r/PleX • u/Steve_78_OH • 2h ago

Help Watch and add info sync between two servers

I setup a second Plex server a while ago, and I'm planning on decomming the original one once I get the new one fully up and updated. The reason is because the original is running on my 10-year old NAS, so performance isn't great. Both are still using the NAS's storage as their content source though, so keeping both going indefinitely isn't needed.

However, the one thing that's still bugging me is the content sync. I have Settings Sync enabled, so watch status is sync'd, but the new server is showing all of this old content as being newly added. Which makes sense, because it is. But I was hoping Settings Sync would sync up that info as well, although obviously it's not. Does anyone know of another way to get that info sync'd? It's annoying looking at my home screen trying to find stuff I just added, only to see content from years ago filling up the "Recently Added" list instead.

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u/ExtensionMarch6812 1h ago

Once you’re ready to shut down the old server, do a full migration of the plex data directory/db following the guide. Your new server will have all the addedAt values from the old server as well as any other metadata you had chosen/changed.

https://support.plex.tv/articles/201370363-move-an-install-to-another-system/

I’m assuming when you did the initial build of the new server, you just created it as new and pointed it to the storage?

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u/FinancialSurvey5794 38m ago

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news. New PMS database = new database rows.