Migrating to different Synology device

[ProjectVRD]

PMS Version#: 1.32.7.7621
Source Server: DS220+ DSM 7.2-64570 Update 3
Destination Server: DS423+ DSM 7.2-64570 Update 3

I am about to migrate my PMS from a DS220+ to a DS423+ so that I can install the Plex application on M.2 SSD’s and have only the media in the libraries on HDD’s, as well having two extra disks for more capacity.

The volume on the source server is already transferring the library media content via rsync as we speak, the second volume will simply be taken out of the source device and physically inserted into the destination device (Volume 2 is a separate basic volume to allow this).

Which FAQ’s from the below link are the better suited to follow to complete this migration?

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

FAQ 34: Control Plex Media Server desktop icon visibility Server Version#: 1.32.6 + Player Version#: N/A Ability to hide Plex Media Server icon on DSM desktop At the request of many Synology users, we’ve been able to add the ability for you, the DSM admin, to control whether Plex Media Server is visible on the desktop of those users who you allow to sign into your Synology NAS. Normally, Plex Media Server is available in both the DSM Application menu and may be added to the desktop…

This is a DSM 7 to DSM 7 migration across different Synology devices.

[ChuckPa]

The Shared Folder manager will handle this effortlessly for you.

1. Get everything migrated to the new NAS (Synology Assistant)
2. Create your new SSD volume for Plex ( Volume 2 ?)
3. At this point, with PlexMediaServer already installed on the HDDs (Volume 1)
4. You want DSM to move it to the SSDs (Volume 2)

It will look like this (or the reverse as appropriate)

• Control Panel - Shared Folders
• EDIT PlexMediaServer
• Observe the Location field is now a dropdown
• Change the location to the SSD volume (Volume2 ?)
• SAVE
• Let DSM do what’s needed
  
  

5. When completed, the PlexMediaServer shared folder will be on the new volume and stay there until you move it again.

[ProjectVRD]

Thank you, will I need to use a claim token by any chance?

[ChuckPa]

You shouldn’t need to use the claim token as DSM is handling the move

If you do run into any difficulties, simply post a zip of the Logs directory.

[ProjectVRD]

I won’t be able to do a full migration via Synology Assistant as I only have three HDD drives at the moment, two in the source and one new in the destination. I can have the PlexMediaServer share moved over via the File Services sync (I haven’t done that yet), but I am assuming I need to install Plex first via this rsync method.

I am also open to running Plex in Container Manager on the SSD as well as I have seen some users here say it has come with some benefits such as the updates being automated.

[ChuckPa]

Using a container means all bets are off.

Containers don’t like being moved from machine to machine as each instance in the container manager is its own UUID which isn’t portable.

If they’ve developed a method then OK. If not then your only hope is to have a shared folder ‘Containers’ and hope for the best

[ProjectVRD]

Okay, so I am currently using the native application on the DS220+ and meant I would be open to running it in a container on the DS423+. However I will look into that in the future. As such no containers would have been moved over from the old Syno to the new Syno.

So this will be a native Syno app on both sides.

Do I simply install Plex via Package Center and then stop Plex, drop the files from the old Syno that exist in the Plex Media Server folder (via sync which does a full copy of everything from source to destination) into the corresponding directory on the new Syno server, then move that shared folder to the SSD and finally follow the instructions as necessary in FAQ 10?