wedge22 Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 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? Quote Link to comment
soana Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 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. Quote Link to comment
wedge22 Posted January 11, 2016 Author Share Posted January 11, 2016 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. Quote Link to comment
wedge22 Posted January 12, 2016 Author Share Posted January 12, 2016 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? Quote Link to comment
soana Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 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. Quote Link to comment
garycase Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 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. Quote Link to comment
chip Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 I did this recently and didn't have issues - follow this for assistance https://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=38707.msg415678#msg415678 Quote Link to comment
wedge22 Posted January 13, 2016 Author Share Posted January 13, 2016 This is great too hear, I am running 6.1.6 so I guess it's going to be pretty easy. Quote Link to comment
garycase Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 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 Quote Link to comment
dv310p3r Posted April 21, 2017 Share Posted April 21, 2017 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? Quote Link to comment
itimpi Posted April 21, 2017 Share Posted April 21, 2017 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. 1 Quote Link to comment
SSD Posted April 21, 2017 Share Posted April 21, 2017 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. Quote Link to comment
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