Ok… let’s make the VM PMS forget who it is and go through “reclaiming”.
It won’t know you’re the owner at first.
You will re-associate it with your Plex account.
It will think it is in a first-run setup mode , which we will skip through.
We’ll keep your data intact.
- If the server is sharing to anyone, you’ll need to share again. (unless we do text editor surgery – your choice)
- If you have custom settings in Settings - Server (any of the categories), you’ll need review and make certain it’s where you want.
Procedure:
- Stop PMS
- In
/var/lib/plexmediaserver/Library/Application Support/Plex Media Server -
mv Preferences.xml Preferences.xml.prev(save the pref file) - Start PMS
- In your existing Plex/Web browser window - Sign out
- Open an incognito window to http://ip.addr.of.vm;32400/web
- Be greeted by “Got It”
- Sign in
- See setup wizard
- Do Not create new library sections - SKIP
- Set other preferences as you deem appropriate
- When you arrive at the dashboard, your libraries are waiting for you.
Should the above fail:
- http://app.plex.tv/desktop (invoke the hosted web app)
- Settings
- Authorized Devices
- Servers
- Delete the VM’s friendly server name (and any other unused instances there).
- Repeat steps in section above.
