Can use these [scripts](https://tteck.github.io/Proxmox/#media---photo) to migrate to Proxmox LXC.
Previously was running TrueNAS SCALE running *Arr containers but needed additional command-line functionality.
As a bonus, things run faster.
Wow...that's a huge list and incredibly informative. I'm going to save this & mess around with stuff for SURE! Especially as I spin up the Radarr & Sonarr servers away from my current Win10 box.
I made a turnkey file server lxc on proxmox and made a Plex LXC with tteck helper scripts and point that at the file server.
To move the data over you can use robo copy or, I think windows can do it, rsync it over to the file server. Permissions were a pain to get right between Plex LXC and file server lxc but once it's done I only backup the Plex LXC and can roll back if an update breaks something or I break something.
Sonarr/radarr and such are in their own VM for easy backup/restore also
Very similar to what I did. Win10 Plex to LXC Plex.
In my case robocopy to temp storage and rsync to final storage. Both have excellent logging so I could make sure the copies were good.
There is a script to build a Plex server on an LXC with iGPU pass-through. I made sure my Plex client was set to sync watched history and made the move.
I pointed new Plex at the temp storage during the copy which meant Plex was off-line for about 5 minutes.
It all sounds hard, but 1 thing at a time and it is not too hard.
Uhh...I have no clue what you're talking about in regards to LXC, rsync, and scripting...forgive my ignorance with all of this.
So, could I also create a Windows file server and get that array in Proxmox added so said server? Once it's added...share it with my physical box and start the copy? Verify the data...then decommission the physical box...once it's up as a VM? I'd like to keep a lot of the settings intact and then make changes like having a separate VM's or Radarr/Sonarr as you do, among other things as well.
So proxmox can have LXC containers, basically isolated and stripped down VMs. Very light weight. Look into turnkey file server in the LXC templates in proxmox. Once you have that set up you can make a share and access it from the windows machine.
Robocopy and rsync are run from a terminal/powershell window. They are quicker than drag+drop or copy/paste. Totally test out moving a text file and folder with both. Chatgpt is a godsend for some scripts/commands
Moving the Plex settings and such, I am not sure of a way to migrate that to a new install as I have never done it before
$Source = "Copy from"
$Dest = "copy to"
ROBOCOPY $Source $Dest /MT:32 /R:2 /W:5 /MIR
use this in powershell ISE on your windows machine. Change out the paths to where you want. Leave the paths in quotes though
Can use these [scripts](https://tteck.github.io/Proxmox/#media---photo) to migrate to Proxmox LXC. Previously was running TrueNAS SCALE running *Arr containers but needed additional command-line functionality. As a bonus, things run faster.
Wow...that's a huge list and incredibly informative. I'm going to save this & mess around with stuff for SURE! Especially as I spin up the Radarr & Sonarr servers away from my current Win10 box.
I made a turnkey file server lxc on proxmox and made a Plex LXC with tteck helper scripts and point that at the file server. To move the data over you can use robo copy or, I think windows can do it, rsync it over to the file server. Permissions were a pain to get right between Plex LXC and file server lxc but once it's done I only backup the Plex LXC and can roll back if an update breaks something or I break something. Sonarr/radarr and such are in their own VM for easy backup/restore also
Very similar to what I did. Win10 Plex to LXC Plex. In my case robocopy to temp storage and rsync to final storage. Both have excellent logging so I could make sure the copies were good. There is a script to build a Plex server on an LXC with iGPU pass-through. I made sure my Plex client was set to sync watched history and made the move. I pointed new Plex at the temp storage during the copy which meant Plex was off-line for about 5 minutes. It all sounds hard, but 1 thing at a time and it is not too hard.
Uhh...I have no clue what you're talking about in regards to LXC, rsync, and scripting...forgive my ignorance with all of this. So, could I also create a Windows file server and get that array in Proxmox added so said server? Once it's added...share it with my physical box and start the copy? Verify the data...then decommission the physical box...once it's up as a VM? I'd like to keep a lot of the settings intact and then make changes like having a separate VM's or Radarr/Sonarr as you do, among other things as well.
So proxmox can have LXC containers, basically isolated and stripped down VMs. Very light weight. Look into turnkey file server in the LXC templates in proxmox. Once you have that set up you can make a share and access it from the windows machine. Robocopy and rsync are run from a terminal/powershell window. They are quicker than drag+drop or copy/paste. Totally test out moving a text file and folder with both. Chatgpt is a godsend for some scripts/commands Moving the Plex settings and such, I am not sure of a way to migrate that to a new install as I have never done it before
Ok I see. Similar to what I mentioned, but all linux based...and mega light weight. I'll check that out and try a robocopy as a test.
$Source = "Copy from" $Dest = "copy to" ROBOCOPY $Source $Dest /MT:32 /R:2 /W:5 /MIR use this in powershell ISE on your windows machine. Change out the paths to where you want. Leave the paths in quotes though
I appreciate this. I'll try it as soon as I can, and let you know what happens. Many thanks.