Can it be used with CA Appdata Backup/Restore app?

[paulmcclellan]

I just implemented this, and was very pleased with how quick the db backup was! Question: Can I use it in conjunction with CA Appdata Backup, as it also allows for easy restores?

[Glasti1]

Yes you can use the CA appdata backup plugin if you prefer. I would setup a costum script to backup the metdata folders just incase of drive failure.

[paulmcclellan]

Thanks. I do have a question about the container configuration, specifically the Container Path. In your example you used '/config/app/Plex Media Server/Cache/Transcode/Sync+' I'm having trouble figuring out what value to use here?

[Glasti1]

Thanks. I do have a question about the container configuration, specifically the Container Path. In your example you used '/config/app/Plex Media Server/Cache/Transcode/Sync+' I'm having trouble figuring out what value to use here?

it looks like this in my current config the path can be different depending which container you use. i use hotio/plex

[paulmcclellan]

Thanks. I appreciate your help. Hopefully last questions: Does your container path point to a share? Would it be something like 'mnt/appdata/Plex/config/Cache/Transcode/Sync+'?

[Glasti1]

in 6.8.3 i made an Metadata share where it goes in. /mnt/user/metadata/ And this share uses the appdata cache drive.

This is a little different in my 6.9 setup. I created a pool for plex with a 500GB nvme. That pool i named appdata_plex. in that pool i created a user share called Plex. In this share i have the folder calledplex_data where all the folders are in that are in the guide. And another folder called Plex which is the plex appdata folder.

So, /mnt/appdata_plex/plex/plex_data and /mnt/appdata_plex/plex/plex/

[paulmcclellan]

Thanks for your help with this. I made a tweak, where am leaving all the data in the original locations, but still backing them up separately. To do this, I modified the 'plexdata' backup script, and added separate tars for the Cache, Media and Metadata directories. To my tiny brain, this was an easier solution.

I do appreciate your help with this. It has accomplished the goal of reducing the Plex downtime for backing up appdata!