# Backup server odities

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/backup-server-odities/687494>\
**Category:** Plex Media Server\
**Tags:** server-linux\
**Created:** [February 6, 2021, 5:57pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/backup-server-odities/687494 "2021-02-06T17:57:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![OttoKerner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ottokerner/32/10079_2.png) [@OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OttoKerner)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2021, 6:03pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/backup-server-odities/687494/2 "2021-02-06T18:03:22Z")

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> [@pagedout10\_gmail.com](#):
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> I have the Library and the Media synchronized as talked about in the moving the server guides.

If you copied the Preferences.xml unmodified over to the second server, you have two machines using the same “identity”.

See this post. Read from “…after cloning the server”: [I want to backup my Genre tags from one server and restore them onto a new server - #3 by OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/t/i-want-to-backup-my-genre-tags-from-one-server-and-restore-them-onto-a-new-server/230246/3)

You then have to “claim” the server again, to connect it to your plex account, this time with a unique ID.

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