We've been using 'Channels DVR' for almost 4 months now & (as I mentioned in a previous post) 'on balance we're quite impressed'.
But we have a problem; when I originally setup our (Ch's) DVR_Server, I did so on a (Nvidia)Shield {2015-16gb} w/ a 4TB WD ext.HDD. That being said everyone, (including myself) went a lil' overboard w/ the amount of recordings we scheduled. Also (in hindsight), I mistakenly adjusted the (DVR) settings to error on the side of protection over deletion. We ended up nearly filling up our (4TB) HDD. So I told our (entire) household to go through & erase their recordings that they didn't want to keep. Unfortunately that only bought us a few weeks, before we were nearly (98%) full again! Then I decided to try & rectify the situation by replacing the 4TB drive w/ a 8TB (HDD I had bought on sale a while back).
[Just to provide some background] I'm alright when it comes to A/V 'stuff', but in regards to computer related 'things', I feel like a neophyte compared to most of the members of this forum.
So, I disabled the (Ch's) DVR_Server running on the Shield, & then powered-down everything. (Now here's were my naivety comes into play) I figured all I would need to do is swap ext. HDD's & power back on, then enable the DVR_Server (on the Shield) & go to the Settings in the Web U.I. to make sure it recognized the new HDD. (But needless to say) that didn't work. It showed the existing DVR data, but I didn't know what steps to take to finish setting up the new (Seagate) ext.HDD. As a result, I ended up hooking the WD HDD back up again & trying to connect to the (DVR) Server, but alas that didn't work (& I was afraid to try anything, that I thought could potentially put our recordings at risk).
Consequently, here I am (asking for help). {sigh}
(Ideally) What I'd like to do is:
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Setup the new Seagate-8TB (ext.) HDD on the Shield {2015-16gb} as our 'DVR_Server', while preserving (future) access to the existing recordings on the WD-4TB (ext.)HDD.
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Then (if I understand correctly) based on what I've read on this forum, I'd like to [when time & $ permits] setup a 2nd (Ch's) DVR_Server (with our existing "ChannelsPlus" account) & move the WD-4TB (ext.) HDD to the 2nd DVR_Server; allowing members of my household to be able to watch (& hopefully Erase) their recordings, while I could still use our 1st DVR (w/ the Seagate-8TB).
Are either of these possible?
Or is there something else I'm not aware of?
Would appreciate any advice, (& hopefully) tips &/or steps I need to take in order to get us back up & running.
(Sorry I'm so long-winded) Thanks for reading my post.
MsFit