# Plex server migration - house A to house b

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-server-migration-house-a-to-house-b/775823>\
**Category:** Plex Media Server\
**Tags:** server-linux\
**Created:** [February 11, 2022, 6:24am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-server-migration-house-a-to-house-b/775823 "2022-02-11T06:24:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![doodie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@doodie](https://forums.plex.tv/u/doodie)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2022, 6:24am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-server-migration-house-a-to-house-b/775823/1 "2022-02-11T06:24:39Z")

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Server Version#: 1.25.5.5492-12f6b8c83  
OS: Cent OS 7.9

i have an existing plex server that has been running for a few years and would like to migrate over to one in another house. I have read the info on this [page](https://support.plex.tv/articles/201370363-move-an-install-to-another-system/) and it is helpful. But I do have some outstanding questions I am hoping the community can help with. Also, any best practices or guidance would be greatly appreciated.

Current State

- Plex server A is in house A with a unique hostname
- Plex server B is in house B with a unique hostname
- server b is up and running is online, media library is rsynced, and dump of required files are moved over. please has not been installed yet

Questions

- With server b have a different hostname, how will this impact endusers once server A goes down?
- with my plex pass, will it only recognize one plex server at a time?
- anything I am missing from a migration standpoint?
- is there anything i can do to make this migration as seemless as possible for the enduser?
- is there a better approach?

Thanks in Advance

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**Author:** ![tom80H](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/tom80h/32/19753_2.png) [@tom80H](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tom80H)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2022, 8:41am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-server-migration-house-a-to-house-b/775823/2 "2022-02-11T08:41:23Z")

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> [@doodie](#):
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> With server b have a different hostname, how will this impact endusers once server A goes down?

Hostnames shouldn’t be relevant to your users accessing your server; as long as the server is available remotely and able to publish its whereabouts to those users.

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> [@doodie](#):
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> with my plex pass, will it only recognize one plex server at a time?

There’s no hard restriction as for how many servers you can link to your Plex account

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> [@doodie](#):
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> anything I am missing from a migration standpoint?

You probably might want to review your network setup to ensure remote access to your new server (port forwarding, ip reservation, potentially a DNS rebind protection exception for plex.direct)

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> [@doodie](#):
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> - is there anything i can do to make this migration as seemless as possible for the enduser?
> - is there a better approach?

Sounds solid so far…

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**Author:** ![doodie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@doodie](https://forums.plex.tv/u/doodie)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2022, 6:16am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-server-migration-house-a-to-house-b/775823/3 "2022-02-12T06:16:33Z")

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thanks for the sanity check. will give an update once I can find some time to try this

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2022, 6:17am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-server-migration-house-a-to-house-b/775823/4 "2022-05-13T06:17:26Z")

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