[mythtv-users] Can't find storage group to delete it

[Hika van den Hoven]

Hoi Robin,

Tuesday, May 26, 2015, 2:20:37 PM, you wrote:


>> All that said, what exactly are you trying to do?  I wonder if you're
>> making things more complex than they need to be.

> I'm trying to do something really really simple.

> Convert a 6 year old master backend into a slave and replace it with a
> bright shiny new one.

> Take database backup off old box, copy all files to new one, restore db to
> new box, change hostname so new master is autonomous but keep one old
> tuner in the slave.

> Why a slave? Just until I can find a better way of connecting an STB into
> the system. Why have it in a separate box? The svideo card is dying and I
> don't want to have top keep power cycling the main server  (master) to get
> another couple of days out of it before the next failure.

> No renaming of directories, no defining storage groups on the slave, no
> unmounting old storage areas I want to keep as a backup for a couple of
> weeks.

> Like I say - nice and simple.

So all you have to do is make sure that none of the directories in any
storage group exist on the slave. For instance by giving them the
suffix '.old'.

Tot mails,
  Hika                            mailto:hikavdh at gmail.com

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