Plex Media Server - Synology DSM 7 Preview - Issues

Plex Media Server NAS & Devices
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After rebuilding and creating a fresh volume and media back in its shared folders:

The easiest method is to let the Synology installer re-import for you.

This means:

  1. Create a user named ‘Plex’
  2. Create a “Plex” shared folder
  3. Create sub folders Plex/Library/Application Support (just as DSM 6 had it)
  4. place the “PlexMediaServer-backup.tar” file in the “Application Support” folder
  5. Right-click it and “Extract here”.
  6. When complete, you should see “Plex Media Server” and all files below it as normal
  7. Right click “Plex Media Server”
  8. Change the ownership to “Plex” (for this folder, sub-folders, and files) — IMPORTANT
  9. Now, install PMS
  10. – BE FULLY AWARE – it’s going to make you go through all the migration permissions steps again. Expect it.
  11. As you iterate through the different checks, when everything is aligned, it will import automatically.

Another method, which is fully manual, requires command line work after installing PMS

  1. On the command line

  2. With “PlexMediaServer-Backup.tar” copied back into /var/packages/PlexMediaServer/home,

  3. sudo bash

  4. cd /var/packages/PlexMediaServer/home

  5. tar xf ./PlexMediaServer-Backup.tar

  6. chown -R PlexMediaServer:PlexMediaServer .

  7. ls -la 'Plex Media Server'

  8. Everything should be properly owned by PlexMediaServer:PlexMediaServer

  9. ACLS and permissions should be in place (don’t touch them)

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