How to restore Plex Library - Pls Help!

Plex Media Server
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Server Version#: 1.25.0.5282
Player Version#: 4.71.0
Ubuntu 20.1

I followed to the letter this article Customizing your Plex configuration written by @ChuckPa

I moved my “Library/Application Support” from my server, as it was taking up to much space and filling up “/”, and moved it to a NFS mount on my Synology.

Everything seemed to well.

When I restarted the plex services and logged in, it did not load or find my data. It is writing logs to “Library/Application Support” on the NFS mount so I assume the permission are correct.

So I have all my Plex metadata moved. How do I get plex to pull it all back in and use it?

I have searched the forums and cannot find a clear answer.

Attached are logs. Any help is appreciated.

Plex Media Server.1.log (15.8 KB)
Plex Media Server.2.log (3.6 MB)
Plex Media Server.3.log (366.4 KB)
Plex Media Server.log (1.3 MB)

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You should be able to copy the database back to where it was, but I would not expect a good outcome.

I seem to remember reading here over the years that locating the database on a remote system was generally unsupportable due to the lack of file locking capability of the protocols involved. Someone please correct me if I am wrong.

Did the guide you follow explicitly state that what you did was supported by example?

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Not supported. Use at your own risk.

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@Agster

Put it in /home (presuming you have a separate /home partition).

If you don’t,

  • Plug in a USB drive
  • MOUNT the USB drive as instructed in the FAQ so Linux treats it as native and not a transient drive
  • MOVE your Plex metadata there.

All these instructions are found in the Linux Tips

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