Move Immich to other Server
Hi i have a immich installation on truenas Scale with ixVolumes and want to move it to another server.
i already copied all files and folders like they are (except pgData cuz permissions error) to the other server and installed a new immich instance at another folder for testing.
The Data Structure changed, how should i now import my old files?
i want to use docker compose now. i have the pgBackups folder für SQL backups.
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1st is new install 2nd is the backup/copy
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doesnt help at all
You can't move over the database folder, you need to dump and import it
All other folders are in the same place
At most you'll need to move the DB dumps from pgBackup to backups
but that is not a requirement for Immich to run
Ah I see video is also renamed for you (for everyone not on truenas it's always been encoded-video)
but in effect you only need upload and library to get going
What exact issues are you facing from that?
That's a specific guide to do what you're asking, so if part of it doesn't make sense then we can dig into that part and move on from there