If you want, you can you can have the installer do a proper import for you.
This same procedure allows importing to Synology from any other Plex server (windows, apple, desktop Linux, and other NAS platforms)
- create the Plex shared folder
- create folders “Library/Application Support”
- Put whichever "Plex Media Server (with sub folders) under “Application Support”
- Having verified you have everything again in the “Plex” shared folder and in
Plex/Library/Application Support/Plex Media Server/<stuff>structure, - Uninstall the DSM 7 app -With the ERASE option
The Erase option makes certain the “PlexMediaServer” shared folder is properly empy and ready for the next installation (which will import the data properly)
Given PlexMediaServer (DSM 7) was installed once, you can use this procedure on the “Plex” shared folder to prepare the files for fastest possible import.
- This step may take some time because it’s modifying every file.
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When it’s complete, Install the DSM 7 app again normally. Adjust the “Plex” shared folder permission if it has any issues.
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When all permissions are satisfied, it will sit at “Installing”.
If you open another DSM session tab, after a few minutes, you’ll see “Migration.log” in the Plex share.
This is how you can watch its progress
- Ownership
- Symbolic links (agent metadata)
- Moving the data to “PlexMediaServer/AppData”
- Cleanup after everything is moved.
When this is completed, you will know the “PlexMediaServer” shared folder contents are all set with proper permissions to run on DSM 7.
