# Restoring PlexMedia Server Libraries from a Backup

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**Category:** Metadata & Adding Files\
**Tags:** server-linux\
**Created:** [September 27, 2021, 9:37pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/restoring-plexmedia-server-libraries-from-a-backup/746499 "2021-09-27T21:37:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![davidarichardson\_blueyonder\_co\_uk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e495f1/32.png) [@davidarichardson\_blueyonder\_co\_uk](https://forums.plex.tv/u/davidarichardson_blueyonder_co_uk)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2021, 9:37pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/restoring-plexmedia-server-libraries-from-a-backup/746499/1 "2021-09-27T21:37:00Z")

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Server Version#: 1.24.3.5033  
Player Version#:???

I’m new here, so please forgive my lack of knowledge and be kind!I have done a search but couldn’t find anything relevant.

Owing to the incorrect media titling, (e.g. movie “Spooks:The Greater Good” for some unknown reason keeps being re-titled “MI-5”, which is completely incorrect, the movie “The Lies Boys Tell” keeps being re-titled “Take Me Home Again” again for some unknown reason!), lack of recognition of some of my music folders (Ministry Of Sound cd’s incorrectly recognised, multi-million seller cd’s - but incorrectly recognised!!!) and poor poster choices of many of the items in my libraries in the default PlexMediaServer installation I have had to spend hours correcting the errors and unhappy default poster choices for better ones. So if the computer crashes or I decide to distrohop, that means doing the same process all over again. Is there some way I can backup my plex system once I have corrected it and good to reload from the backup if I lose or revise the desktop environment linux system? I am using PlexMediaServer on Debian 11 Bullseye if that helps. Thanks for your time.

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**Author:** ![beckfield](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/beckfield/32/7227_2.png) [@beckfield](https://forums.plex.tv/u/beckfield)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2021, 9:53pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/restoring-plexmedia-server-libraries-from-a-backup/746499/2 "2021-09-27T21:53:57Z")

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I haven’t had occasion to restore a Plex backup, so I can’t speak to how thorough this is, but I’d start here:

> **[Scheduled Server Maintenance | Plex Support](https://support.plex.tv/articles/202197488-scheduled-server-maintenance/)**
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> Your Plex Media Server can be scheduled to perform certain maintenance tasks for you. Tasks that can be included in...

> **[Restore a Database Backed Up via 'Scheduled Tasks' | Plex Support](https://support.plex.tv/articles/202485658-restore-a-database-backed-up-via-scheduled-tasks/)**
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> One of the many Scheduled Tasks that a Plex Media Server performs is to make regular backups of the core...

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**Author:** ![davidarichardson\_blueyonder\_co\_uk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e495f1/32.png) [@davidarichardson\_blueyonder\_co\_uk](https://forums.plex.tv/u/davidarichardson_blueyonder_co_uk)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2021, 10:11pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/restoring-plexmedia-server-libraries-from-a-backup/746499/3 "2021-09-27T22:11:37Z")

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thanks. very helpful.

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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:** [December 26, 2021, 10:12pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/restoring-plexmedia-server-libraries-from-a-backup/746499/4 "2021-12-26T22:12:31Z")

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