Migration Questions

Plex Media Server Desktops & Laptops
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Very simple operation.

Source machine:

  1. Turn off all automatic Library settings (don’t forget to SAVE)
  2. Stop Plex
  3. Make the image
sudo bash
cd /var/lib/plexmediaserver
tar cf /path/to/safe/place/PlexBackup.tar  ./Library

Transport that to the new machine.
The reverse of that will be the base steps:

  1. Install Plex
  2. Stop Plex
  3. cd /var/lib/plexmediaserver
  4. sudo rm -rf Library
  5. sudo tar xf /path/to/PlexBackup.tar
  6. sudo tar chown -R plex:plex ./Library

Now follow the steps I skipped here (near the end) about adding the new locations BEFORE YOU DELETE the old locations. This is how we keep the metadata and other history.

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