Backing up Plex Media Server to rar or zip file

Plex Media Server
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On a Win 10 system I went to %localappdata% after unchecking empty trash

Winrar works fine until 39% of the compression when an error pops up saying could not continu e because plex update service is still running.

Winrar still continues compressing though

I need this to be perfect; can I disable that update service ? I have tried with and without Plex running in background.

Now too, I can copy the folder itself to another hard drive ( over 800,000 files) with no issue.

Does one HAVE to compress or is copying the folder and the reg file the safest path?

Much obliged

Jeff

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There’s two benefits to creating an archive file from your server data directory:

  1. Moving the data directory is a lot of data… a compressed archive means less data to be transferred
  2. Transferring many individual files causes more overhead in the network traffic – transferring a single large file is more efficient.

No matter if you transfer an archive or the folder itself – make sure your Plex Media Server isn’t running when creating the archive or transferring the directory (otherwise your server will keep writing / changing data and you might end up with a corrupted backup that can no longer be restored!!)

As for the update service… if that keeps running, simply end the app/process using the Windows task manager.

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