Migrating from Plex Media Server Windows to Synology without loss?

[ChuckPa]

@RobaFresca

Please confirm for me ?

1. You originally did a fresh (new / first-time ) installation of Plex on your NAS and you happened to use the beta package ?

2. If correct, have no fear.

3. Installing PMS (downloaded from Plex.tv) will clean up from the beta package for you. You only need be patient with it as it works.

Have you had opportunity to read what’s changed in DSM 7 ?

The first document:

DSM 7 - Plex Media Server - Release Info & Migration instructions

Plex Media Server for Synology DSM 7 - Release This document is to share changes made with DSM 7 and resolve any unforeseen issues before you attempt migrating to DSM 7 for Plex use YOU ARE URGED TO READ THIS THREAD COMPLETELY BEFORE PROCEEDING OR ASKING QUESTIONS DO NOT INSTALL Synology BETA software UNLESS INSTRUCTED. This thread is a LIVING document. Expect it to change. Synology’s DiskStation Manager (DSM) has undergone significant changes in version 7.0. Many of those changes affected …

Updated location change to make the “PlexMediaServer” shared folder visible.

DSM 7 - Finalized Configuration (PMS 1.24.2.4973) - Release information

DSM 7 - Finalized Configuration (Packaging 2.0) - Release Information See below for updates Since DSM 7.0-41890 finalized, I’ve had time to digest everyone’s input as well as review what we ultimately ended up with in DSM 7.0 Looking at all the issues faced, there was one overriding problem which could not be solved – Plex’s data was not accessible from the GUI or other Synology tools such as Hyper Backup. An important issue for most was the data area could not be moved. It took some t…