cgcmgr 17 Posted October 28, 2023 Share Posted October 28, 2023 Hi all, I have seen and been told that if I wanted to backup my Emby server, all I will need to do is copy the emby-server folder located here - /mnt/Poolname/iocage/jails/var/db to another location. Then if something goes wrong, all I need to do is delete the Emby Jail, create a new Emby Jail and copy the emby-server folder back to the above location. I used WinSCP to do this. I've tried this and had mixed results. The first time I did it, I actually copied back a emby-server folder from a different Emby server I have that I named primary. I wanted the two to be exactly the same. When it was done, I launched Emby and was asked to pick a user and sign in. No matter what I did, it failed the log in. I went the route of invoking the "Forgot Password" for the admin user and was able to sign in without a password. I then changed the passwords for the two users and everything was great, exact match as my primary Emby server. I created a backup of the emby-server folder for this server. I noticed I had a duplicate library on the new server, so I deleted it. Of course, I deleted the wrong one and all the metadata was gone for that library. It started to sync again, but I wanted an exact match to the primary server. So I copied the new emby-server folder over and this time when I launched Emby I was again prompted to choose a user and sign in. No matter what I did, I could not sign in. I tried invoking the "forgot password " numerous times, but I could not sign in. I then cleared the Chrome browser cache and now when I launch Emby, all I see if the Emby splash screen. I did try other browsers, but the same thing, just the splash screen. I have been going back and forth deleting the Jail and recreating it and installing Emby and copying the emby-server folder over and just experiencing different results. The last time I did it, hung on the splash screen so I deleted, installed and copied back the primary server's emby-server file. This time it got beyond the splash screen and I was able to choose a user. I signed in and did see my libraries on the home screen, but nothing else. I restarted the Jail and launched again. Stuck at the Emby splash screen. As I type this, I realized I did not try reinstalling Emby to see if it resolves the issue. Going to try that now. Otherwise, does anyone have any suggestions on how to successfully create a backup? Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cgcmgr 17 Posted October 28, 2023 Author Share Posted October 28, 2023 Reinstalling did resolve the issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37067 Posted October 28, 2023 Share Posted October 28, 2023 Thanks for following up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cgcmgr 17 Posted October 28, 2023 Author Share Posted October 28, 2023 Sorry Luke, my bad. I meant to write DID NOT resolve the issue. Still playing around with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cgcmgr 17 Posted October 29, 2023 Author Share Posted October 29, 2023 So I have a question regarding this. Am I supposed to copy back everything within the emby-server folder as shown in the screen capture from WinSCP or just what's shown when I click on "show server info?", capture attached? What I've been doing is copying the entire emby-server folder to the db folder allowing the emby-server folder to be overwritten. Maybe I'm supposed to delete the emby-server folder and then copy it back? Can anyone provide the correct process? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baenwort 97 Posted October 29, 2023 Share Posted October 29, 2023 Have you tried the Backup & Restore plug-in? This isn't an exact backup but it does preserve the important data and the rest rebuilds. It produces: Which when you rebuild/install Emby you load this into an accessible folder, add the plug-in, and point it at it. (at least when I conducted my test a couple of years ago this worked. I will likely retest it the next Emby Stable build that is released) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cgcmgr 17 Posted October 29, 2023 Author Share Posted October 29, 2023 Thanks, I'll have to give this a try. I already manually created the new Jail and installed the server. I allowed it to sync and just about done going through everything to make it match my primary Emby server. I may create a jail and install Emby just to test this. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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