Duplicate a Plex Installation giving it a new identifier

General Discussions
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I have successfully copied our Plex database from a Synology NAS to a recently acquired, and more powerful, QNAP using this process.

I assume there is some sort of unique identifier in each Plex server instance that is also copied because when both Plex servers are running I can only ever see one of them; it appears to be fairly random as to which I can see.

Is there some way I can modify one of the instances to give it a new identifier thus making both servers visible?

It’s a bit late for this occasion but I wonder for future reference if it’s as simple as ensuring I keep the original of a particular file in the receiving system when I do the copy (plexmediaserver.pid?).

Thanks.

Kevin

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Yes, there is:
https://forums.plex.tv/discussion/comment/1170859/#Comment_1170859

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Thanks but that refers to a Windows machine while both the QNAP and Synology run some form of Linux.

Kevin

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The principle is the same.
On Linux, the Plex preferences are saved in a file called Preferences.xml
You need to find and edit it, thereby removing the above mentioned keys from it.

https://support.plex.tv/hc/en-us/articles/201105343-Advanced-Server-Settings

Don’t forget to end the plex server before editing the file.

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Ah sorry, I didn’t realise they were pretty much the same and now I’ve followed your instructions it all works :).

Thanks very much.

Kevin