Transferring Blue Iris to new machine

n2qew

Young grasshopper
May 14, 2020
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Leland, NC
I've got a BI system that I am going to migrate from one server to another. Currently 27 cameras. System is running under vmWare - 16 gig,16 cores - VM config and perf screenshots attached for the curious. It's been working pretty well, and I do AI on 5 of the cameras. I've read some other posts about migrations where target machine is new install, and then moving config and DB. That's the path I intend to take. My primary question relates to the registration and what happens when I deactivate on the current server and then re-activate on the new server. I know that in demo mode that it brands the recorded video among other things. Does it mess up the existing video?

Path I intend to take is install ensuring that directory structure is the same, map long term storage (that's currently on a large NAS) so path is the same, restore registry, and copy Blueiris, and Blue Iris 5 folders to new box. Then, de-register old, and register new.

New long term storage will be onboard, and I'll adjust that. Old video I might just allow to age out where it is, or config storage to move it to the new onboard storage so it remains visible.

Any gotchas from past experience?

Thanks

VM Config.JPGVm Perf.JPG