I'm kicking myself. So I deleted my Movie library in the Plex Media Server. I confused the DELETE option to EMPTY when I wanted my removed movies off the library i had removed from the folder. I know I know, there was a warning telling me that it couldn't be undone, but I read it as I already clicked on the OK button. I did click on the Cancel button when I realized, but the library is still gone :'( I closed Plex Media server, but I still see that Plex Transcoder process still running.
I do have a Time Machine backup from two months ago but I don't know what to restore to only bring back the preference that included all my libraries. Also, the backup is most likely from a previous version of Plex.
- I watch a lot of TV Shows (Its own library) and I don't want to lose the watch history.
- What file/folder do I restore to bring back the preference that included my Movie library?
- I have the thumbnail cache files enabled, so when I rewind or fast forward I can see where I am in the process. I'm OK with these files being recreated for anything new I've added since that two month backup. I just don't want the server to have to rebuild that cache folder all over again. I'm figuring that when I deleted the Movie library, the cache files related to the Movie library also got deleted. I will need to know what folder to restore.
Please help!!! I tried searching on here and didn't find anything that met my situation.
*** Update ***
I found that there is a backup file that gets created every day for the database under ~\Library\Application Support\\Plex Media Server\Plig-in Support\Databases\. I restored the last backup file. I have all my movies showing up minus the files that were downloaded since yesterday. The scan ran and the few movies were updated. However, now the dashboard is empty. If I open the TV Shows or Movies library separately, I can see them under "All", but if I switch the view to "Recently Added" or "On Deck", nothing shows up. What am I missing?
