How to backup all Server-Settings (including artwork and "watched-state") on PMS (Ubuntu)

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Dear all,

I have to reinstall my Ubuntu-Machine and want to backup all PMS-Content (including the artwork like scanned covers / posters, and the state, which movies are seen, and which not).

Can someone describe that please? I have red, that I have to backup the preferences.xml, but I think that’s not all …

Thanks a lot

Tom

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You only need to backup Plex Media Server data directory (Plex Media Server data directory location). The easiest way is to make a tarball so you have one file.

Example:

sudo tar -cvpzf PMS_Backup.tar.gz /var/lib/plexmediaserver/Library/Application\ Support/Plex\ Media\ Server

Backup the file and then extract it when you have installed PMS again.

sudo tar -xvpzf PMS_Backup.tar.gz
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Thanks a lot, Alehandro. I did this already and it worked :slight_smile:

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You want to do this while the server is not running.
Otherwise, there is a high likelyhood that the primary database file is damaged in the backup.

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If I may offer the How-To?

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