February 24, 20242 yr Hi All What I am trying to do: Build a backup server and keep my old settings Shares, Users, Config & old cache drives with my Appdata/Domains/System/Dockers/Plugin BUT I want to build a new array with all new drives? SO FAR: I have succesful cloned my old Unraid USB and bought a new pro license. changed IP and server name in config. I can boot and I have all the old drives listed as missing I would like to keep my old cachedrives (Appdata/Domains/System/Dockers) and all my shared folder settings. But I would like to build a completely new array with new drives. (I already moved everything to my new server) Is this at all possible and how would I go about this? Currently I can boot up and it remembers all the old drives and see all my new drives. The "New config" under settings looks like the right way to do this? - But then I will loose all my old cache drives? Or can Unraid "see" the old formatted cache drive and the naming of the old orig. cachepools - if I just plug them in? (NVME drives) Sorry if this ia a stupid Q, but I want to be sure before pressing the "New config" button 🙂
February 24, 20242 yr Solution 2 hours ago, casperse said: Or can Unraid "see" the old formatted cache drive and the naming of the old orig. cachepools - if I just plug them in? (NVME drives) This, theoretically. But you can new config, keep all, and just change what needs to be changed.
February 24, 20242 yr Author I can confirm this works! I just had to update the format of my old cache drive before starting the server - because I converted it to ZFS after cloning the USB for the backup server! Worked great! Both the Appdata, Domains, Systems and the docker VM worked and started up without errors. I just whish I had reformatted all the older drives before adding them to the new array. But I just used the filemanager to delete old files. And I am now adding parity drives so this is great! EVERYONE talks about how easy True Nas is moved between servers, but Unraid is better! Here I rebuilt my array and keept every App & settings on a "new" server with ease! Edited February 24, 20242 yr by casperse
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