[mythtv-users] Sync 2 remote backends over VPN

[piratebab-mythtv]

Wht not a master and a slave backend ? Is it too simple ?


Marc Randolph a écrit :
> On Sat, Sep 13, 2008 at 12:25 AM,  <robbinsck1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>   
>>> In theory you could setup a user job to run at the end of a recording, have the user job run nuvexport and use the "nuv and sql"
>>> option to export the video and SQL to directory.
>>> Use rsync to synchronize the files, then some kind of cron job or something on destination to scan the directory and move the files to
>>> the storage directory on the other box and import the SQL program information.  Would think something like that would work in theory
>>> at it would preserve the database info, and should be portable across different mythtv versions without doing a sql hack of your own.
>>>       
>> You make it sound so easy, and maybe it is....I have the nuvexport to a local directory down. Next is to get automated rsync working
>> with a cron job and the whole trusted certificate thing. Then the tricky part, scan and import....:hmmm.
>> What would be a remote backend trigger letting it know, it can scan and import? If it runs mid transfer that would be bad, right?
>>     
> (fixed very broken quoting)
>
> My understanding is that rsync uses temporary filenames during
> transfer (semi-hidden as they start with a period).
> This means your script could simply watch the import directory... if
> there is a file there (that doesn't start with a period), do
> something, otherwise do nothing.
>
>    Marc
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