# Issues accessing duplicated Plex servers

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/issues-accessing-duplicated-plex-servers/585082>\
**Category:** Plex Media Server\
**Tags:** server-linux\
**Created:** [May 3, 2020, 9:32pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/issues-accessing-duplicated-plex-servers/585082 "2020-05-03T21:32:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![CraftyClown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f9b8f/32.png) [@CraftyClown](https://forums.plex.tv/u/CraftyClown)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2020, 9:32pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/issues-accessing-duplicated-plex-servers/585082/1 "2020-05-03T21:32:55Z")

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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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**Author:** ![tom80H](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/tom80h/32/19753_2.png) [@tom80H](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tom80H)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2020, 11:56pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/issues-accessing-duplicated-plex-servers/585082/2 "2020-05-03T23:56:26Z")

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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](https://forums.plex.tv/t/linux-tips/276247/7) 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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**Author:** ![CraftyClown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f9b8f/32.png) [@CraftyClown](https://forums.plex.tv/u/CraftyClown)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2020, 12:20am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/issues-accessing-duplicated-plex-servers/585082/3 "2020-05-04T00:20:42Z")

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You sir, are a legend. That was exactly what I had done 🙂

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

Cheers

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2020, 12:31am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/issues-accessing-duplicated-plex-servers/585082/4 "2020-08-02T00:31:49Z")

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