Moving PMS ‘Library’ Issue

Plex Media Server Metadata & Adding Files
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Server Version#: 1.16.0.1226
Player Version#: NA

Hello All,

First off, thanks for taking a look at this.
Setup - OS SSD 250GB - 4x Internal media drives, Ubuntu 16.04

Root Issue - /var/lib/plexmediaserver is taking a large amount of space, filling up my SSD (Currently 128 GB)

Want to move it off to one of my 10TB Discs.
Attempted Solution 1
Followed this guide - Moving PMS 'Library'

Prior to removal of old Library, I started up, looks fine, shutdown, in /var/lib sudo mv Library/ Library.OLD/, startup, no server found.

My sudo systemctl edit plexmediaserver below

# Customize Plex's config
#[Service]
Environment="PLEX_MEDIA_SERVER_APPLICATION_SUPPORT_DIR=/HDD/4/PLEX_MEDIA_FILES"
#
#  These values are only needed if you wish to change user & group
#User=plex
#Group=plex
#
# This is needed to change the default umask
Umask=0002    # this must be 4 digits of octal

Tried Umask and UMask

Will only work if old Library is in place.

Permissions for /HDD/4/PLEX_MEDIA_FILES/Library/Application Support/
drwxrwxrwx 6 root root 4.0K Jun 10 19:48 HDD/
drwxrwxrwx 7 root root 4.0K Jul 25 11:20 4/
drwxrwxrwx 3 plex plex 4.0K Jul 25 08:28 PLEX_MEDIA_FILES/
drwxr-xr-x 3 plex plex 4.0K Jul 25 11:09 Library/
drwxr-xr-x 3 plex plex 4.0K Jan 1 2018 Application Support/

Attempted Solution 2

/etc/default/plexmediaserver


# uncomment to set it to something else
# export PLEX_MEDIA_SERVER_APPLICATION_SUPPORT_DIR="${HOME}/Library/Application Support"
export PLEX_MEDIA_SERVER_APPLICATION_SUPPORT_DIR="/HDD/4/PLEX_MEDIA_FILES/Library/Application Support"

Plex stop start, Works fine.
In /var/lib sudo mv Library/ Library.OLD/, startup, no server found.

Notes
On startup of both attempted solutions, where Library/ has been renamed Library.OLD/ it created a new Library/ folder in /var/lib.
To fix and keep running I am just do the below, Stop start, and I am back up and running, but its still on the SSD

sudo rm -rf Library/
mv Library.OLD/ Library/

For some reason Plex will not accept a new location for the Library files. I have pasted my Permissions above and they all seem fine.

Can anyone offer any suggestions?

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Well, Im not sure it was the right thing to do, but I took a backup of and then edited /lib/systemd/system/plexmediaserver.service


#Environment="PLEX_MEDIA_SERVER_APPLICATION_SUPPORT_DIR=/var/lib/plexmediaserver/Library/Application Support"
# MANUAL OVERRIDE
Environment="PLEX_MEDIA_SERVER_APPLICATION_SUPPORT_DIR=/HDD/4/PLEX_MEDIA_FILES/Library/Application Support"

Stop Plex
mv Library/ Library.OLD/
Start Plex

Works. New data getting written to new location for the first time.
I understand that I may lose this @ server update so if anyone knows what the issue is with overwriting I would appreciate it.

The Override file
/etc/systemd/system/plexmediaserver.service.d/override.conf

#
# Customize Plex's config
#[Service]
Environment="PLEX_MEDIA_SERVER_APPLICATION_SUPPORT_DIR=/HDD/4/PLEX_MEDIA_FILES"
#
#  These values are only needed if you wish to change user & group
#User=plex
#Group=plex
#
# This is needed to change the default umask
Umask=0002    # this must be 4 digits of octal
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Again, Sorry for the reply to myself, but I found my issue.

The Environment override file was
Environment="PLEX_MEDIA_SERVER_APPLICATION_SUPPORT_DIR=/HDD/4/PLEX_MEDIA_FILES"
where it should have been
Environment="PLEX_MEDIA_SERVER_APPLICATION_SUPPORT_DIR=/HDD/4/PLEX_MEDIA_FILES/Library/Application Support"

This can be closed or deleted by an admin as I cant imagine it helping anyone in the future, just me overlooking something in the guide.

Thanks

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