Plex Plugin DB Backup

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Table of Contents

1. Intro
2. Plex DB Backup
3. Scripts

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1. Intro

In this script, the directory * Plug-in Support * including all other data is uploaded daily as backup to your GDrive. These backups are saved as * tar-gz, so if something happens you can quickly replace the data.

tree -u -L 1 /opt/appdata/plex/database/Library/Application\ Support/Plex\ Media\ Server/Plug-in\ Support/

/opt/appdata/plex/database/Library/Application Support/Plex Media Server/Plug-in Support/
├── [XXXXXXX]  Caches
├── [XXXXXXX]  Data
├── [XXXXXXX]  Databases
├── [XXXXXXX]  Metadata Combination
└── [XXXXXXX]  Preferences

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2. Plex DB Backup

1. su > to root
2. cd /opt/appdata/plex/
3. mkdir script
4. chown -cR 1000:1000 /opt/appdata/plex/script
5. cd /opt/appdata/plex/script
6. nano plexbackup.sh * add the lines below [plexbackup.sh]
7. CTRL + X
8. chmod a+x plexbackup.sh
9. paste this line

sudo sed -i '$a\@daily bash /opt/appdata/plex/script/plexbackup.sh >/dev/null 2>&1\' /var/spool/cron/crontabs/root

well done ;-)

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3. Scripts

plexbackup.sh

#!/bin/bash

mkdir /mnt/gdrive/plexguide/plexdbbackups/

cp -arv /opt/appdata/plex/database/Library/Application\ Support/Plex\ Media\ Server/Plug-in\ Support/ /tmp/plex-backup/
cp -arv /opt/appdata/plex/script /tmp/plex-backup/

chown -cR 1000:1000 /tmp/plex-backup/

cd /tmp/

tar -cf plexdbbackup-"$(date '+%Y-%m-%d').tar.gz" plex-backup/

cp -arv plexdbbackup-"$(date '+%Y-%m-%d').tar.gz" /mnt/gdrive/plexguide/plexdbbackups/

rm /tmp/plexdbbackup-"$(date '+%Y-%m-%d').tar.gz"

rm -rv /tmp/plex-backup/*

exit 0

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