[mythtv-users] Multiple hostname changes on DB restore?
Michael T. Dean
mtdean at thirdcontact.com
Tue Nov 29 18:05:14 UTC 2011
On 11/29/2011 04:51 AM, Andrew Cranwell wrote:
> I'm currently importing the database from my old BE/FE and am at the
> point of updating the hostname; however, at some point in the distant
> past, I changed the hostname of the old backend without properly
> updating the database (yes, everything broke and I won't do it again).
>
> Is it "safe" to run `mythconverg_backup.pl --change-hostname` twice
> (once with each old hostname)? I tried it and got errors about duplicate
> values, so I'm hesitant to proceed with that unless told it's safe.
>
> Or should I try fixing the damage on the old BE and re-export/re-import
> the DB?
You'll need to re-restore the database you had before you started doing
the --change-hostname process.
With --change-hostname, it's critical that the host name you select is
one that has never been used before. There's no way to "merge" 2
different host names to a single name.
With more details on the existing and desired names (and which should
map to which name), I could give you an exact procedure, but the most
challenging to figure out process would be getting an old definition of
a host name (say, myhost) out of the way and changing an old host name
(say oldhost) to be your good hostname (myhost). For that, you need to
use a temporary "garbage" name. So:
myhost: old host name that was used before, but no longer has proper
settings
myhost: desired host name to use, but with proper settings
oldhost: old host name that was used before with the proper settings for
(new) myhost
mythconverg_restore.pl --change_hostname --old_hostname="myhost"
--new_hostname="garbage"
mythconverg_restore.pl --change_hostname --old_hostname="oldhost"
--new_hostname="myhost"
Then just ignore "garbage"--unless the old myhost (now garbage) was a
backend host name and you actually recorded shows using that backend and
you've now moved those shows to another host, or you configured capture
cards/input connections or storage groups on that backend. Then, you
would need to "retire" that backend (as described at
http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Backend_migration ).
Mike
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