[mythtv-users] Restore backup?

[Stephen P. Villano]

On 1/7/14, 2:20 AM, Yann Lehmann wrote:
> Am 06.01.2014 22:26, schrieb Jay Ashworth:
>>
>> The answer is this, Daryl:
>>
>> Yes, you should trial-restore that backup -- BUT YOU CAN'T DO IT ON
>> YOUR PRODUCTION MACHINE.
>>
>> (Were those capital letters enough warning, ev'ryone? :-)
>>
>> If you do it on your production machine, you will--as is suggested
>> here--trash your system, since you'll have lots of recording files
>> about which your database will no longer have data.
>>
>>
>
> One approach could be to set up a parallel installation on your
> production machine (dual boot, with same mount points for recordings,
> lirc configuration, etc.), and restore the production db on it from
> time to time, when the live system is not busy. That gives you the
> opportunity to test the backup on the same hardware and data.
>
> That's what I do when upgrading my system to newer OS versions or when
> there are "big" updates that could break something, in order to test
> them before "going live" with the new/upgraded system.
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My Myth system is still a big young for that, but for OS upgrades, I
usually use a VM or three to test upgrades out first.
Haven't used whole iron in ages to test upgrades.