My main Plex server has a lifetime Plex pass. I am creating a secondary machine, on which I will install both Plex server (w/out Plex pass) and UMS, for purposes of experimentation and comparison. I will copy over all my movie, video, and music files, but want to copy ONLY the metadata for those f…

My question would be why? Using https://support.plex.tv/articles/201370363-move-an-install-to-another-system/ except the part about the registry should be enough.

Well, you could do that. But all the server settings which are stored in the registry will need to be made by hand on the second server.

Copying (not migrating) Plex to other server

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OttoKerner July 13, 2025, 4:07am 2

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