Help Plex server showing no libraries

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So long story short I decided to move the plex media server folder from app data in the windows OS disk to my Raid where all my content is. I did update the location of the files for plex and moved everything but each time I launch plex it just creates a newfolder in that location and completely ignore all his past files.

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I tried putting everything inside the folder it created but still no luck

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  1. the location of the Plex data folder must support ‘symbolic links’ (or ‘hardlinks’ on Windows). Many drive pooling technologies and file systems don’t do that. On Windows, always use a local hard disk, formatted with the NTFS file system.
    https://support.plex.tv/hc/en-us/articles/201424327-Why-do-I-get-metadata-but-no-images-for-my-library-items-

  2. the input field ‘The path where local application data is stored’ must not have \Plex Media Server as its last part. That is always added internally. More about that here: https://forums.plex.tv/discussion/comment/851746/#Comment_851746

  3. Did you make sure to shut down Plex before copying/moving the data? (and with shutting down I don’t mean merely closing the web browser window). Otherwise your database file might be corrupted.
    If you solved 2), you might wanna try to restore a former backup of your database. https://support.plex.tv/hc/en-us/articles/202485658-Restore-a-Database-Backed-Up-via-Scheduled-Tasks-

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@OttoKerner said:

  1. the location of the Plex data folder must support ‘symbolic links’ (or ‘hardlinks’ on Windows). Many drive pooling technologies and file systems don’t do that. On Windows, always use a local hard disk, formatted with the NTFS file system.
    https://support.plex.tv/hc/en-us/articles/201424327-Why-do-I-get-metadata-but-no-images-for-my-library-items-

  2. the input field ‘The path where local application data is stored’ must not have \Plex Media Server as its last part. That is always added internally. More about that here: https://forums.plex.tv/discussion/comment/851746/#Comment_851746

  3. Did you make sure to shut down Plex before copying/moving the data? (and with shutting down I don’t mean merely closing the web browser window). Otherwise your database file might be corrupted.
    If you solved 2), you might wanna try to restore a former backup of your database. https://support.plex.tv/hc/en-us/articles/202485658-Restore-a-Database-Backed-Up-via-Scheduled-Tasks-

ok number 1 doesnt apply I’m fixing 2 as we speak moving everything back to the original location to see if it works. I tried with sql lite to check for corruotion and it returned just an ok tried restoring the library with the procedure but like it didnt do anything or maybe I did something wrong

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ok everything its back I just had to use another database backup not my latest looks like my latest backup got screwed