December 23, 20241 yr I have had a Pro license for about 6 years. Hardware stable, everything just works. I have not had time or bothered to keep up to date with newer versions (still on 6.11.5), again everything worked fine for years. Now my old hardware is getting long in the tooth, drives are closing in on 85-90% full, etc., and it is time to update to new motherboard and drives. Current system is an old server board, dual Xeons, lots of drive bays with shucked easystores. the motherboard was probably 10 years old back when I set it up. What I would like to do is a brand new config on a new USB for my new system and then copy my old data across as I see fit. I have quite a bit of custom configs with Docker and unassigned drives that I would like to sort out with the new features now available. 1. Can I setup a full new system on a Trial Key and have both systems parallel until I get my data moved? 2. Can I then copy my old USB license key to the new system? 3. Should I go straight to the version 7 RC2 and setup with the newer version and features?
December 23, 20241 yr Solution 1. Yes, although technically you're not supposed to since it might not be a real trial. 2. The license is linked to the USB flash-drive it is currently on, so you can't copy that, but assuming you didn't change the start-menu, it is a case of renaming the config folder, then moving it to flashdrive 2, move the config folder from drive 2 to drive 1, move the licensefile from drive 2 to drive 1, and rename the config folder on drive 2 (so basically switch the config folders, but keep the key on the original flashdrive). 3. Technically Beta and RC versions could have errors that make things not behave like they should, but unraid is very good in keeping things stable, so yes.
December 24, 20241 yr Author Oh sorry, I didn't realize that using a trial key for a temporary system to migrate data was not allowed. My current USB is quite old, and I have had issues with it in the past. I would like to just transfer the license to a new USB stick, I don't care about my old configs, I would like to start at plain vanilla with my new hardware. Setting up shares, plugins, community apps, docker should not take too long. Yes I am aware it is beta/RC2, I was hoping for some feed back on how stable it is and how close to being finished. Thanks for the help 😃
April 4, 20251 yr On 12/24/2024 at 3:36 PM, YellowSnowArtisan said: Oh sorry, I didn't realize that using a trial key for a temporary system to migrate data was not allowed. No, that's perfectly fine. Your plan looks good to me, hopefully you were able to get it done.
April 12, 20251 yr On 12/24/2024 at 2:36 PM, YellowSnowArtisan said: Oh sorry, I didn't realize that using a trial key for a temporary system to migrate data was not allowed. My current USB is quite old, and I have had issues with it in the past. I would like to just transfer the license to a new USB stick, I don't care about my old configs, I would like to start at plain vanilla with my new hardware. Setting up shares, plugins, community apps, docker should not take too long. Yes I am aware it is beta/RC2, I was hoping for some feed back on how stable it is and how close to being finished. Thanks for the help 😃 Just about to start the same process. Did you run into any issues? Helpful tips? Had lots of headaches with a USB issue previously and that was on the same hardware... The last time I just setup a second system, wife said no to a 3rd 🙄. At least somewhat on board with a replacement and a "temporary" 3rd 🤣 Edited April 12, 20251 yr by Itzgizz
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