I have what might be a unique use case. I keep all my media on a dedicated server, a Dell poweredge r510. I currently run sabnzbd+sonarr on this, but I don’t like leaving it on 24x7, as it’s idle nearly all day, except in the evening/weekends when I watch tv.
I have a second server, an 8 core atom 2750 based server that runs esx, and on here I have a vm running sabnzbd + sonarr, and have no problem leaving this running 24x7 as it draws 1/3’rd the power of the Dell, and is already running my email, website, and git repositories.
My use case is, is it possible to have the Sonarr + Sabnzbd download to the VM, but once I power up the Dell and manually move anything off to the Dell, keep a record of what it’s already downloaded? or put another way, if I backup my settings on the Dell, import into the VM, will Sonarr act like everything is ok and not flag all shows as missing, and continue to download only missing/new episodes? I’m worried that once I move any new downloads off, that sonarr might scan to see whats missing, not see episodes, and treat them like it needs to download again. I basically want it to never attempt to download again once something is grabbed.
I plan on mirroring the folder structure on the vm as it is on the Dell (a simple “/TV” folder in a /media directory) so that whenever I power up the Dell I can execute a Copy/Movie from the VM to the server)
Thanks in advance!