Backup and Restore - Empty data?

[thekingswolf 47]

using plugin version 1.2.2.0.  When i run the backup process, it creates all the folders and files and so forth, but the data files seem empty.  For example in the library>Collections folder i have 3 files. 

 

• boxsets.collection file that is 0kb file size and contains no data when i open with a text editor
• collections.mblink file that is 1kb file size and only contains an explorer location for the path of my original folder (C:\Users\TKW\AppData\Roaming\Emby-Server\programdata\data\collections)
• options.xml file with basic formatting code.

I don't feel like this is going to actually restore my collections and library from just this data.  Do i have to manually back up my collections folder as well?  

[Happy2Play 9459]

The plugin was created to backup your server configuration. There are feature requests to do Collections also.

[thekingswolf 47]

ah.  if I just make a copy of the above listed folder, can i just put it back when I install a fresh server?  I actually tried moving the folder to a different location so I wouldn't have to worry about it, but it didn't work well.  I couldn't remove the old location and it didn't work right.  I ask the above because I was experimenting and deleted the folder, and all my collections went away.  Then I put the folder back but the collections didn't return, i had to manually make them again.  I spent quite a bit of time building collections, i want to make sure i'm backing up what I need to do a proper restore.

[Luke 40140]

Yes you could just copy the collections folder manually.