike