# Issues accessing duplicated Plex servers

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**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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**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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