Server Version#: 1.25.4 Player Version#: 4.74.1 QNAP NAS TS-251+ After being hit with the deadbolt ransomware, general advice is to wipe the drives clean, reinstall the firmware and copy back the data. From the Windows Explorer where I can access the NAS’s shared folders, I had started copying t…

He means, that if you use the build in option to create a share, it’ll automatically work regardless of where you installed your Plex Server See: Qnap faq.....read me first! - #5 by ChuckPa

[image] PlexData share for QNAP systems NAS & Devices Introduction We’ve made a change which will make administering PMS easier on QNAP systems without interfering with QNAP’s philosophy and functionality in any way. This functionality is available as of PMS 1…

@Chumbo Those support articles are too generic and don’t apply to QNAP or Synology On QNAP, you can install PMS on any volume so it does you absolutely no good to restore your metadata to one volume (e.g. CACHEDEV1_DATA/.qpkg/PlexMediaServer/Library) when you QPKG is installed on CACHEDEV2_DA…

I’m confused by a few things you said… [image] ChuckPa: On QNAP, you can install PMS on any volume so it does you absolutely no good to restore your metadata to one volume (e.g. CACHEDEV1_DATA/.qpkg/PlexMediaServer/Library) when you QPKG is installed on CACHEDEV2_DATA So the gist of that is…

Ok, thanks. I just finished zipping the data folder and I’m getting denied access to some files despite having stopped the server on the NAS. How should I go about it? [image]

@Chumbo Use the real admin account. Do not use an administrative user account. Administrative user accounts do not have any real privileges in the underlying Linux layer.

I don’t understand? There’s only one account on my PC and it has the admin privileges. Can you please clarify? EDIT: Got it. You were talking about being logged in my NAS’ OS with the admin account but the whole time I’ve been describing my problem copying it from the Windows PC so…

You don’t do the backup over the LAN by copying the files to/from your PC. Doing so will: Take an incredibly long time Lose all the date/time stamps on the files Lose the ownership and other file attributes To do the backup Stop Plex Open PlexData → Plex Media Server in File Station Highlight …

Damn! I’m glad I asked and happened to detail how I was doing it…Is this information anywhere? I certainly couldn’t find it. I hope others will be aware of this before doing their backups like I did. Thanks,

QNAP FAQ [image] Qnap faq.....read me first! Tips, Tricks & How-Tos Q28: How to use the PlexData share The PlexData share, available in PMS 1.19.5 and above, can be used in multiple ways, like: Obtain log files to post in the forum when Plex misbehaves Ad…

How to backup and restore PMS settings/metadata?

Plex Media Server

ChuckPa February 8, 2022, 5:09pm 2

You don’t place the data then install. You install the package then, with PMS stopped, restore the backup over the top of the “empty” data which the installer created.

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How to backup and restore PMS settings/metadata?

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