Easiest way to upgrade a single server

[Markbnj]

Hi.  Love this program.

Can someone with lots more experience tell me the best way to upgrade a machine currently running drive-pool??

I would like the new machine to use the same data and info I currently have.

I would like to simply plug my HD's into new machine and go from there.

 

I am guessing: 

a) buy another license  (most likely) [I know I could  just use one for less than 30 days]  -I'd support the developers for this!!!

b) bring up new machine with old disks??

Am I missing something big

 

Thanks in advance

[dval14sb]

In my experience you can just bring the disks to the new machine, install DrivePool and all the drives will be read and pooled again. You may need to set/change the drive letters to your liking in Disk Management.

You can also move / reuse your license from one computer to another although supporting the developer by buying additional licenses will give you more licenses.

It's nice that the developer embedded the config with the drive rather than having to backup configs from some obscure place. That said, I read that there's a settings JSON file somewhere but I have had no need for it since the drives are "plug and play".

 

[Markbnj]

dval14sb:

Thanks for that quick and easy answer.   I agree supporting by buying another license is the way to go for this great program.

The fact that I can just  EASILY reinstall in a new machine is Fantastic.  Thank you stable-bit!!!!

[Christopher (Drashna)]

If you need both systems running at the same time, for more than 30 days, then you'd want a second license.  If not, you can just use the trial period, at worst. 

But basically: 

1. deactivate the current license on the old system
2. disconnect the drives
3. move hardware to new hardware (or swap motherboard/etc, or whatnot)
4. connect the drives to the new system
5. install StableBit DrivePool
6. activate your license

And at step 5, it will automatically rebuild the pool with the available disks.   The only caveat here is that you might run into permission issues, but this is normal when moving disks to a new system, in general.   You may need to reset the permissions, but that depends.

But that's really all you need to do.