Hello,
I have made many changes on the Movie titles and posters, etc.
How can i backup all of the changes i made?
There is automated backup you could use, settings->server->Scheduled Tasks, also read this article
You could also do manual backup, Plex Folder Location
Hi I have Plex Running on Western Digital PR4100
I would like to Backup my Collections/Posters/ Metadata etc.
Should I just backup this folder? /mnt/HD/HD_a2/plex_conf/Plex Media Server/
How would I restore this should anything occur? Is there a way to automatically backup this folder?
File Restore question here… and suggestion. I’ve been reading all the articles concerning this and none have the same directions, and none of them have worked for me. A great idea would be if PLEX itself had a RESTORE DATABASE button right next to the DOWNLOAD DATABASE button. Not even sure what the point of downloading is if you can’t restore the same way. It seems like common sense rather than folks attempting to hack into their NAS servers with the chance of really screwing things up. If I wanted to be a computer programmer, I would have gotten a degree in it. I simply want to migrate my media to a larger system and not have to spend hours and hours recreating my personalized database. We need someone at PLEX to work on this. Articles go back years reflecting this topic with no clear solution.
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I just made a copy of the /volume1/Plex/Library and tmp_transcoding folder which takes very long, because it includes huge amount of files (around 260.000) and folders (482.000), plus it doesn’t copy exactly everything but gives you file copying errors from time to time. Guess that happens perhaps when not closing PMS at the same time.
A single button asking for a destination folder would be great, plus of course a restore button. Idiot proof Plex for dummies. Thanks.
Tried it again, but despite having stopped PMS on both NAS and PC, I still get a massive amount of errors whilst making a 1:1 copy of the folder.
All of them are “no permission” errors?
Yes, this directory contains your configuration and logs.
I’d just backup /mnt/HD/HD_a2/plex_conf to /mnt/HD/HD_a2/plex_conf.bak
Make a backup when no content is playing or when plexmediaserver is disabled in the WD web UI.
First disable / stop plexmediaserver via the WD web GUI.
Then simply delete the current /mnt/HD/HD_a2/plex_conf and replace it with your backup.
Finally enable / start plexmediaserver via the WD web GUI.
To automate this, add this to /shares/Volume_1/Nas_Prog/plexmediaserver/init.sh
# create backup script
cat <<EOF > /sbin/plexbackup
#!/bin/sh
rsync -a /shares/Volume_1/Nas_Prog/plex_conf /shares/Volume_1/Nas_Prog/plex_conf.bak
EOF
chmod +x /sbin/plexbackup
# run it every day at 4:00 am
(crontab -l ; echo "0 4 * * * plexbackup")| crontab -
And this to /shares/Volume_1/Nas_Prog/plexmediaserver/clean.sh
# remove plexbackup from cron
crontab -l | grep -v plexbackup | crontab -
