Change Root Folder

So you want to move your starr library to a new machine but not sure how to make it find your content? Toolbarr can help!

The DB Migration tool allows you to edit the starr.db database file to update item paths to a new root folder. This allows you to convert from Windows to Linux or vice versa. This page provides a short tutorial on how I migrated my Radarr Library from Linux to Windows. The process is the same for any starr app, and for macOS.

• First, go into Radarr and make a database backup. System -> Backup -> Backup Now

• Copy that backup file to your computer. Unzip it.
  • Ensure this is local and not over a network drive
• Open Toolbarr. Navigate to Radarr.

• We're going to add a new instance. Right now, the URL doesn't matter.
• Click DB Path to open the file browser, navigate to the db file you copied from Radarr and select it.

• Save it and click DB Tools. You should see something like this:

And this is where I'll take a moment to explain. I have two root folders. One is old and still has a few items linked to it. We're going to clean that up while we're here. In fact let's do that first. Click delete, and then click Yes.

• Now we have more invalid paths. No bother, we'll fix that too.

• Next let's change the root folder to the new path on the new Windows server. Click Change.
• Enter the new path and click save.
• If you have a lot of movies it might take a minute or two.
• A progress bar displays while it updates multiple tables.

• Now let's fix the invalid paths. Click on Movies.

• Scroll to the bottom, click Select All and Save Selected.

• Looking better. Let's do the other two.

• It even fixes import list paths.

• And when you're done it should look nice and clean.

• At this point you can load the radarr.db file into the new Radarr running on Windows.