C:\Program Files (x86)\Plex\Plex Media Server>copy "J:\PLEX\Plex Media Server\Plug-in Support\Databases\com.plexapp.plugins.library.db" "J:\PLEX\Plex Media Server\Plug-in Support\Databases\ORIG4"
1 file(s) copied.
C:\Program Files (x86)\Plex\Plex Media Server>"Plex SQLite.exe" "J:\PLEX\Plex Media Server\Plug-in Support\Databases\com.plexapp.plugins.library.db" "DROP index 'index_title_sort_naturalsort'"
C:\Program Files (x86)\Plex\Plex Media Server>"Plex SQLite.exe" "J:\PLEX\Plex Media Server\Plug-in Support\Databases\com.plexapp.plugins.library.db" "DELETE from schema_migrations where version='20180501000000'"
C:\Program Files (x86)\Plex\Plex Media Server>"Plex SQLite.exe" "J:\PLEX\Plex Media Server\Plug-in Support\Databases\com.plexapp.plugins.library.db" .dump > dumptest.sql
C:\Program Files (x86)\Plex\Plex Media Server>"Plex SQLite.exe" "J:\PLEX\Plex Media Server\Plug-in Support\Databases\com.plexapp.plugins.library.db" .dump > "J:\PLEX\Plex Media Server\Plug-in Support\Databases\dumptest.sql"
C:\Program Files (x86)\Plex\Plex Media Server>del "J:\PLEX\Plex Media Server\Plug-in Support\Databases\com.plexapp.plugins.library.db"
C:\Program Files (x86)\Plex\Plex Media Server>"Plex SQLite.exe" "J:\PLEX\Plex Media Server\Plug-in Support\Databases\com.plexapp.plugins.library.db" < "J:\PLEX\Plex Media Server\Plug-in Support\Databases\dumptest.sql"
C:\Program Files (x86)\Plex\Plex Media Server>"Plex SQLite.exe" "J:\PLEX\Plex Media Server\Plug-in Support\Databases\com.plexapp.plugins.library.db" "PRAGMA integrity_check"
ok
C:\Program Files (x86)\Plex\Plex Media Server>
Here are some error logs I found. I cannot change the verbosity since the plex server crashes before I can change any settings.
Line 1003: May 26, 2021 11:22:49.983 [5840] ERROR - SafelyWriteFile: rename for '"J:\PLEX\Plex Media Server\Preferences.xml.tmp.2f9019c5-02e3-42b8-aaf0-080102740e5a"' failed: Access is denied
Line 2448: May 26, 2021 11:24:10.077 [11260] ERROR - SQLITE3:0xccb12849, 28, double-quoted string literal: "2021-05-30 05:00:00"
Line 2350: May 26, 2021 11:24:09.958 [11260] ERROR - PlexClient::downloadContainer: expected MediaContainer element, found html
Line 1108: May 26, 2021 11:24:02.621 [7680] ERROR - LPE: unknown item 59074.
Line 1109: May 26, 2021 11:24:02.621 [7680] ERROR - Sync: failed to generate query for path library://d78b3cc9-8d1d-485e-ad44-d84af8188fec/item/%2Flibrary%2Fmetadata%2F59074 in sync item 47380893
Line 1110: May 26, 2021 11:24:02.621 [7680] ERROR - Sync: empty sync set, unable to update status for sync list 49724214, sync item 47380893
Line 1116: May 26, 2021 11:24:02.622 [7680] ERROR - LPE: unknown item 59074.
Line 1117: May 26, 2021 11:24:02.622 [7680] ERROR - Sync: failed to generate query for path library://d78b3cc9-8d1d-485e-ad44-d84af8188fec/item/%2Flibrary%2Fmetadata%2F59074 in sync item 47380898
Line 1118: May 26, 2021 11:24:02.622 [7680] ERROR - Sync: empty sync set, unable to update status for sync list 49724214, sync item 47380898
This isn’t going to help you but I’m just curious if you’re able to Optimize Database successfully? I cannot. It crashes my whole server and I’ve been trying these same steps for the past week trying to get my DB back to fast/working order.
I found this Database Repair Error: no such collation sequence: icu_root which states you cannot use the normal sqlite3 which goes against the instructions in their own article I posted above. So I went through those processes using that information but it did not seem to help – STILL CRASHING. Although it did remove the errors I got with the sqlite3.exe I tried originially. Here is that output.
C:\Program Files (x86)\Plex\Plex Media Server>copy "J:\PLEX\Plex Media Server\Plug-in Support\Databases\com.plexapp.plugins.library.db" "J:\PLEX\Plex Media Server\Plug-in Support\Databases\ORIG4"
1 file(s) copied.
C:\Program Files (x86)\Plex\Plex Media Server>"Plex SQLite.exe" "J:\PLEX\Plex Media Server\Plug-in Support\Databases\com.plexapp.plugins.library.db" "DROP index 'index_title_sort_naturalsort'"
C:\Program Files (x86)\Plex\Plex Media Server>"Plex SQLite.exe" "J:\PLEX\Plex Media Server\Plug-in Support\Databases\com.plexapp.plugins.library.db" "DELETE from schema_migrations where version='20180501000000'"
C:\Program Files (x86)\Plex\Plex Media Server>"Plex SQLite.exe" "J:\PLEX\Plex Media Server\Plug-in Support\Databases\com.plexapp.plugins.library.db" .dump > dumptest.sql
C:\Program Files (x86)\Plex\Plex Media Server>"Plex SQLite.exe" "J:\PLEX\Plex Media Server\Plug-in Support\Databases\com.plexapp.plugins.library.db" .dump > "J:\PLEX\Plex Media Server\Plug-in Support\Databases\dumptest.sql"
C:\Program Files (x86)\Plex\Plex Media Server>del "J:\PLEX\Plex Media Server\Plug-in Support\Databases\com.plexapp.plugins.library.db"
C:\Program Files (x86)\Plex\Plex Media Server>"Plex SQLite.exe" "J:\PLEX\Plex Media Server\Plug-in Support\Databases\com.plexapp.plugins.library.db" < "J:\PLEX\Plex Media Server\Plug-in Support\Databases\dumptest.sql"
C:\Program Files (x86)\Plex\Plex Media Server>"Plex SQLite.exe" "J:\PLEX\Plex Media Server\Plug-in Support\Databases\com.plexapp.plugins.library.db" "PRAGMA integrity_check"
ok
C:\Program Files (x86)\Plex\Plex Media Server>