Migrating your DSM 6 server to DSM 7 takes time.
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You have to get the permissions right for the Plex shared folder (We don’t have administrator privileges in DSM 7). There is a checkbox (“Apply to this folder, sub-folders and files”) which is part of the permission setting, you MUST NOT FORGET
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DSM 6 data metadata gets ‘converted’ and moved to a new “PlexMediaServer” shared folder.
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MOST IMPORTANT – your media shares will need to grant permission for “PlexMediaServer” to read them… Username ‘Plex’ got left behind in DSM 6 too.
All of this fuss is because Synology really tightened the security for apps – otherwise, the package would do it for you.
During the migration (Package Center will show “Installing” the whole time), Package Center might say “Operation failed”. IGNORE IT.
The Plex shared folder will contain a “Migration.log” file which you can monitor (In a separate tab opened to DSM of course) so you know when it’s really done / where it’s at in the process.
Here are the instructions.
Please read them carefully… There are a lot of steps. I provided lots of screenshots but ask if you don’t understand BEFORE you get started.
Typical migration time is 3 minutes for each 1000 items indexed (inclusive of movies, episodes, music, and photos)
