Is there a way to stop or pause Plex server or it's processes?

Plex Media Server
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Server Version#: 1.40.1.8227

Here’s the problem: I need to reconfigure an external RAID5 with about 12TB of Plex data on it, but I can’t turn off the computer. To reconfigure, I have to backup, destroy and reload the data. That would drive Plex server crazy. If I could turn off the server while I do the work, then I could turn it back on without Plex even knowing about it. The plan is to copy the data to another RAID and move it back.

So, is there a way to gracefully stop and restart the server? I can see in Task Manager that there are four processes. I could stop those, but is that the only way to put Plex to sleep? It seems rather inelegant.

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That’s always been possible through the Plex task tray icon.
grafik

If you are running Plex as a system service (not the default), you need to stop its service.

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Thanks! I used the Google and I didn’t see that appear in any of the results. I really do try to do my own research before asking here. I even searched the support site. I’m not saying it isn’t there. It’s just that the search engines weren’t helpful.

I run the default setup. I’m not smart (or energetic) enough to do otherwise.

Thanks again. You folks to good work and I appreciate it.