PMS on RPi not working after power interuption

[rockyp3]

I knocked the power cable for my RPi out of the socket yesterday, since then I cannot get the PMS to start again. I can SSH into the Pi so i know its connecting, but the PMS is not accessible.

sudo service plexmediaserver shows:

plexmediaserver.service - Plex Media Server for Linux
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/plexmediaserver.service; enabled)
Active: failed (Result: start-limit) since Wed 2018-07-04 00:04:29 AEST; 1min 23s ago
Process: 4417 ExecStart=/bin/sh -c LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib/plexmediaserver “/usr/lib/plexmediaserver/Plex Media Server” (code=exited, status=255)
Process: 4411 ExecStartPre=/bin/sh -c /usr/bin/test -d “${PLEX_MEDIA_SERVER_APPLICATION_SUPPORT_DIR}” || /bin/mkdir -p “${PLEX_MEDIA_SERVER_APPLICATION_SUPPORT_DIR}” (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
Main PID: 4417 (code=exited, status=255)

Jul 04 00:04:24 raspberrypi systemd[1]: Unit plexmediaserver.service entered failed state.
Jul 04 00:04:29 raspberrypi systemd[1]: plexmediaserver.service holdoff time over, scheduling restart.
Jul 04 00:04:29 raspberrypi systemd[1]: Stopping Plex Media Server for Linux…
Jul 04 00:04:29 raspberrypi systemd[1]: Starting Plex Media Server for Linux…
Jul 04 00:04:29 raspberrypi systemd[1]: plexmediaserver.service start request repeated too quickly, refusing to start.
Jul 04 00:04:29 raspberrypi systemd[1]: Failed to start Plex Media Server for Linux.
Jul 04 00:04:29 raspberrypi systemd[1]: Unit plexmediaserver.service entered failed state.
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and journalctl -u plexmediaserver provides the following:

– Logs begin at Tue 2018-07-03 22:42:00 AEST, end at Wed 2018-07-04 00:21:11 AEST. –
Jul 03 22:42:04 raspberrypi systemd[1]: Starting Plex Media Server for Linux…
Jul 03 22:42:04 raspberrypi systemd[1]: Started Plex Media Server for Linux.
Jul 03 22:42:13 raspberrypi systemd[1]: plexmediaserver.service: main process exited, code=exited, status=255/n/a
Jul 03 22:42:13 raspberrypi systemd[1]: Unit plexmediaserver.service entered failed state.
Jul 03 22:42:18 raspberrypi systemd[1]: plexmediaserver.service holdoff time over, scheduling restart.
Jul 03 22:42:18 raspberrypi systemd[1]: Stopping Plex Media Server for Linux…
Jul 03 22:42:18 raspberrypi systemd[1]: Starting Plex Media Server for Linux…
Jul 03 22:42:18 raspberrypi systemd[1]: Started Plex Media Server for Linux.
Jul 03 22:42:21 raspberrypi systemd[1]: plexmediaserver.service: main process exited, code=exited, status=255/n/a
Jul 03 22:42:21 raspberrypi systemd[1]: Unit plexmediaserver.service entered failed state.
Jul 03 22:42:50 raspberrypi systemd[1]: plexmediaserver.service holdoff time over, scheduling restart.
Jul 03 22:42:50 raspberrypi systemd[1]: Stopping Plex Media Server for Linux…
Jul 03 22:42:50 raspberrypi systemd[1]: Starting Plex Media Server for Linux…
Jul 03 22:42:50 raspberrypi systemd[1]: Started Plex Media Server for Linux.
Jul 03 22:42:53 raspberrypi systemd[1]: plexmediaserver.service: main process exited, code=exited, status=255/n/a
Jul 03 22:42:53 raspberrypi systemd[1]: Unit plexmediaserver.service entered failed state.
Jul 03 22:42:58 raspberrypi systemd[1]: plexmediaserver.service holdoff time over, scheduling restart.
Jul 03 22:42:58 raspberrypi systemd[1]: Stopping Plex Media Server for Linux…
Jul 03 22:42:58 raspberrypi systemd[1]: Starting Plex Media Server for Linux…
Jul 03 22:42:58 raspberrypi systemd[1]: plexmediaserver.service start request repeated too quickly, refusing to start.
Jul 03 22:42:58 raspberrypi systemd[1]: Failed to start Plex Media Server for Linux.
Jul 03 22:42:58 raspberrypi systemd[1]: Unit plexmediaserver.service entered failed state.
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Any ideas?

[drmagoo]

Please first reinstall the package to make sure the binaries and installation is in a healthy state (no meta data will be removed). sudo apt-get install --reinstall plexmediaserver-installer. If this does not help please post the server logs.

https://support.plex.tv/articles/200250417-plex-media-server-log-files/

[rockyp3]

no luck with the reinstall. Server logs as requestedPlex Media Server.1.log (3.9 KB)
Plex Media Server.3.log (3.9 KB)
Plex Media Server.2.log (4.6 KB)
Plex Media Server.log (3.9 KB)
Plex Media Server.4.log (3.9 KB)
Plex Media Server.5.log (3.9 KB)

[drmagoo]

Your sqlite database is completely broken. You have to restore a backup:

https://support.plex.tv/articles/202485658-restore-a-database-backed-up-via-scheduled-tasks/

[rockyp3]

Just a quick one to say thanks so much!! its working again

You have been amazingly helpful yet again