Hi! My PC that served as my Roon Core died suddenly, and I’ve had to buy a brand new PC (time for an upgrade anyway, probably). If I had a backup, it’s probably very old, and I wouldn’t have the first clue where it would have been saved. So my question is this: If I can get into the old SSD from the dead PC (via a SSD enclosure plugged into the new PC), and I can locate the actual database in the AppData folder, can I just move that into my new Roon AppData folder and Roon will recognize it as its database? Again, we’re not talking about restoring a backup, but moving the actual database file (or is it multiple files?). Thanks!
I recently did something similar, although not identical.
I run my Roon server on docker on a Synology NAS. Although not supported by Roon, it works well. I needed to change the setup of my docker container for Roon. I didn’t want to take any risks, so I first made a backup. I then stopped Roon and copied the Roon folder to a new location. Finally I created a new docker container pointing to the new folder. As soon as the docker was started, my remotes discovered the core as if nothing changed. It’s been running stable for a week now.
So make sure you have a copy of the folder as suggested by BlackJak and go for it. You basically have nothing to lose.
Perhaps an additional point of attention: do the new install with the same version as the one you had running. Just to avoid any issues due to differences in the versions.