Migrating Plex Media Library to a New Linux Server Without Losing Metadata

Plex Media Server
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After running the same Plex server on Linux for nearly 10 years, it’s finally time to move to new hardware.

What is the best way to transfer my entire media library to the new server without losing existing matches, metadata, and watch history?

I’m especially interested in preserving:

  • current movie and TV show identifications

  • posters and artwork

  • watched status and user history

  • collections and custom metadata

Both machines run Linux, and the media library is quite large.

Any recommended migration steps or best practices?

Server Version#: 4.156.0
Player Version#:
<If providing server logs please do NOT turn on verbose logging, only debug logging should be enabled>

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You’ll want to copy the Plex Data Folder to the new system.

Also, enable Sync Watch State & Ratings for your Plex account. Have anyone you share with enable it for their account as well.

These documents will get you started:

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Thanks for the feedback.