[mythtv-users] Best way to migrate from one server to another.

[Michael T. Dean]

  On 10/03/2010 06:46 PM, Nick Rout wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 11:40 AM, Raymond Wagner wrote:
>>   On 10/3/2010 18:32, Robert Johnston wrote:
>>> copying the DB over the top
>> Never directly copy a database.  You want to export to text, and then import
>> back in to the new database server.  There are binary incompatibilities
>> between database versions, and even different builds.  This extra step just
>> ensures there will be no problems.
> and specifically you should use the scripts described here
>
> http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Database_Backup_and_Restore
>>> setting up the HDDs on the new box at the same mount point as they were at
>> MythTV always records to the root of the storage group, and it will be able
>> to find a recording anywhere, so long as that directory is listed as a
>> storage group directory.  There is no need to mount the disks at the same
>> point.

And, to make things as simple as possible, your best bet is to ensure 
all your MythTV backend systems use the same IP address and hostname as 
before.

If you don't, you'll need to use

http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Database_Backup_and_Restore#Change_the_hostname_of_a_MythTV_frontend_or_backend

and it's very easy to break things if you don't do everything exactly 
right and in the right order.

Mike