If I’ve migrated my entire plex config directory (Linux) to a different server and want to basically run it as a secondary/backup (so not at all associated with the first) can I simply just delete the Preferences.xml to in essence make it a brand new server but with all metadata in place? Or do I n…

Deleting Preferences.xml to "clone" server for secondary?

ChuckPa March 2, 2018, 11:02pm 3

Deleting Preferences.xml does create a new MachineID.

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