Hello community,

 

I currently have two Unraid server which I want to merge on a new hardware system.

 

System One:

runs on VM I want to move to the new system:

the array I will not move to the new system:

 

System Two:

This system is my media server with Plex and music, movies and tv shows.

From system two, I want to move the array and the USB stick with the license to the new system.

 

I read several posts in this forum and I am unsure which way is the best for me.

 

In one post, I read that I can "simply" unplug the array of system two (e.g. all hard disks when powered off & disabling any vm & dockers) and plug them into the new system and then boot up the new system with the USB stick from system two.

Once the new system is booted up, I will need to specific cache and docker/VM location on new NVMEs of the new system.

 

Once that is done, I can copy the Ubuntu VM (stopping VM and not auto boot, modify script on the new system) from system one to the new system.

 

Is this feasible?

Do I miss something?

 

If not, then this would be my preferred approach.

 

In another post I read that I would need to use a trial license for the new system. Setup the new system as needed. And then copy content from system two's array to the new system's array over network.
As I have some several TB of content, I would rather not need to copy it over to new system. It would also mean that the new system would require additional new HDDs which I rather not buy now.

So - which approach is the best way for me merging two old UNRAID server on a new UNRAID server?
Approach One or Two?

 

TIA!

 

Edited January 18, 20242 yr by Teffi71
change GB to TB (typo)

Did you merge these systems? Im about to do the same.

did this ever get answered and is it a possibility at all?

You can always merge servers, array disk will need to be reimported with a new config, pools can just be added and imported, Docker and VMs may require adjusting, mostly the paths for docker.