Issue:

How to migrate or restore project metadata and/or configuration files to a new (or newly formatted) hard drive or workstation in Flame.

Solution:

To migrate project metadata and configuration files to a new hard drive or workstation in Flame, perform the following steps.
If these files have already been backup and need to restore, skip to step 6.

Note: Be aware of the following important information:

Project metadata and configuration files are saved in /opt/Autodesk/. Before reformatting the system, make sure to backup this folder first.
Archive/Restore functionality within Flame is the only supported method to migrate a project to another drive or workstation.
Data loss may occur.
Perform these steps as root or using sudo.
'Volume integrity check' (vic) output should be clean, having healthy clip libraries and databases before the metadata backup process.
When migrating to a new workstation, disconnect the old one from the network (Or wipe it, disable wire services, or uninstall Flame). So there would not be any ID conflicts in the wire network.
The Framestore partitions paths must be maintained.

Turn off 'Stone+Wire'.

/opt/Autodesk/sw/sw_stop all

Create backup location to store metadata. See the following example:

mkdir -m 777 -p /mnt/StorageMedia/Backup

Create metadata backup.

tar czvPpf /mnt/StorageMedia/Backup/$(hostname)_backup_$(date +"%m-%d-%Y").tgz /opt/Autodesk/{cfg,clip,project,sw/cfg,sw/swdb,user,archive,shared}

Install Flame to create restore 'skeleton' on new hard drive or workstation.
Stop Stone+Wire.

/opt/Autodesk/sw/sw_stop all

Restore data from backup location (or /mnt/StorageMedia/Backup/ in this example) using 'tar' command. See the following example:

tar xzvPpf /mnt/StorageMedia/Backup/Beau_adsk_backup_04-01-19.tgz

Reinstall Flame.
Start Flame in 'lazy mode' to verify project integrity.

/opt/Autodesk/flame_2020.1/bin/startApplication -Z

For more information, see Installation workflows.

See Also:

Flame System Requirements

Products:

Flame Products;