Moving plex to another system problems

[ChuckPa]

How about this?

Back up/ Restore /clone your PMS metadata

Backing up your PMS data involves the same steps you’ll need if you were to clone your PMS and take to a new computer, reinstall the operating system, or just want a backup for safe keeping. Stop PMS Invoke the root shell Create the backup image [chuck@lizum ~.74]$ sudo sh sh-4.4# cd /var/lib/plexmediaserver sh-4.4# tar cfz /nas/tmp/PlexBackup.tar.gz ./Library sh-4.4# ls -la /nas/tmp/PlexBackup.tar.gz -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 864050144 Oct 29 15:29 /nas/tmp/PlexBackup.tar.gz sh-4.4# Copy …

The difference being:

1. If you’re retiring one then delete the source “Preferences.xml” so you don’t end up with a duplicate using the same name & UUID
2. If you’re cloning to make a second server, delete the target preferences.xml (avoid duplication as well). and then setup again (but skip library section creation as this is retained in the process)