Migrating from Emby Server PC to Synology NAS, what are the steps?

[pteves 0]

5 hours ago, Luke said:

Do you have nfo files next to your media? If yes then it will contain the date added.

No. I chose to not have nfo files but have the metadata in the database.  @Luke, if I had chose the option that creates nfo files in each media folder (i.e. I have each movie in its own folder), then a rescan of a folder will read the nfo files into the library and preserve the "data added"?  Other than that there is no other way to transfer the "date added" data?  I'm interested in case I have to move the library again back from a NAS to a PC Server. 

Edited October 29, 2022 by pteves

[Happy2Play 9780]

1 hour ago, pteves said:

then a rescan of a folder will read the nfo files into the library and preserve the "data added"?

Correct

1 hour ago, pteves said:

Other than that there is no other way to transfer the "date added" data?  I'm interested in case I have to move the library again back from a NAS to a PC Server. 

If not saved with media you have to manually update the database and some library files correcting paths for your new platform.

[razclud 4]

Sorry to revive an old topic but i am in the same situation. Backed up emby PC, managed to mount it and hit restore using that backup. It restarts the emby server but nothing changes. No users, no thing... i gave it permissions to the backup folder as well.

 

 

embyserver.txt

[razclud 4]

Access to the path '/volume1/embyserver-backup-full' is denied. at System.IO.FileSystem.CreateDirectory(String fullPath) at System.IO.Directory.CreateDirectory(String path) at Emby.Server.Implementations.IO.ManagedFileSystem.CreateDirectory(String path) at MBBackup.ServerEntryPoint.ExecuteBackup(PluginConfiguration configuration, CancellationToken cancellationToken, IProgress`1 progress) at Emby.Server.Implementations.ScheduledTasks.ScheduledTaskWorker.ExecuteInternal(TaskOptions options)

 

I am struggling with permissions it seems. I have giveth everything it wants to my admin, still does not work.

[Carlo 4560]

Hi,

You will need to set permissions to the backup area for the internal emby user.
Have you done that?

Carlo

[razclud 4]

Yes, all subfolders too

[Luke 42077]

On 11/29/2024 at 11:26 PM, razclud said:

Yes, all subfolders too

@razclud

Hi, how exactly did you do that?

[razclud 4]

[Luke 42077]

4 hours ago, razclud said:

For what folder is that?

[razclud 4]

The folder where i put the restore backup from the PC and where it saves the new backups on my nas

Edited December 1, 2024 by razclud

[Luke 42077]

On 12/1/2024 at 5:31 PM, razclud said:

The folder where i put the restore backup from the PC and where it saves the new backups on my nas

Hi, apologies. At this point we don't recommend restoring backups across different platforms. There is still more work to be done with the backup and restore process in order to fully support that.

[razclud 4]

i just wanted the playback history and favorites to be remembered. Any way i can do that?

[Luke 42077]

On 12/6/2024 at 3:38 PM, razclud said:

i just wanted the playback history and favorites to be remembered. Any way i can do that?

Hi, the restore process also has a button to just extract user data if that's what you want.

[razclud 4]

Nothing worked. I ended up re-creating everything.

[Luke 42077]

1 hour ago, razclud said:

Nothing worked. I ended up re-creating everything.

Hi, did you try what I suggested?