# Simple Backup and Restore setting **URL:** \ **Category:** Feature Suggestions\ **Tags:** library-management\ **Created:** [December 26, 2023, 10:42pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/simple-backup-and-restore-setting/864135 "2023-12-26T22:42:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
**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:** [December 27, 2023, 12:59am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/simple-backup-and-restore-setting/864135/2 "2023-12-27T00:59:36Z")
There’s already an existing suggestion discussing how to simplify migrating servers. Please comment/vote in that thread in order to help us avoid distracting or cannibalizing votes. > [@Make transferring server to new machine simple and easy](https://forums.plex.tv/t/make-transferring-server-to-new-machine-simple-and-easy/509672): > > I suggest a simple solution to moving your library to a new machine. I don’t understand why it has to be so difficult. Plex needs an option for users to easily bundle their necessary files and then install them on the new machine. I’ve tried multiple times with multiple machines and never had any luck moving my server to a new machine without having to build my metadata back up from scratch. I’ve read the instructions but it never works. Instructions are unclear or incomplete. Would it be so ha… # Unless I’m missing some unique aspect of your suggestion I’ll close this thread as a duplicate. --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.plex.tv/t/simple-backup-and-restore-setting/864135)._