Server Version#: 1.25.4.5487 Player Version#: LG webos Hello I would like to have an opinion on a way to migrate plex server from windows to linux without having to redo the scans of all the libraries, because everything is in google drive for the moment and the 2 systems do not have the same pa…

would you like to go to linux? or stay under windows. If you stay under windows nothing is easier than making a clone then backups on occasion if you switch to linux well you have to program plex backups once of course on all the library scanners anew. if you want to start fresh with windows simpl…

I’m going from Windows to Windows, but like you, all my media is in GDrive. I need to make some changes to the folder structure, so a re-scan is pretty much a given, and I’m fine with that. Gonna be a very slow process, so I need to keep the old server running during that. On top of that, the curren…

I’m in-house, but in which direction you should change the destinations, remotely it must not be c: rclone so I understand indeed… I use AOMEI Backupper under windows to either clone or simply schedule backups of certain folders like plex. I tell you this for the future. If you need help with the …

The primary subject says it all…

Windows paths and Linux paths are completely different. Scanning WILL be required – Not avoidable. Watch history CAN be preserved. [image] Linux Tips Tips, Tricks & How-Tos Migration from another OS to Linux Cross OS migration is a multi-level process. Co…

the basis was to have a simple way to switch from windows to linux without having to do all the library scans, but we came to find a way to keep the reading history without result.

[image] thegrunge: the basis was to have a simple way to switch from windows to linux without having to do all the library scans, This isn’t possible due to pathname syntax. Linux doesn’t have drive letters and the path separator is / not \ [image] thegrunge: but we came to find a way t…

Thanks for the offer. I’ve migrated only once so far, back in 2017 from in-house to remote, Windows to Windows. Don’t recall how I did it exactly, but I had two servers running for a while. I put all my stuff in GDrive back then, when there was no daily upload limit, otherwise it would have taken fo…

I know that’s the problem, we don’t have a reading history backup application with plex

Migrate plex server from windows to linux without having to scan all libraries

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ChuckPa December 5, 2022, 12:54am 28

Windows paths and Linux paths are completely different.

Scanning WILL be required – Not avoidable.
Watch history CAN be preserved.

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