How to backp Plex on a TS-453bt3

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caprichoso
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How to backp Plex on a TS-453bt3

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I am trying to backup all of my plex data files to another physical device. The plex files are located at

/share/CACHEDEV1_DATA/.qpkg/PlexMediaServer

Unfortunately this location is not accessible in file station or hybrid backup sync, which only sees shared directories.

My painful workaround is to ssh to the QNAP, copy the files from this inaccessible directory to a accessible shared folder, and then copy that folder to my local mac.

There must be a better way ....
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Re: How to backp Plex on a TS-453bt3

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add a cron job to backup everything to a share in intervals..then backup the share
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Re: How to backp Plex on a TS-453bt3

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Can you elaborate on a "cron job"
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Re: How to backp Plex on a TS-453bt3

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WilburForce wrote: Fri Apr 23, 2021 8:03 pm Can you elaborate on a "cron job"
https://opensource.com/article/17/11/how-use-cron-linux
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H/W: QNAP TVS-871 (i7-4790. 16GB) (Plex server) / TVS-EC1080 (32Gig ECC) - VM host & seedbox
H/W: Asustor AS6604T (8GB) / Asustor AS7010T (16GB) (media storage)
H/W: TS-219 Pro / TS-509 Pro
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Re: How to backp Plex on a TS-453bt3

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caprichoso wrote: Mon Dec 16, 2019 3:35 pm I am trying to backup all of my plex data files to another physical device. The plex files are located at

/share/CACHEDEV1_DATA/.qpkg/PlexMediaServer

Unfortunately this location is not accessible in file station or hybrid backup sync, which only sees shared directories.

My painful workaround is to ssh to the QNAP, copy the files from this inaccessible directory to a accessible shared folder, and then copy that folder to my local mac.

There must be a better way ....
This may be of interest to you, and is fairly simple to do.

viewtopic.php?f=15&t=160754#p78649

Finally, sometime time ago mid-2020'ish iirc, plex updated their package which created a PlexData directory.

https://forums.plex.tv/t/plexdata-share ... ems/608529
RAID is not a Back-up!

H/W: QNAP TVS-871 (i7-4790. 16GB) (Plex server) / TVS-EC1080 (32Gig ECC) - VM host & seedbox
H/W: Asustor AS6604T (8GB) / Asustor AS7010T (16GB) (media storage)
H/W: TS-219 Pro / TS-509 Pro
O/S: Slackware 14.2 / MS Windows 7-64 (x5)
Router1: Asus RT-AC86U - Asuswrt-Merlin - 386.7_2
Router2: Asus RT-AC68U - Asuswrt-Merlin - 386.7_2
Router3: Linksys WRT1900AC - DD-WRT v3.0-r46816 std
Router4: Asus RT-AC66U - FreshTomato v2021.10.15

Misc: Popcorn Hour A-110/WN-100, Pinnacle Show Center 250HD, Roku SoundBridge Radio (all retired)
Ditched QNAP units: TS-269 Pro / TS-253 Pro (8GB) / TS-509 Pro / TS-569 Pro / TS-853 Pro (8GB)
TS-670 Pro x2 (i7-3770s 16GB) / TS-870 Pro (i7-3770 16GB) / TVS-871 (i7-4790s 16GB)
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Re: How to backp Plex on a TS-453bt3

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thanks I think I did it
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