wondering if there is a way to preserve all the work i put into my media server … i noticed that the server settings section (in Troubleshooting) has an option to download the database, and I thought that was what i’m looking for but not sure … i sorted, arranged, organized, chosen album arts, fix…

I will clarify. The PlexData shared folder contains a single entry which points to the internal QPKG storage area where PMS is stored. On QNAP, we have the “Migrate To” feature. In order to support Migrate To, the entry in PlexData had to be dynamic (created when PMS starts) and under the con…

[image] Qnap faq.....read me first! Tips, Tricks & How-Tos Q28: How to use the PlexData share The PlexData share, available in PMS 1.19.5 and above, can be used in multiple ways, like: Obtain log files to post in the forum when Plex misbehaves Add hidden p…

thank you very much for that, looks like exactly what i need … it seems like it’s also automated by pms if the share folder exists … if i’m reading it correctly, I manually create a PlexData shared folder, stop the pms, then restart it … but step 3 in " Setting up and administering the PlexData sh…

[image] cs7404: but step 3 in " Setting up and administering the PlexData share" i’m not sure whether that’s a step i must do ? this would be first time setup of the share. The first sentence says, “and do not wish to use this feature.” To me, that means do not perform step 3, since you do w…

thanks for the clarification and step by step. thats a nice to have feature. knowing i can snapshot the entire state of pms and restore it if needed is reassuring …. with several thousand pieces of media not having to re-sort and reorganize if something goes wrong is great. is there concern abou…

gave it some time in case the folder had to populate. for some strange reason it shows up as 70 bytes in File Station properties. In finder the get info panel would remain at ‘Calculating’ for a while so i assume File Station was not reporting the latest folder size which was weird. i decided to …

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