Plex Media Server has a database that stores information about the media on your server.
If the database is corrupt, it will cause problems such as not being able to add/delete media from libraries. If the corruption is bad enough, Plex Media Server will cease to run.
You should download and run the PlexDBRepair utility.
Windows
- Go to https://github.com/ChuckPa/PlexDBRepair/blob/master/DBRepair-Windows.bat
- Click the download icon on the right side of the window:
- Run the bat file from the command prompt. ex: C:\DBRepair-Windows.bat
Other Platforms (Linux, Docker, NAS, Mac, etc)
- Download the latest version of DBRepair.sh
- See instructions in readme: GitHub - ChuckPa/PlexDBRepair: Database repair utility for Plex Media Server databases
Windows Sample Output
c:\Temp>DBRepair-Windows.bat
13:50:03.44 -- ====== Session begins. (Fri 02/17/2023) ======
13:50:03.68 -- Exporting Main DB
13:50:18.92 -- Exporting Blobs DB
13:50:18.98 -- Exporting Complete.
13:50:18.98 -- Creating Main DB
13:50:22.34 -- Verifying Main DB
13:50:23.42 -- Main DB verification check is: ok
13:50:23.42 -- Main DB verification successful.
13:50:23.43 -- Creating Blobs DB
13:50:23.49 -- Verifying Blobs DB
13:50:23.63 -- Blobs DB verification check is: ok
13:50:23.64 -- Blobs DB verification successful.
13:50:23.64 -- Import and verification complete.
13:50:23.65 -- Reindexing Main DB
13:50:24.76 -- Reindexing Blobs DB
13:50:24.81 -- Reindexing complete.
13:50:24.81 -- Moving current DBs to DBTMP and making new databases active
1 file(s) moved.
1 file(s) moved.
1 file(s) moved.
1 file(s) moved.
13:50:24.82 -- Database repair/rebuild/reindex completed.
13:50:24.82 -- ====== Session completed. ======
