How to duplicate all personalized metadata from one Plex Server to another Plex Server?

Plex Media Server Metadata & Adding Files
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I have a PLEX “Home” account with an Asustor Server (NAS I) and a PLEX “Family & Friends” account with a Synology (NAS II), just two completely separate accounts with two separated servers.

I had been adding thousands of video files during the years, whatever I did in the (NAS I), I did it to the (NAS II) at the same time. Both (NAS I) and (NAS II) are identical, all verified and corrected, some even have a customized poster or writing descriptions. Basically two separated identical Plex servers and accounts.

I decided to change my Asustor (NAS I) for another Synology (NAS III). Keeping the (NAS I) server as a backup, on my “home” account, I set up the new Synology server as (NAS III) and have all the video files, just like the other NAS.

Now I can open my “home” PLEX account and see the (NAS I) and the (NAS III), so far perfect.

After the video file scanning on the (NAS III), everything is there, but like the original metadata option. Many, especially the home videos, does not have the poster pictures or the description data. To go on each file and fix it, that’s a lot of work.

How do I basically clone the metadata from one of the other two servers?

I tried to copy different main files from the other servers, but it gives me errors when trying to run the new server. I did try copy the Metadata and the Media folders, but did not do any better. If I copy the Preference File or some others folders, it wont run. I wish by just simply duplicate a file, I can be able to keep all the same look setup and data.

I would appreciate any ideas, thanks.

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A) copying random files is a bad idea.
B) There are several guides for migrating data, https://support.plex.tv/articles/201370363-move-an-install-to-another-system/
C) Plex does not support cloning installs between two servers. At best you could probably write a script that does it.

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Hello dbirch,

Thank you for your reply. The most information that I did find is to migrate the same server account on a different device. That’s not what I’m looking for.

What I’m looking is to have a new separate server, but all the video metadata be like the other two. I want to save all that work on go to each file and changing or adding each information manually. Plus, if I know how this works, I can create some kind of backup to setup quickly any of my servers that may loose the data.

So far, all three servers are up and running separately. Just the new one that does not have the metadata like the other two.

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There are a couple of database files in /volume1/Plex/Library/Plug-in Support/Databases that will contain all of your metadata, and media info.

In order to get your data cloned between them you MUST use the same file paths between the servers.

If server 1 as it in /volume1/media/movies then server’s 2 and 3 need to also.

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Your are the MAN!.. I want to give you a big hug!. I was trying so many things and that works like a charm. Perfect. Thank you so much. Now I can save just that file as a backup and any time that I have a issue, I can easy make it back the way it is without doing all that work again. Thank youuuuuu

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Which might prove difficult if you’re moving between different NAS brands, which usually name their storage volumes each in their individual style.

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