Issues accessing duplicated Plex servers

Plex Media Server
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So I have a Plex server hosted with Hetzner which I share with my family and friends, but I have decided to duplicate it and set it up on a Raspberry Pi4 for me to use exclusively, as I direct play everything.

I successfully duped the server, but the problem I have is that if the 2nd server (Baby Kong) is running, I can no longer see the 1st server (King Kong) The second I disconnect or turn off remote access to Baby Kong, King Kong reappears in Plex WebApp.

Does anyone have any idea what I need to change or do, to have both servers working at once?

Cheers

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Sounds you slipped in a copy of a configuration file that refers to the same machine identifier as your King(?) Kong server – resulting in Plex considering those to be the same server (despite different names)?!

See the last bullet point from the related Linux Tips - #7 by ChuckPa post:

Cloning from one to another:

  • Make a backup image
  • Transport it to the new system
  • Restore the image
  • Remember to decommission (delete) the old Preferences.xml file else you’ll have two servers with the same name and ID.
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You sir, are a legend. That was exactly what I had done :slight_smile:

and thanks for the link to the linux tips page. I’d not seen it before

Cheers

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