We have yet to move a server successfully, it always works out faster to just install a new server then add the clients to that server and start backup from zero, the reason… well the data store… we are trying to copy the store from one disk to another, we have about 21’000’000 files, so far it looks like 30 days to do this, might as well re-back everything up as that store is only February (under 20 days) of data… so thats the first issue.
Next is the unique ID of the server for which it has a copy and so does the client, so in theory you can install the new server then take the server ID file and copy that back, if you have access to the server backend engine (we dont as its run on a QNAP NAS). I have requested a “backup” and “restore” feature in the server GUI as most of this would be fixed with that feature, it would also be nice to have a “move data store” feature in the GUI as there are so many links in the database that have to work.
The below link is interesting and answers a question i had, the new storage path has to be identical if you move the server, as it appears to hard code the links in the database, can be fixed by running a script, sounds like a GUI button is required for that if its a script.
Heres the word from the developer about it