Best way to backup and move MBS?

[dannieboiz 13]

I plan on moving MBS to a dedicated server in the near future. What's the best way to do this? Is there a way to do a full backup and move it over with little to no reconfiguration needed? 

[johnchimpo 7]

If I understand it correctly, most of your data is going to be stored in the media XML metadata files. Only server configurations would be separate. And I'd assume you'll be moving your media too.

[Sundog 16]

Back these files up before doing this.  Update both to the same version of MBS too before moving.

 

Server Settings:

 

Fairly certain all your server settings are saved at ..."C:\ProgramData\MediaBrowser" in the "MediaBrowserXml.config" file and the "MBServiceXml.config" ... should be able to copy those over to move the settings.

 

Image Cache: 

 

You can move the image cache too, or you could just let it rebuild.  For the Image cache, its in the same folder ... "C:\ProgramData\MediaBrowser" ... you'll need...

 

• "ImageCache" folder, (has all your thumbnail art)
• "Cache" folder, (has the "cache.db" database file you need.  It will also move over playstate)
• "ImagesByName" folder (since it will have all the Actors Images and any custom items).

The rest is stored with the media itself.

 

Edit:   Forgot PlugIns...

 

Plugins work the same way, copy over the plugins folder to move them to the new host.

Edited November 18, 2013 by Sundog

[dannieboiz 13]

What about all my backdrop and primary images? Do those move over as well?

[gcw07 347]

What about all my backdrop and primary images? Do those move over as well?

Those are saved within the media folders (eg. it is saved to the same folder you movie is located in). So those would move over without a problem.

Edited November 19, 2013 by gcw07

[ebr 16169]

Configuring the server doesn't really take that much time (usually) and I really think you would probably save some potential headaches by just starting over.

[dannieboiz 13]

Those are saved within the media folders (eg. it is saved to the same folder you movie is located in). So those would move over without a problem.

 

sorry should have been clearer, I was referring to photos from the web dashboards. 

[gjviii 48]

Is rebuilding the server still believed to be the best process rather than copying files from the old server?   I am currently going to upgrade my current server/htpc and was wondering as well

thanks

[Luke 42077]

yea that's what i would do.