# \[Feature Request\] Backup and Restore Plex Server Configuration
**URL:** https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-backup-and-restore-plex-server-configuration/153673
**Category:** Feature Suggestions
**Created:** [August 3, 2016, 8:27pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-backup-and-restore-plex-server-configuration/153673 "2016-08-03T20:27:23Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@eddie11889](https://forums.plex.tv/u/eddie11889)
#### Post date: [August 3, 2016, 8:27pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-backup-and-restore-plex-server-configuration/153673/1 "2016-08-03T20:27:23Z")
A feature that I would like to see is an option backup/export the server configuration and be able to restore the configuration to the same or another Plex instance. It should be able to export to a single file and restore Plex from the file.
i.e - I am in the process of moving my Plex to a new server and will like to keep all the settings, watched list, etc on the new server. I have found a walk-through or two on how to do this manually, but it should be a simple web based option in the Plex GUI to do this.
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### Author:  [@ChuckPa](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ChuckPa)
#### Post date: [August 3, 2016, 11:09pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-backup-and-restore-plex-server-configuration/153673/2 "2016-08-03T23:09:01Z")
You do realize, if it were a GUI function, you would be attempting to backup a live, running, database and bundle tree potentially in the middle of something else going on?
I’ve done precisely that and can tell you it doesn’t turn out well when you try and restore it. Linux `dump`/`restore` are good but don’t listen to file locking for a second because they are intended to run with a quiet FS (mounted but quite) and all the OS buffers flushed… **not** a live DB
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### Author:  [@tom80H](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tom80H)
#### Post date: [March 31, 2021, 1:06pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-backup-and-restore-plex-server-configuration/153673/3 "2021-03-31T13:06:25Z")
Early 2021 clean-up: rejected
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### Author:  [@tom80H](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tom80H)
#### Post date: [June 10, 2021, 1:30am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-backup-and-restore-plex-server-configuration/153673/4 "2021-06-10T01:30:43Z")