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Third step: copy (not move) the content to the new external driveįifth step: update the content library locations in the Plex server interface. The first step: update and do final synchronise of the existing Plex server and content

So I will aim to use the Plex interfaces and file management system as much as possible to achieve this. My preferred approach to doing this is to minimise dealing with any coding and configuration of the Plex settings. So my solution is also to move the metadata to an external drive.īy doing this, I have a single place to keep all my Plex content and metadata – which will help with backups and future migrations.

The reason for moving the metadata: from time to time you may want to upgrade your machine that is the host for your Plex server and not lose all the metadata which will contain the images, thumbnails, ratings and watch status. Thus you would like to have your content on an external drive with a much larger capacity. The reason for moving the content: with Plex your internal drive space will reach a limit. This is a WIP post to help guide me to move Plex metadata and content from your computer’s internal drive to an external drive.