Question about Migrating PMS to a New Synology

Plex Media Server NAS & Devices
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This is going to be very easy.

  1. Setup the new NAS (your media) however you want but presume you’ll have the same shared folders ? If you have the same shared folder names and media in those shared folders, there will be an additional step but, for now, I will write as if keeping the same shared folder names and media in those shares.

  2. On the source (existing),
    – Settings - Server - Library - Show advanced
    – Turn off all the automatic functions and Empty Trash.
    – Now make a HyperBackup Local backup of your “PlexMediaServer” shared folder to some arbitrary folder . It’s just a place to hold the backup file.

  3. When you get the new NAS ready,
    – Install PMS but don’t setup
    – Stop PMS
    – Delete the contents of that new PlexMediaServer shared folder (you’re about to overwrite it)
    – Copy the HyperBackup backup file from the old to the new NAS in a temporary shared folder.
    – Restore the backup back to “PlexMediaServer” on the new NAS
    – When it completes, it will have restored all your metadata back into the PlexMediaServer shared folder (you can double check this before starting PMS)

  4. Go to each of your shared folders and again make certain System Internal User PlexMediaServer has access to them.

  5. When you now start Plex on the new NAS, it will assume the identity of the old (Don’t turn the PMS back on without erasing the Preferences.xml file first)

  6. After it’s started and running,
    – check each library section to make certain all your content is found.
    – Fix shared folder permissions as appropriate

  7. When all media is found
    – Enable the automatic functions you previously disabled in Settings - Server - Library
    – Make a final Scan Files
    – Empty Trash
    – Clean Bundles

The FAQ are here if you need any help.

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