Restoring Subsonic from backup (linux)

[amlucent]

viewtopic.php?p=46768&sid=f2919b942455235ca1f203c87eee512b#p46768

I have completed a full backup of /var/subsonic/ on my old system and I am attempting to restore to my new system.

If I only restore /var/subsonic/subsonic.properties and /var/subsonic/db/* I receive a 503 error on web login. The only way I can fix this error is to restore the entire /var/subsonic folder however when I do this I can log in and out until I make a change to the database and fix the media folder location path. As soon as I change this if I restart the server process I get the 503 error again. Frustrated.

As a troubleshooting method I have done many apt-get purge and reinstalls with restores trying many things. I always get this error. I am posting in this thread, despite its age, because its the only place where I can see an admin confirming the backup method (by the way this should be put in the F.A.Q's on the wiki).

I am using ubuntu 12.04 with the latest subsonic package from getdeb.net repo.

[hakko]

The 503 error normally has a reason which gets written to log. You might wanna paste that here for feedback.

You might also want to have a look at this topic about importing certain settings: viewtopic.php?f=6&t=10338