Migrate server questions

Channels DVR Server
#1

Does moving the DVR folder with the database etc, then using Restore page, fully restore the sever to its previous state will all settings AND tuner sources set with favs, enabled/disabled channels etc?

Looking in the ./channel-dvr folder on the linux install, the folder that houses the dvr executable and versions, as well as it seems the tve source data and cookies, is a folder not listed to be transferred to a new install/migrate of the server.

I am planning a move from a linux install, to a Pi4 image install, and the "how to move to a new server" instructions support page is not clear as to if transfers EVERYTHING over with the restore, or if that is only the DVR show database records, etc, and one has to do the root setup of tuner sources etc from scratch.

#2

Yes, your sources and their priorities, as well as your passes, are all restored.

#3

What about the tve cookies and chrome profile etc. That has been a big factor I think with the Xfinity tve auth issues...if those files from my working server are not moved to the new one, then I assume the new dvr will have to rescan and reauth each channel and make it's own profile store.

The dvr install dir is not mounted or shown on the pi image , but I think it can be force mounted when connect to a Linux system I tried that once, but I got permission error trying to copy files to it.
So if I could manage to copy those files to the new pi, then would it use those and not make it's own ? Or is the pi image and is going to be different and not compatible with those files from a normal linux install?

#4

Everything required is in the database backup. You don't need to copy anything else.

#5

Well, that was easy, though, I kinda goofed.

I copied all the folders over from my old dvr folder to the new DVR, and then restored the latest backup, somehow, the new dvr set its DVR folder to be a few levels in from root dir, was a folder in a folder in the Database folder in another Database folder....lolz. oops.

i wiped it clean and just moved the single Database folder with the one backup to the root of the DVR dir on the pi, and did restore again, bingo. Now it looks to be proper structure.

It did have to re-download the entire guide, but i expected that.
Did not have to re-scan any channels or anything.

So far, everything seems good. Even feels a tad zippier.

Setting a test record just to make sure that is working right.

Thanks.

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#6

Well....i was concerned about this happening...and it has.....after many months of not having the stupid Xfinity lockout crap happen on my Intel Nuc server, it had happened now with very lite use of my new Pi server.

#7

What was the working chromium-browser --version from the NUC?

#9

that command does not work for me. says not found and ask to install.

I launched chromium manually and it says.

89.0.4389.90
(but that may be an updated version very recent)

btw i am running, 2021.0224.1817 and server version 2021.03.18.0114

#10

O, duh, so the Update manager has a history section.

I am not seeing Chromium-browser or such in the list, only"chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra". but that version matches the browser version it seems

12-3-2020 and it updated to 87.0.4280.66-ubuntu0.18.04.1
(from ver. 86.0.4240.198)

this been working fine since then as well as the previous version. no issues

3-18-21, it updated to 89.0.4389.90

#11

btw, now that it has been more than 48hrs since Xfinity went kaput, and it still won't work on my new PiServer....i fired back up the NUC server, have not changed anything since i last used it last week, and it too give the same error...