Plex Media Server wont start

tokar86a · September 29, 2023

Hi

I have move my Plex media server data information whit help of this tutorial https://support.plex.tv/articles/201370363-move-an-install-to-another-system/ from a windows setup to my linux server. But now when i try to start plex i end up whit following error:

tokar86a@plex:~$ sudo service plexmediaserver status
× plexmediaserver.service - Plex Media Server
     Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/plexmediaserver.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
     Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Fri 2023-09-29 11:41:09 CEST; 17s ago
    Process: 1262 ExecStartPre=/bin/sh -c /usr/bin/test -d "${PLEX_MEDIA_SERVER_APPLICATION_SUPPORT_DIR}" || /bin/mkdir -p "${PLEX_MEDIA_SERVER_APPLICATION_SUPPORT_DIR}" (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
    Process: 1264 ExecStart=/bin/sh -c export PLEX_MEDIA_SERVER_INFO_VENDOR="$(grep ^NAME= /etc/os-release | awk -F= "{print \$2}" | tr -d \" )"; export PLEX_MEDIA_SERVER_INFO_MODEL="$(uname -m)"; export PLEX_MEDIA_SERVER_INFO_PLATFORM_VERSION="$(grep ^VERSION= /etc/os-release | awk -F= "{print \$2}" | tr -d \" )"; exec "/usr/lib/plexmediaserver/Plex Media Server" (code=exited, status=255/EXCEPTION)
   Main PID: 1264 (code=exited, status=255/EXCEPTION)
        CPU: 50ms

Sep 29 11:41:09 plex systemd[1]: plexmediaserver.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 3.
Sep 29 11:41:09 plex systemd[1]: Stopped Plex Media Server.
Sep 29 11:41:09 plex systemd[1]: plexmediaserver.service: Start request repeated too quickly.
Sep 29 11:41:09 plex systemd[1]: plexmediaserver.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Sep 29 11:41:09 plex systemd[1]: Failed to start Plex Media Server.

Any suggestion on what the problem can be?