

Then it's worth going through the normal emptying the trash etc, but that should be everything completed.Ĭlick to expand.Sorry, had to rush out for an appointment first thing on a Sunday!įirstly, decide where you want the Plex server to be. If not, simply do a normal Scan Library Files. Scan the LibraryAfter adding the new content folder, a scan for the library should start. You’ll need to do this for each of your libraries, but you should complete the full process here for a single library before proceeding to do the process for the next library. Leave the existing/previous folder location in there for now.

Then restore the data and registry on the new system, replace any existing files/keysĮdit Your LibrariesIn order to update the content location for your media, you’ll need to Edit a library and then add the appropriate folder for where your content is located on the destination system.

Install Plex Media Server on the new system HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Plex, Inc.\Plex Media Server\ reg file ready to copy across onto the new system Server Configuration Settings: Export the following Registry location to a. Plex Media Server Data Directory: Back up the following location (worth archiving it as it will be very large, mine is 163Gb).Ĥ/. Quit Plex Media Server on the existing serverģ/. On your source Plex Media Server, you’ll want to disable the Empty trash automatically after every scan preference for the Server.Ģ/. The process of migrating the database is incredibly easy.ġ/. So I'm just embarking on upgrading my main server to windows 11 now that 22H2 is out.
