# Feature request - Library migration utility **URL:** \ **Category:** Feature Suggestions\ **Created:** [February 3, 2017, 9:54am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-library-migration-utility/178395 "2017-02-03T09:54:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
**Author:** ![tom80H](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/tom80h/32/19753_2.png) [@tom80H](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tom80H)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2021, 1:00am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-library-migration-utility/178395/2 "2021-01-14T01:00:18Z")
Early 2021 clean-up: duplicate > [@Make transferring server to new machine simple and easy](https://forums.plex.tv/t/make-transferring-server-to-new-machine-simple-and-easy/509672): > > I suggest a simple solution to moving your library to a new machine. I don’t understand why it has to be so difficult. Plex needs an option for users to easily bundle their necessary files and then install them on the new machine. I’ve tried multiple times with multiple machines and never had any luck moving my server to a new machine without having to build my metadata back up from scratch. I’ve read the instructions but it never works. Instructions are unclear or incomplete. Would it be so ha… --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-library-migration-utility/178395)._