MinimServer complexity (was Configuration Backup)

[simoncn]

(26-09-2014 17:15)DavidHB Wrote:  Simon is the expert, but my experience with copying and pasting values and the fact that the .config file is plain text indicates to me that the old .config file can be copied to the location of the new installation and used as before. The one setting you need to be careful with is contentDir; the location of the music folder(s) on the new setup must be exactly the same as on the old, or this setting (and therefore MinimServer) will not work.

I don't advise doing this. Some properties are specific to the NAS on which the minimserver.config file was originally written.

Quote:If I were doing the job with 2 NASs in place (at least temporarily), I would copy the music to and set up MinimServer (with default settings) on the new NAS. Then, using MinimWatch, I'd open Properties windows for both instances of MinimServer, and copy and paste the settings to the new instance as necessary (some of the default settings, including, probably, contentDir, will not need to be changed). That way, you can check the settings as you go. Having done essentially the same job, as described in my last post, I can confirm that the settings process only takes a few minutes.

This is a much safer approach and is the recommended way to migrate configuration settings.