How to move LMS to a new machine?

[Apesbrain]

Time has come for me to update from Win 7 x86 to Win 10 x64. Going from x86 to x64 I can't do an "upgrade" so it will be a clean install. I plan to image my existing Win 7 system onto a larger SSD leaving a second partition for Win 10 to be set up in dual-boot.

As for LMS, I plan to:
1. Install LMS 8.3 under Win 10
2. Stop all LMS processes
3. Copy from Win 7 partition:
- The entire contents of my C:\PROGRAM FILES\SQUEEZEBOX folder
- Any %appdata% folders having to do with LMS or its plugins; currently none
- Any %programdata% folders having to with LMS or its plugins; currently INGUZEQ and SQUEEZEBOX
4. Reboot and perform a "clear and rebuild library" rescan.

Have I missed anything necessary to have my new installation of LMS behave exactly like my old one? Thanks.

[foxesden]

That will cover the main stuff. Just to complete the list

You have your music folders to remap.
You may have firewall settings that popup
if you are running any clients on the LMS server then they will probably get a new Id and this will affect any settings you have saved against them
Also any control apps and clients will need to be pointed at the new server.
I have LMS running as a service on Windows 10, I don't know if you are doing that on Win 7 - but it means that it starts when the machine starts

[d6jg]

I thought there was something in server.prefs that you also had to remove before starting up the new server?
I think it was that each server has a unique server ID and using the existing one was prone to issues.
Search here - I am sure it has come up many times before.

[Man in a van]

This would be me:

Take a screen shot of all Favourites, My Apps and any Podcast urls that are installed on the Win 7 Partition.

Take a screenshot of all Plugins and any Additional Repositories installed on the Win 7 Partition.

E-mail the screenshots to myself

On the new Windows 10 Partition Install the required version of LMS (right click and run as Admin).

Go to the e-mails and copy the required info a step at a time onto the new LMS with a few restarts in between processes.

Once finished prevent the LMS on the Win 7 partition from starting at boot.

But that's just me

Can one have a Windows 32 bit partition and a Windows 64 bit partition on the same Hard Disk ?

Just askin'

[Man in a van]

I thought there was something in server.prefs that you also had to remove before starting up the new server?
I think it was that each server has a unique server ID and using the existing one was prone to issues.
Search here - I am sure it has come up many times before.

https://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?113323-How-to-copy-LMS-data-when-upgrading-to-6-0/page2

ronnie

[Apesbrain]

I thought there was something in server.prefs that you also had to remove before starting up the new server?
I think it was that each server has a unique server ID and using the existing one was prone to issues.
Search here - I am sure it has come up many times before.

"2. Once saved on the PC, in the "prefs" folder, I locate the file, "server.prefs" and open it with windows "notepad". Once open I search for "uuid" without the quotes. It should show up in two lines. I delete BOTH those lines. This info is specifically related to your old setup and will be replaced automatically in your new LMS setup."

Thanks, @garym

EDIT: Thanks, everyone, for the help. As is always the case with something like this, I've hit my first unexpected snag. My favorite free disk management software won't clone a "system" disk without a paid license. Guess I'll refresh my cup of coffee and think about it a bit.

[d6jg]

"2. Once saved on the PC, in the "prefs" folder, I locate the file, "server.prefs" and open it with windows "notepad". Once open I search for "uuid" without the quotes. It should show up in two lines. I delete BOTH those lines. This info is specifically related to your old setup and will be replaced automatically in your new LMS setup."

Thanks, @garym

EDIT: Thanks, everyone, for the help. As is always the case with something like this, I've hit my first unexpected snag. My favorite free disk management software won't clone a "system" disk without a paid license. Guess I'll refresh my cup of coffee and think about it a bit.

You didn't mention disk cloning. Why do you need to do this?

EDIT. I can see reason why now. Larger disk.

[d6jg]

What I would do.

Remove W7 disk from machine and put safely to one side.
Insert new SSD go to BIOS and make it the bootable disk.
Install W10 on it and install LMS but not configure.
Shut down PC
Add old W7 disk as second non bootable drive.
You won't be able to do dual boot but you will have access to all your W7 files.

If you really find that you need to boot into W7 for some obscure reason then disconnect W10 drive and set BIOS accordingly.

[Man in a van]

Can one have a Windows 32 bit partition and a Windows 64 bit partition on the same Hard Disk ?

Just askin'

Apparently yes

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/can-i-dual-boot-32bit-and-64bit-windows-7-and-if-i/e5099d54-3d67-48c3-a77e-8a3ca1b2c994

[d6jg]

Apparently yes

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/...e-8a3ca1b2c994

As long as the machine itself is 64bit.

[Apesbrain]

I have LMS running as a service on Windows 10, I don't know if you are doing that on Win 7 - but it means that it starts when the machine starts

Although LMS started as a service on Win 7, I can't get it to do so on Win 10. How did you do it?

[Man in a van]

Although LMS started as a service on Win 7, I can't get it to do so on Win 10. How did you do it?

last command in the drop down

ronnie

[Apesbrain]

last command in the drop down

ronnie

Thanks, but this is my situation:



I am an Administrator and I installed LMS as Administrator. Any idea on how I solve this?

[slartibartfast]

Thanks, but this is my situation:



I am an Administrator and I installed LMS as Administrator. Any idea on how I solve this?

Did you run control panel as administrator?

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[Man in a van]

Thanks, but this is my situation:



I am an Administrator and I installed LMS as Administrator. Any idea on how I solve this?

Was that a right click on the .exe and "run as admin"install?

I don't run LMS to start until I want to use it (I run a raspberry pi for my LMS)

When I do want to run it, I start from the system tray, have you tried that ?

There is an option to run the Control Panel as Admin



ronnie