Libaries missing after move from CentOS to Ubuntu Server

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Hi

Just moved my Plex to a new server. Previously it was running on a CentOS 6, now its Ubuntu 19.10

I did an archive with /var/lib/plexmediaserver/ and extracted this on the new server, did a chown to plex.

After starting plex, all my settings are retained, but all my libraries are gone.

I’d rather not recreate and re-scan these. Any ideas?

Server Version#: 4.28.3
Player Version#:

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I need log files to see what step(s) were missed.

Linux -> Linux rehosting is easy. It will be a trivial point.

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Attached logs from new server

Plex Media Server Logs_2020-03-20_19-11-18.zip (2.3 MB)

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I don’t see permission denied errors anywhere in the logs.

Did you transfer the mount points or is media unavailable?

How did you perform the transfer? cp -rp or tar ?

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Hi Chuck
I used my backup script, this does:
sudo -s tar -cvjf /mnt/storage1/plexserverbackup.$(date +%F).tar.bz2 /var/lib/plexmediaserver

then moved this to the new server and did

sudo tar -xf plexserverbackup.2020-03-20.tar.bz2 -C /

then did a sudo chown plex:plex -R /var/lib/plexmediaserver

The mount points are available on the new server, but its the libs thats missing

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Its actually the same server, but just replaced the SSD and reinstalled OS. Still have the old disk if needed. I can try and plug that in and do a cp instead if you think that might help?

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Don’t do a cp. tar is far better.

When I do a move / clone , I keep it minimal.

cd /var/lib/plexmediaserver
sudo tar cf /path/to/saved/plex.tar ./Library

then the restore:

cd /var/lib/plexmediaserver
sudo sh
mv Library Library.unused
tar xf /path/to/saved/plex.tar
chown -R plex:plex ./Library
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Hi Chuck

Thanks alot, that worked! :grinning:

I better look at my backup script

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