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RottenMutt:
if anybody knows, could someone write a how to.
thanks

Raistmer:
1) transferring separate tasks from one boinc installation to another - imposible.
2) transferring complete boinc data directory between computers but keep crunching on both - it's possible.

Howto:

1) set tasks you want to crunch on another PC to suspended state.
2)Set boinc to suspended network state.
3) copy complete BOINC data directory to another PC (backup its own BOINC data directory before).
4) start boinc as usual, suspend tasks that crunching on first PC and resume those you will crunch on second one.

5) you can report tasks from both hosts then, but better to do report only from first one (that way you will avoid new hosts recodr creation on server).
Just move complete data directory back to first host when first host completes (and reports) its own work share.

[such procedure I used when some big outage was 1-2 years ago and my notebook recived work wile fast quad+GSO9600 - not. So it used notebooks share of work to crunch. Unfortunately, there were no nice reShedule app we have now. So currently toy can even load CPU_GPU host from CPU-only one and vice versa]

RottenMutt:
i seem to remember the fella who wrote reschedule has done it, but i may have misunderstood him.  i've thought of doing exactly what you have suggested, if a fast rig completely runs out of work i may do that.  i just hate to screw with bonic when i got a lot of results waiting to be uploaded or reported.

i really wish there was support for a setiqueue application, that was far superior to bonic.

Raistmer:

--- Quote from: RottenMutt on 13 Mar 2010, 02:52:05 pm ---  i just hate to screw with bonic when i got a lot of results waiting to be uploaded or reported.

--- End quote ---
So don't forget to set BOINC to "no network activity" before you start to move directories and make backup of whole BOINC data dir after You setted BOINC to no-network and exited it.
That way you can restore from backup. Most importand point - not letting BOINC to report to server that something was wrong. If it did that - all is lost. BOINC works like spy sometimes ;)

Fredericx51:
Could be, it does use a few , 3 , ports, I think. Would noticed if a task, used trickle-up, like CPDN .
Btw. Aan't reach SETI, could be down.

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