HTS Tvheadend 4.3-1914 backup/restore issue Debian 10

Hannes Hultmann

Hi,

I use HTS Tvheadend 4.3-1914 with Debian 10.
My /home/hts/ folder is empty for both system.(main and new server)

Firstly I made backup in my /home/hts/ folder in my main server.

sudo service tvheadend stop
sudo -s
cd /home/hts/.hts
sudo tar cvfp ../tvheadend.tar tvheadend

cd /home/hts/

The backup file is correct, include everything.

Thereafter I made restore to the new server:

sudo service tvheadend stop
sudo -s
cd /home/hts/.hts
sudo mv tvheadend tvheadend-backup

tar xvfp ~/tvheadend.tar

Thereafter on my new server nothing has changed.
what did I do wrong?

Why my /home/hts/ folder is empty for both system?

Thank you in advance.

davep

When you created your backup, the file was saved as /home/hts/tvheadend.tar.

When you tried to restore the backup you were in a sudo shell and specified the file name relative to your (sudo) home directory, ie /root/tvheadend.tar.

Try using the same format of tar command for both backup and restore.

Hannes Hultmann

Yes it was saved as /home/hts/tvheadend.tar.
The restore was success, I have checked with WinSCP, all files are in the /home/hts/tvheadend and also I tried to /root/tvheadend, but when I has stopped and started my tvheadend nothing has changed, no network and channels appeared.

davep

> all files are in the /home/hts/tvheadend

The configuration files should be in /home/hts/.hts/tvheadend.

Is it possible that your old and new servers have different UIDs for the 'hts' user? If you do


ls -la /home/hts/.hts/tvheadend/

is the owner shown as hts?

Are there any clues in the logfile?

Hannes Hultmann

Resolved, thank you very much.

stefan ott

hey @hannes how did you do this at the end so it worked?