January 11, 201610 yr I currently have my unraid system running on an old amd apu and my main rig is a separate pc. I want to move my current unraid to a new pc. This includes new motherboard and cpu but with all the same hdd and ssd for cache. Is it possible to do this without loosing all the data already on the hdd?
January 11, 201610 yr Yes, it's possible. Main function should work no problem. Some plugins like the dynamix temp are motherboard dependant. Your IP address if fixed based on MAC need to get updated.
January 11, 201610 yr Author Thanks for the quick response. I plan on reducing my PC count by one and just using the new build as my main rig for Windows 10 VM gaming and browsing and unraid with plex and sab. I have a 4790k in hand just need a decent motherboard and 16GB of ram.
January 12, 201610 yr Author So it's just a case of moving all the drives to the new pc build and turning it up and setting up the static ip with the new Mac address?
January 12, 201610 yr If you already have an static ip address allocated by the router based on your old motherboard MAC you will have to update the settings in the router for the new motherboard MAC.
January 12, 201610 yr There's virtually nothing to do except plug everything in the new system and boot -- EXCEPT if you happen to be running v4.7. If that's the case, there are a few extra steps ... but I assume that's not the issue here. If by chance it is, be sure to read the details of that migration -- or ask for help.
January 12, 201610 yr I did this recently and didn't have issues - follow this for assistance https://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=38707.msg415678#msg415678
January 13, 201610 yr Author This is great too hear, I am running 6.1.6 so I guess it's going to be pretty easy.
January 13, 201610 yr This is great too hear, I am running 6.1.6 so I guess it's going to be pretty easy. Yes, with v6 it will be trivial => just connect all your drives to the SATA controller(s) and boot to the USB flash drive you're already using. Done
April 21, 20179 yr A bit old, but I have a question. The drives, when moved to the new system, they have to be plugged into the same SATA Port numbers? So, if Drive 1 is plugged into SATA port 0, then on the new system, I have to do the same thing? Is this the case?
April 21, 20179 yr Community Expert No - port numbers are not important to unRAID. Ever since v5 unRAID has recognised drives by their serial numbers not by where they are plugged in.
April 21, 20179 yr Just be very careful with your drive cabling. Even a very slightly lose or skewed connection can cause a drive to drop offline. Locking cables / drive cages are a good idea. The migration should be easy. In essence, every boot is a reinstall of the os into a ramdisk. One of the benefits is it is easy to move to another motherboard, unlike something like Windows. You might want to review the syslog on the new system for signs of incompatibility. But I expect it will work fine, with possible exception of hw passthrough to VMs.
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