# Backup Capability for Server Settings Not Content OR Rollback

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**Created:** [December 4, 2021, 5:31pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/backup-capability-for-server-settings-not-content-or-rollback/762212 "2021-12-04T17:31:22Z")\
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There’s already a feature suggestion focusing on a server rollback option – though that hasn’t gotten much attention over the years.

> [@\[Feature Request\] Server rollback, and server user ratings.](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-server-rollback-and-server-user-ratings/152203):
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> After a few awful server releases with PMS 1.x, I think its safe to say an easier rollback approach from within PMS would be desirable. Possibly with the ability for users to rate each iteration so that one easily can roll back to the best possible version. After struggling with both Plex Pass and regular versions of the latest but not so greatest versions of PMS i finally caved and rolled back to 0.9.16.6, but in order to do so, I manually had to uninstall the server and download an older vers…

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As for the remaining “backup” capability. What exactly would you like to backup?

- You can already create database backups as a scheduled task.
- There’s a feature suggestion to backup/import metadata → [Built in Backup/Export/Import of Metadata between platforms also](https://forums.plex.tv/t/built-in-backup-export-import-of-metadata-between-platforms-also/573357)
- There’s a feature suggestion to create backups of the posters/artwork/local media assets → [Backup posters and artwork](https://forums.plex.tv/t/backup-posters-and-artwork/281432)
- The option to backup/restore data/configuration information has also been discussed in the feature suggestion about better transfer/migration support → [Make transferring server to new machine simple and easy](https://forums.plex.tv/t/make-transferring-server-to-new-machine-simple-and-easy/509672)

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