Tricks To Moving The DVR To A New Host?

Channels DVR Server
#1

Hi All,

Tomorrow I’ll be receiving a Synology DS218+ NAS, at which time I’ll be wanting to move the Channels DVR host from my Linux server, which I’ve used as a test bed, to the Synology NAS.

There’s little content on the current host. Nothing I need save. So, any gotchas in doing this, or just shut down the old and start the new?

I’ve seen mention of a “restore” function. Does this somehow involve copying all from …/data in the current DVR to …/data in the new, then running a “restore” option of some kind? Is there a FAQ, HowTo or something, somewhere?

The new DVR host will, naturally, have a new IP address and hostname. And the storage locations for everything will no doubt change.

TIA!

#2

Moving the data directory is not required.

Simply move your DVR directory (containing TV, Movies, Database, Images, etc) to the new host and then use http://IP:8089/restore to import the existing data.

The Database folder contains recent backups of your data/*.db and can be imported via the restore tool. Guide databases will be recreated from scratch via guide download.

#3

[quote=“tmm1, post:2, topic:6695”]
Simply move your DVR directory (containing TV, Movies, Database, Images, etc) to the new host…[/quote]
Move them into the directory in which I want them to exist on the new host, or into a temporary/transitional space?

I get that additional channel the same way I did on my Linux box? I imagine I’d have to ssh in to do that?

#4

Final destination.

Custom lineups will be transferred via the backup. You can make other changes by using curl on any host but with the IP of your NAS.

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