Template:VALT Server Migration

Note: Change IP's in the below commands to match the IP's of the new and old server

On the Old Server

1. Disable the Apache web service to prevent further recordings:

   sudo service apache2 stop

2. Disable the restart Wowza cronjob:

   - Type in the following command:

   crontab -e

   - Press 1 to continue

3. Comment out the following job:
0 3 * * * /usr/local/valt/bin/restartwowza

4. Press CTRL + X to exit
5. Press Y to save

6. Type in the following, then press Enter:
sudo chmod 777 -R /usr/local/WowzaStreamingEngine/content/
7. Type in the following, then press Enter:
mysqldump -uivsadmin -p valt > valt.sql
8. Enter in the MySQL password and press Enter:

9. Copy over the database file to the new server
scp valt.sql ivsadmin@NewServerIP:/home/ivsadmin/
10. Enter password for ivsadmin and press Enter:

On the New Server

1. Type in the following and press Enter:

   mysql -uivsadmin -p valt

2. Enter in the MySQL password and press Enter:

3. Type in the following and press Enter:
DROP database valt;

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4. Type in the following and press Enter:
CREATE database valt;

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5. Type in the following and press Enter:
exit
6. Type in the following and press Enter:
mysql -uivsadmin -p valt < valt.sql
7. Enter in the MySQL password and press Enter:

8. Type in the following and press Enter:
mysql -uivsadmin -p valt -e "UPDATE wowza SET address = 'NewServerIP'"
9. Enter in the MySQL password and press Enter:

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It can be useful to run the migration in a screen. Use screen -S video_migration to start a named session.
10. Type in the following, then press Enter:
sudo rsync -av --progress ivsadmin@OldServerIP:/usr/local/WowzaStreamingEngine/content/valt_recordings/* /usr/local/WowzaStreamingEngine/content/valt_recordings/
11. When prompted, type yes to continue connecting to the server:
12. Type in the ivsadmin password and press Enter:

13. The video files will begin copying over to the new server and will look like this:

Things to note:

• Depending on the amount of video files, it may take some time for all of the files to transfer
• Assuming the copy is running at a full 1GB link, it will take about 2.8 hours per 1 TB of data

14. After the video files are done copying over, you will see a confirmation message similar to the one below:

After the files have been copied over, navigate to the VALT webpage on the new server and verify that all of the files are there.