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Deleting and refreshing emby data - pitfalls?


kkhan

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I have an emby system which has been running pretty much 24x7 for the past 7 years or so with 40TB of storage.  I want to completely refresh the emby database. Any pitfalls and gotchas I need to be aware of before I proceed to delete the database file.

I have manually entered metadata for some media which I do not want to lose but my understanding is that I will not; likewise with media play states.  Artwork and metadata is held locally in folders so during the database rebuild those should be picked up.

Thanks for any input

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The database also contains user watched data and favorites, so you could wind up losing that. Our backup option can help you restore that into the new database.

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Thanks Luke.  I have been using the backup option for a long time but have never had cause to do a restore.  I will do a test restore on test emby instance first to make sure I nail the process.

 

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