Transfer a back up from PC to NAS Drive?

[RLG59RD 0]

Hi Guys, 

 

Lots of questions on the go, in different areas?

 

Is it possible to use a Back Up file from my PC server and use it on a new NAS Drive set up?

 

Regards

 

Rob

[Luke 42077]

Hi, do you mean from the backup plugin?

[RLG59RD 0]

Hi Luke , 

 

Yes from the plug in, if it's possible?

 

Regards

 

Rob

[Luke 42077]

Yes you can, just be careful not restore things that have paths in them because that could cause problems. I could consider just restoring the users and user data.

[RLG59RD 0]

That's great, thanks Luke - will try tomorrow

 

Regards

 

Rob

[paul1965 2]

Luke, I'm in the process of copying my library from one NAS to another (and moving Emby from my PC to the NAS). I've decided to change the folder structure somewhat, but I want to keep as many of my current library settings as I can (next up, latest, etc). If I edit the .mblink file for each library section in the library folder of the latest backup from my PC, then import it into the new NAS, will that work? I would be editing the path of the old NAS and updating it to the new NAS. The new NAS will have the same name, but for a couple of TV types I'm removing the parent folder (ex. Television/Cooking will be just Cooking).

Edited February 7, 2019 by paul1965

[Luke 42077]

That's not being actively tested, so I would not suggest doing that. Granted if you have a full backup then that gives you the ability to try and roll it back if needed.

[paul1965 2]

That's not being actively tested, so I would not suggest doing that. Granted if you have a full backup then that gives you the ability to try and roll it back if needed.

 

I'll do a backup first then edit the other one and import it to see what happens. If it works, great. If not I'm not out much!

[Luke 42077]

Sounds good.

[paul1965 2]

Editing the backup worked quite well. I was able to edit user info and library location data, then imported it using SSH (since I couldn't browse the network). Once I loaded the edited backup into Emby, it displayed my custom images, correct library info, etc.

[Luke 42077]

Thanks for the feedback.