Next we will create a symbolic link to the new location for our meta and index data sudo ln -s '/data/DataCenter/Plex Media Server' '/var/lib/plexmediaserver/Library/Application Support/Plex Media Server' OLD in case we need to restore it if there are any issues sudo mv '/var/lib/plexmediaserver/Library/Application Support/Plex Media Server' '/var/lib/plexmediaserver/Library/Application Support/Plex Media Server.OLD' This command below should copy the Application Support directory to the /new/dir/to/plex, ultimately making it “/new/dir/to/plex/Application Support” cp -rf '/var/lib/plexmediaserver/Library/Application Support/Plex Media Server' '/data/DataCenter/Plex Media Server' This is assuming that Plex data is stored at “/var/lib/plexmediaserver/Library/Application Support” which is the default for Debian based Plex Media Server installs. Now copy all of the current meta and index data to the new location, this may take a while depending on the size. Next run this command to make sure all Plex services are killed and no longer running killall -u plexĬopy Metadata and Index Data to new location Stop Plexįirst thing you will need to do is to stop Plex Media Server sudo service plexmediaserver stop The very simple approach I took to make this change was by using a symlink, and a few other small changes.

Just to note, my current setup is using OMV (Open Media Vault) that runs Debian, but this should be the same for almost any version of linux, including Ubuntu, etc. Update : Check the comments below for additional methods to change the directory, but the easiest will be modifying the /etc/default/plexmediaserver file and specifying the location. Well, I recently had this issue and between metadata and index data I had almost 55GB of a 64GB Solid State Drive used just for Plex metadata and index data! Here’s how I moved all of that data to a new location and did it without making any changes to the configuration… You may also have a very large media collection, and the metadata could be very large in size too.

The most recent versions of the Plex Media Server has the option to auto index, depending on your library size, this can take up a lot of space, and in some instances you may need to have this saved in a different location.

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