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Plex Media Server database backup script.
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| #!/bin/bash | |
| # Backup a Plex database. | |
| # Author Scott Smereka | |
| # Version 1.0 | |
| # Script Tested on: | |
| # Ubuntu 12.04 on 2/2/2014 [ OK ] | |
| # Plex Database Location. The trailing slash is | |
| # needed and important for rsync. | |
| plexDatabase="/var/lib/plexmediaserver/Library/Application Support/Plex Media Server/" | |
| # Location to backup the directory to. | |
| backupDirectory="/srv/raid10/backups/plexmediaserver/database/" | |
| # Log file for script's output named with | |
| # the script's name, date, and time of execution. | |
| scriptName=$(basename ${0}) | |
| log="/srv/raid10/backups/logs/${scriptName}_`date +%m%d%y%H%M%S`.log" | |
| # Check for root permissions | |
| if [[ $EUID -ne 0 ]]; then | |
| echo -e "${scriptName} requires root privledges.\n" | |
| echo -e "sudo $0 $*\n" | |
| exit 1 | |
| fi | |
| # Create Log | |
| echo -e "Staring Backup of Plex Database." > $log 2>&1 | |
| echo -e "------------------------------------------------------------\n" >> $log 2>&1 | |
| # Stop Plex | |
| echo -e "\n\nStopping Plex Media Server." >> $log 2>&1 | |
| echo -e "------------------------------------------------------------\n" >> $log 2>&1 | |
| sudo service plexmediaserver stop >> $log 2>&1 | |
| # Backup database | |
| echo -e "\n\nStarting Backup." >> $log 2>&1 | |
| echo -e "------------------------------------------------------------\n" >> $log 2>&1 | |
| sudo rsync -av --delete "$plexDatabase" "$backupDirectory" >> $log 2>&1 | |
| # Restart Plex | |
| echo -e "\n\nStarting Plex Media Server." >> $log 2>&1 | |
| echo -e "------------------------------------------------------------\n" >> $log 2>&1 | |
| sudo service plexmediaserver start >> $log 2>&1 | |
| # Done | |
| echo -e "\n\nBackup Complete." >> $log 2>&1 |
Sadly I have a huge
/var/lib/plexmediaserver/Library/Application Support/Plex Media Server/Mediafolder that rsync and tar got killed within the process to backup that 'Media' folder.Any other idea?
tar -zcvf is running for a while and it gets killed:
Media/localhost/1/571848b10aa99619bf4b3fab7e89847194a46fe.bundle/Contents/Subtitle Contributions/com.plexapp.agents.localmedia/ Media/localhost/1/571848b10aa99619bf4b3fab7e89847194a46fe.bundle/Contents/Subtitle Contributions/com.plexapp.system/ Media/localhost/1/571848b10aa99619bf4b3fab7e89847194a46fe.bundle/Contents/GoP-0.xml Media/localhost/1/571848b10aa99619bf4b3fab7e89847194a46fe.bundle/Contents/Subtitles/ Media/localhost/1/ef636c36896a6c53e515dd3c07a4df2d8dbd532.bundle/ Media/localhost/1/ef636c36896a6c53e515dd3c07a4df2d8dbd532.bundle/Contents/ Media/localhost/1/ef636c36896a6c53e515dd3c07a4df2d8dbd532.bundle/Contents/Subtitles.xml Media/localhost/1/ef636c36896a6c53e515dd3c07a4df2d8dbd532.bundle/Contents/Thumbnails/ Media/localhost/1/ef636c36896a6c53e515dd3c07a4df2d8dbd532.bundle/Contents/Thumbnails/thumb1.jpg Killed
I'm unsure if you still have issues with this, but I went from 244G used on media to 24 after deleting video previews.
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Sadly I have a huge
/var/lib/plexmediaserver/Library/Application Support/Plex Media Server/Mediafolder that rsync and tar got killed within the process to backup that 'Media' folder.Any other idea?
tar -zcvf is running for a while and it gets killed: