[mythtv-users] How is a master backend identified?

John Drescher drescherjm at gmail.com
Tue Aug 26 03:14:09 UTC 2008


On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 11:06 PM, Rob Rosenfeld
<rob+mythtv-users at rosenfeld.to> wrote:
> Thanks much.
>
> I already have my database on a separate machine from any of the
> backends, so I don't think that will be an issue.  So it sounds like
> it's just updating mythtv-setup on all machines with the IP of the new
> box.  I can configure my DHCP to assign the new hardware the old IP,
> so that shouldn't be an issue.
>
> How about hostname?  I think I've seen a lot of stuff in the database
> stored by hostname instead of IP.  If I want to keep settings, do I
> need to use the same hostname?  If I don't want fresh settings, must I
> make sure not to use the same hostname?
>
I did not do any of this. The only change was to Set LogEnabled for
the new masterbackend.

John


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