Server Version#: 1.24.5.5173 Player Version#: N/A Hello all, This is a fresh install on a Ubuntu 20.04.3 Server OS. The server has a large (16 TB) disk array for media storage, but a tiny (40 GB) system drive. Right after I scanned all of the local media files into library, I noticed that the sy…

Yes but it’s recommended (and supported) to move the entire structure [image] Linux Tips Tips, Tricks & How-Tos Moving Plex’s metadata (Library) directory on systemd based systems This information is intended for those systems where cat /proc/1/comm returns systemd. If y…

ChuckPa , Thanks for the prompt response and easy to follow instructions. Specifying user & group in the override.conf was an issue and, apparently, not needed on the server OS. Changed to root:root and service started right up. Also check remote access by navigating to [server IP]:32400/web as wel…

If you created the new directory as owned by plex:plex then used the tar ball, you wouldn’t need to run as root:root ( an FYI :wink: ) As root, you can delete media, regardless of permissions, so please do be VERY careful. We run as a non-privileged user for this reason – safeguard y…

OK, changed override.conf to plex:plex Ran chown -R plex:plex . on the new directory just in case. Everything started up just fine. Just to confirm, as long as I have this in place, nothing’s going to get overwritten on the next update? [plexmediaserver.list] And by “nothing”, I mean the setti…

Software is in /usr/lib/plexmediaserver (where the package manager puts it) Data (your server’s metadata and all it’s databases) were in /var/lib/plexmediaserver but are now where you put them. The software will be replaced with each update. Database updates will be whenever engineering release…

Awesome, Thanks again for your help. [SOLVED]! Cheers.

[SOLVED] Server default directories location and size

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ChuckPa November 23, 2021, 7:03pm 2

Yes but it’s recommended (and supported) to move the entire structure

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[SOLVED] Server default directories location and size

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