Now that the Nvidia Shield supports PMS, we need a way to restore a database backup to it. Else it makes anyone who wants to migrate to this new device, has to start fresh and loose all there watched status for there users. So please vote this feature if your planing on buying or using the Nvidia S…

We have no idea about the specific inner workings of the Plex server on the Shield, so it’s hard to vote for something we don’t know about. There might already be backup and restore in there, just like in all the other versions of Plex server.

@kegobeer-plex said: There might already be backup and restore in there, just like in all the other versions of Plex server. where ?, all i can see is a Backup option in the PMS GUI, Restore requires access to the PMS filesystem. i am taking about a GUI option to restores a DataBase in the plex …

Ah, I see. Well, it may already be in there - like I said, we won’t know until we can install Plex server on the Shield. It makes no sense that a backup/restore option would not be available, since doing a repair is as easy as uninstalling the app and installing it again. I could see a cloud base…

yeah, for me this is a must, without an option to Backup / Restore the plex database, PMS on shield is pretty useless.

Hi all, The new Nvidia Shield looks amazing and I really want to have one. My main concern is to have a (safe, if possible) way to migrate my current (huge) database to the nvidia device. I currently run my PMS on a old PC (windows 7) and the performance are not very good. Especially comparing to…

@fsohet , there are many posts about this - I recommend searching and reviewing the existing threads. You can search from just today and find a plethora. There is also a dedicated NVIDIA SHIELD board for all Plex Server on the Shield issues.

@fsohet said: Hi all, The new Nvidia Shield looks amazing and I really want to have one. My main concern is to have a (safe, if possible) way to migrate my current (huge) database to the nvidia device. I currently run my PMS on a old PC (windows 7) and the performance are not very good. Especia…

■■■■. Sad news. I’ll keep monitoring the subject and other topics about this. Maybe a solution will popup. I hope, at least. Thanks.

Restore Backup Database for Nvidia Shield.

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