How to backup Emby on NAS?

[zBernie 16]

I have Emby running on my DS418.  Is there a way to backup all of the configuration changes I've made?

 

-Thanks

 

[Happy2Play 9441]

Ideally you would use the Server Configuration Backup plugin.  

 

But it should be Emby's Programdata folder.

Program data path: /var/packages/EmbyServer/target/var

[zBernie 16]

 

Ideally you would use the Server Configuration Backup plugin.  

 

But it should be Emby's Programdata folder.

Program data path: /var/packages/EmbyServer/target/var

I looked under plugins, but I did not see a backup plugin.  Can you tell me how to go about installing the backup plugin?

 

-Thanks

[Luke 40065]

It's in the emby plugin catalog. Please let us know if this helps. Thanks.

[FrostByte 5255]

I think you have to be a supporter to actually use the "Server Configuration Backup" plugin.  Otherwise, just backup the folder H2P mentioned earlier.

[zBernie 16]

I think you have to be a supporter to actually use the "Server Configuration Backup" plugin.  Otherwise, just backup the folder H2P mentioned earlier.

 

I have a lifetime license.  But I don't see the backup plugin.

[zBernie 16]

I think you have to be a supporter to actually use the "Server Configuration Backup" plugin.  Otherwise, just backup the folder H2P mentioned earlier.

 

Please disregard, I found the backup plugin.

[Happy2Play 9441]

Note the plugin only backups up configurations and users and userdata, not databases and metadata.

[zBernie 16]

Note the plugin only backups up configurations and users and userdata, not databases and metadata.

 

I found it and scheduled it to run each day at 4 AM.

 

-Thanks

[zBernie 16]

Note the plugin only backups up configurations and users and userdata, not databases and metadata.

Is there a way to backup databases and metadata?

 

-Thanks

[Happy2Play 9441]

Is there a way to backup databases and metadata?

 

-Thanks

Manually via the path shown above.  I don't have this server but assume Emby installed programdata would be self constaned in that location like Windows installs.

[zBernie 16]

Manually via the path shown above.  I don't have this server but assume Emby installed programdata would be self constaned in that location like Windows installs.

On my NAS that directory is about 10 GB in size.  So just to be sure, if my NAS blew up, and I reinstalled Emby on the new NAS, then copied the below directory contents, everything would be restored?  Assuming media is in the same path.

 

> ls /var/packages/EmbyServer/target/var

cache  config  data  ESdaemon.lock  esdaemon.pid  logs  metadata  passwordreset.txt  plugins  root  transcoding-temp

 

 

-Thanks

 

 

[Luke 40065]

with a backup of that directory, yes.

[zBernie 16]

with a backup of that directory, yes.

Thanks, that's great news!  I will certainly back it up once I've completed with configuration.

[Sparker 43]

On 1/30/2020 at 10:38 PM, Luke said:

with a backup of that directory, yes.

Hi Luke, this is a bit of an old topic, but on DSM 7.2 is it the same as backing up /volume1/@appdata/EmbyServer ?

/var/packages/EmbyServer/target/var doesn't exist on my system

[Luke 40065]

On 8/11/2023 at 6:47 AM, Sparker said:

Hi Luke, this is a bit of an old topic, but on DSM 7.2 is it the same as backing up /volume1/@appdata/EmbyServer ?

/var/packages/EmbyServer/target/var doesn't exist on my system

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/var/packages/EmbyServer/target/var doesn't exist on my system

Does that matter? You don't backup the application files, just the data files, right?

[Sparker 43]

Yeah, I figured it out.