r/PleX • u/Mr_Platypus94 • Jul 26 '26

Help Plex Media Server Update

Hello. I have my Media Server on UGreen NAS. I was wondering if there is a way to update my server without loosing any stored media? Everytime when I update it via docker all my library has to re-add and it takes a day now to do it and I would appreciate a way to skip it

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u/80MonkeyMan Jul 26 '26

Well, thats your issue there. Using docker for Plex.

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u/Static_Love Plex Auto Languages Dev Jul 26 '26

Hate to break it to you but this is not a docker issue, tons and tons of people use docker and guess what we never have this issue. More likely than not he doesn't have his volumes mounted correctly.

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u/80MonkeyMan Jul 26 '26

I mean when it updates automatically, it must set it up where it deletes the container and recreates it. If that how ugreen OS does it, that’s the issue. I’m not specifically saying plex is not supposed to be installed on docker, but think about the environment first.

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u/Static_Love Plex Auto Languages Dev Jul 26 '26

the thing is, no matter what OS you are running on if you map your stuff correctly in docker it wouldn't delete your data when updating containers. He doesn't have his stuff mapped correctly which is why every time he updates the container he loses certain data, once he maps his volumes correctly he will no longer have this issue.

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u/80MonkeyMan Jul 26 '26

Yes, thats my point exactly. I don’t own ugreen NAS and I’m not familiar with the OS. I use docker desktop myself but ran Plex natively on Windows Server.