This thread will explain how create a backup of your current server instance and all of it’s files.
And you will see which files are needed to migrate/move your server to a new location / machine.
Fowling steps are an universal solution for every Operation System.
It does not matter if you move from Linux to Windows or to Mac OS etc.
Stop the current server instance (Do not kill it! Or else you will not be able to start your new server for the next 2-3 hours!)
Shutdown your server instance (Expand to get a how to for your operation system)
These are official supported ways. to shutdown the whole server.
All ways will shutdown the whole instance and will report, that slots are not used anymore.```
* All operation systems:
In the ServerQuery interface you can enter the command `serverprocessstop`
* Linux/FreeBSD shell:
The command `./ts3server_startscript.sh` stop if your server was started with `./ts3server_startscript.sh start`
* Windows:
Right-click into the Server Tray Icon -> Then press `Exit`
Download the latest server from our website and install the new ts server on your target machine.
Don’t use a Root / Admin account for the installation!
In case of MariaDB do not forget to move your server database to the new server.
It could be that not all listed files do exist on your machine. Don’t worry about that
Copy following folders to the target machine:
files
logs
Start the server on new location or machine.
Keep your backup from Step 3 (and 4 if you like). It’s always good to have a backup.
Do not use this How-to to make a running copy of your current server. That’s not supported. Copies will deny to start or will shutdown on their own.
The topic in this thread is all about making a backup of the server or move it to a new location.
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So, i copied all files from the “old” machine to the new one and started the server but now i dont have admin rights. What am i doing wrong or is there any way to regain server admin?
First download https://yat.qa/ and login with serveradmin to your server. Then do a snapshot of your server. Next login to your fresh installed teamspeak server on your linux machine. There you just upload the snapshot.
Hey,
I have a backup of my old ubuntu server teamspeak. Due to technical problems related to another application I had to set up my server from scratch. When I restored my backup and tried to start the server it did not work so I tried a fresh install and just restored the ts3server.sqlitedb, files and logs folders.
When starting the server it actually starts up, but is asking me for a ServerAdmin privilege key (neither my old nor the new one works) and nothing is restored, not the channel nor the server groups and everything.
Anything I’m doing wrong here or any advise on how to proceed?
It’s definitely at the right place but the database could be corrupt. There was a problem after updating the server a couple of months ago and I didn’t try to fix it until now. Too bad, took us some time to build this server, but then we’ll just start over again.
Hey guys,
Since the OHV fire I think it’s time to do some offsite backups. I’m still waiting to get my files of the ts3 server back but I think they are untouched by the fire but still offline.
That said, I want to do some daily backups and I was wondering if there is a way to backup the TS3 server WITHOUT turning it off and kicking all the users. If not that would be a problem to me because some user just stays online 24/7 and even upgrading the server for me is a problem.
I hope you can give me some good news/tips for backing up the running server.
Thanks in advance
