Server Version#: 1.6.1.3722
Player Version#: NA, FireStick, Chrome, IOS
Is it possible to delay the start of the plexmediaserver if installed on Linux?
My suspicion is that if delay the plex service it will better detect the correct time. But, it’s just a hunch. I check /etc/init.d/ and didn’t an obvious service. I will admit I’m an old timer and not familiar with systemd. Where is the startup script, and can it be modified?
root@VM03-PLEXDVR:/etc/init.d# ls -1 | grep -i plex
–Returned Empty–
root@VM03-PLEXDVR:/etc/init.d# systemctl list-unit-files | grep -i plex
nfs-dvr_plex.mount generated
plexmediaserver.service enabled
Explanation of the hunch below.
I have virtualized my Plex Media Servers. I use version 1.6.1.3722 for DVR recordings. My ESXi 6.7 host has no options for local time and forces UTC. My guest OS (Linux Mint v19 XFCE) has the proper date/time set :
root@VM03-PLEXDVR# dpkg-reconfigure tzdata
Current default time zone: ‘US/Central’
Local time is now: Mon Mar 11 12:19:00 CDT 2019.
Universal Time is now: Mon Mar 11 17:19:00 UTC 2019.
I reboot the host at noon CST today. Preceding the host reboot I had scheduled numerous recordings and all were correct. However, after the host and guest reboot Plex showed the recordings were missed, it appeared that it detected UTC time.
I then restarted the plex service and noticed the recordings after 5pm were now scheduled and valid (in other words, all is well)
To test I rebooted the guest again and the same symptoms. Plex shows recordings for 3pm to 5pm were missed. Again, I restart Plex service and they are valid.
