Clone Plex server on same account?

[OttoKerner]

Moving/Cloning Metadata

If you do that, you can’t be sure which server machine you are actually communicating with through the web app. Since both servers have identical “machine ID’s”. (the location from where you load the web app into your browser doesn’t matter) After cloning the data (make sure both source and target Plex servers are shut down during the copying process!) you need to access the Windows registry of the clone and remove the item described in this article: https://support.plex.tv/articles/20428152…

Additionally, make sure that the actual media files are accessible on both machines under the exact same address/drive letter/folder name.

The method for (re-)claiming a server may be now different, depending on server platform.

New Claiming Requirement for Windows

Back in Plex Media Server 1.29.2, we introduced some new behavior for macOS. This behavior is now being brought to Plex Media Server for Windows starting with version 1.32.2. Servers will now, by default, need to be claimed (i.e. signed-in to a Plex account). Coinciding with this new requirement, we’re also making some changes to the process for claiming a server. Due to this, the old method of claiming a server will no longer work (simply opening the local, bundled Plex Web client will no lon…