ghostwolf59
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Hi,
I just spent several days sorting out my media (i.e adding proper covers, linked to the proper artist/release etc etc) - needless to say it;s been a pain where plex made assumptions I;m not happy with when it comes to linking artists and media covers)
Well, job done and I now want to backup what I've got in case one of my drivers fails (which has been an ongoing theme over the past few years :( )
Plex posted some instructions on backing up plex libraries, but I cant see this applicable for a freenas setup and so far I failed to find a single post discussing this issue.
I'm in the habit of taking regular backups of freenas but I;ve noticed that a failed jail setup due to a failing drive often results in that I am forced to re install jail and all plugins from scratch when this happens.
My backups is based on RSYNC root down, but that wont re-create zfs datasets known to freenas (all libraries and content is properly backed up but if I need to swap in a backup drive non of these datasets would be defined (even though folders and content is there)
- So perhaps I;m doing something wrong with how I back up my drives :)
Even though it would be nice to find a simple solid solution that would allow me to swap a failing drive for a backup one my main interest at this point is if and how I could backup a previous installation of PLEX configuration and libraries holding all my previous mapped meta data (images, associated artists etc etc)
If I MUST re-install my plugins I can live with that, but I don't looking forward doing all this shitty work of mapping media, downloading covers, sorting etc etc) again.
So what would the best option be to backup your PLEX configurations and how would you go about updating a new installation from this backup ?
btw. I had discussions on regular backups in the past, but since freenas seem to force me to have these backup drives mounted all the time I option for a connect/backup/disconnect option (Rather have my backed up data in a safe place once it's been backed up)
I also think the regular automated backup created a problem in terms of space when you have multiple large drives
cheers
I just spent several days sorting out my media (i.e adding proper covers, linked to the proper artist/release etc etc) - needless to say it;s been a pain where plex made assumptions I;m not happy with when it comes to linking artists and media covers)
Well, job done and I now want to backup what I've got in case one of my drivers fails (which has been an ongoing theme over the past few years :( )
Plex posted some instructions on backing up plex libraries, but I cant see this applicable for a freenas setup and so far I failed to find a single post discussing this issue.
I'm in the habit of taking regular backups of freenas but I;ve noticed that a failed jail setup due to a failing drive often results in that I am forced to re install jail and all plugins from scratch when this happens.
My backups is based on RSYNC root down, but that wont re-create zfs datasets known to freenas (all libraries and content is properly backed up but if I need to swap in a backup drive non of these datasets would be defined (even though folders and content is there)
- So perhaps I;m doing something wrong with how I back up my drives :)
Even though it would be nice to find a simple solid solution that would allow me to swap a failing drive for a backup one my main interest at this point is if and how I could backup a previous installation of PLEX configuration and libraries holding all my previous mapped meta data (images, associated artists etc etc)
If I MUST re-install my plugins I can live with that, but I don't looking forward doing all this shitty work of mapping media, downloading covers, sorting etc etc) again.
So what would the best option be to backup your PLEX configurations and how would you go about updating a new installation from this backup ?
btw. I had discussions on regular backups in the past, but since freenas seem to force me to have these backup drives mounted all the time I option for a connect/backup/disconnect option (Rather have my backed up data in a safe place once it's been backed up)
I also think the regular automated backup created a problem in terms of space when you have multiple large drives
cheers