Migrating from DSM 6.2 plex 1.24 to DSM 7.2

[tio.mariano]

Server Version#: 1.24
Planning to migrate to new NAS, ds923+ running DSN 7.2.

Is it safer to install plex 1.24, (same as current install on old NAS), migrate everything and then upgrade to plex 1.32? Or is it okay to migrate to a new plex 1.32 install?

Thanks!

[tom80H]

You’ll need to consider this guide as there’s quite a number of very significant changes when running Plex on DSM 7. This also implies changes on how to upgrade/migrate an old setup.

Synology FAQ - Questions, Answers, and a few How-To's

FAQ 27 - Migrating an existing PMS from DSM 6 to DSM 7 Upgrading PMS from DSM 6 → DSM 7 DSM 7 no longer allows us to go find the metadata directory and use it across volumes before starting PMS (This is the lack of “root” privilege blocking). As such we require the following two conditions are met we will attempt to automatically migrate you; You have an existing DSM 6-created PMS installation and PMS is installed on the SAME STORAGE VOLUME as the “Plex” shared folder (this is critical) …