[mythtv-users] Master Backend to Slave Backend Questions...

[John P. Mitchell]

Jesse,

> When you change the master IP address in mythtvsetup on the slave
> machine to point to the new master, mythbackend should come up as a
> slave.  Make sure you change your mysql.txt file to point to the
> single master with the correct user/pass.  Both backends store their
> recordings on local disk (at least in my case) and the master can see
> its own recordings and the slave's recordings, allowing all recordings
> to be played from one frontend.  My slave backend does not have mysqld
> running at all; it uses the master backend's db and the master does
> all the scheduling for both capture cards.
>
>
> On Fri, 1 Oct 2004 10:40:45 -0800 (AKDT), John P. Mitchell
> <john at cepros.com> wrote:
>> Jesse,
>>
>>
>>
>> > All I had to do was to run mythtvsetup on the slave backend and change
>> > the master IP address to point to the correct master, not itself.
>> > Then be sure to change the /usr/share/mythtv/mysql.txt to point to the
>> > master's database.
>> >
>> > If you have any recordings on the slave, I guess you could use
>> > nuvexport to get them and their SQL, and then reinsert the recordings
>> > into your master.  Or just watch and delete them first.  :)
>> >
>> > I run dual backends with one pvr250 in each, and things work really
>> > well.  I only have one frontend, however.
>> >
>> >
>> > On Fri, 1 Oct 2004 09:50:59 -0800 (AKDT), John P. Mitchell
>> > <john at cepros.com> wrote:
>> >> All,
>> >>
>> >>    First off. Thanks to all the developers out there for your hard
>> work
>> >> recently. I am looking forward to some of the new features once the
>> >> bugs settle out a bit.
>> >>
>> >>    I have two machines in my home setup with a frontend pointing at a
>> >> master backend on the same machine. Currently I edit the
>> >> '/usr/share/mythtv/mysql.txt' file on frontend 'A' to point at master
>> >> backend  'B' when I want to watch something on 'B' from 'A', and of
>> >> course the other way sometimes too, from frontend 'B' to master
>> backend
>> >> 'A'. What I want to do is convert master backend 'B' to a slave
>> backend
>> >> pointing at 'A' and then point frontend 'B' at master backend 'A' all
>> >> the time. An ideas on how to accomplish this? I played around with
>> the
>> >> 'settings' table in mysql on master backend 'B', but did not get very
>> >> far, so I put it all back and things are still working as seperate
>> >> master backends. Thanks in advance for you time.
>> >>
>> >> Regards,
>> >>     John P. Mitchell <john at cepros.com>
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>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > --
>> >
>> > Jesse Perkins
>> > jesse.perkins at gmail.com
>> >
>> > "Wisdom and strength are not opposing values."
>> > -Bill Clinton DNC 2004
>> >
>>
>>    I thought I read some place that I was not supposed to have channel
>> listings or run mythfilldatabase on a slave backend. Do I need to drop
>> the listings? I thought I also read some place that it said you should
>> not have some sources defined on the slave backend as well. To make
>> sure I was clear the master backend I now have running that I wish to
>> convert to a slave backend is fully functional and recording things,
>> probably as we speak. It is also configured identically to the other
>> master backend down to the partition layout. I know that I will need to
>> use nuvexport to dump the recordings I have in the box now and move
>> them to other box, but what other steps do I need to take besides
>> tweaking master server IP address? I have changed that setting in the
>> settings database and restarted 'mythbackend' but I ended up with an
>> unhappy backend that still thought it was a master according to the
>> logs. Does the slave backend use the local disk for any video/audio
>> storage?
>>
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>>     John P. Mitchell <john at cepros.com>
>>     Email Sticker: My Boss is a Jewish carpenter
>>     http://www.GoboLinux.org | User #00010110
>>
>
>
>
> --
>
> Jesse Perkins
> jesse.perkins at gmail.com
>
> "Wisdom and strength are not opposing values."
> -Bill Clinton DNC 2004
>

   Hmm.. I will look at this more.. Maybe I fat fingered a setting..

Regards,
    John P. Mitchell <john at cepros.com>
    Email Sticker: My Boss is a Jewish carpenter
    http://www.GoboLinux.org | User #00010110