![]() ![]() ![]() Plex has stopped and now we can compress the data and ship it off to a spare drive, network location, or any other place that you can later on access and restore from. Stop Plex via Package center STEP 02a - compress the data and backup ![]() First, go into Package Center in your DSM on your NAS and stop Plex. Now we are ready to copy data and make a backup out of it. STEP 02 - Copy Server Data From the Source System Log into the Plex server that you are planning on migrating and go to Settings > Library and uncheck Empty trash automatically after every scan. I will just state some additional steps that I had to do to get this all going. NOTE: steps described here are identical to the ones linked in the KB article at the beginning. So to recap, I will be migrating an existing Plex installation ( version) from 918 NAS HDD configuration back to that same 918 NAS but in SSD configuration. Now even if I was not the only user this would not be something that I want, so here we are. Essentially you will configure a fresh server and everyone will start at day one. Why? Well because if you configure it as a fresh server, then all the metadata, covers, users, their "on deck" status, etc, will be lost. The reason why I am writing this is to show that this is possible and that if you have a shared Plex server with dozen of users, setting that same NAS from scratch can be a bit of a pain. What I wanted to do was to get this NAS up and running as a new NAS (fresh install) but instead of HDDs (4x4TB), I want to run it with SSDs (2x500GB at the moment). The NAS in question is DS918+ which was my main Plex server. Before I continue I would just like to say what I did exactly and why. ![]() In case you are wondering can it be done, yes it can! Checking Plex support site you will find detailed instructions on how to do this.įor this article, I will focus on the Synology NAS solution as a Plex server of choice. ![]()
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