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Did you follow the instructions on the Getting Started page?

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Did you follow the instructions on the Getting Started page?

Yes,

1. Saved files in the same location
2. Rename the file name and removed SAMPLE
3. Created a powershell shortcut on desktop and in advanced i checked run as admin
4. CD the file directory
5. Executed .\PlexBackup.ps1 and i got the error shared above

I do not what to do with update config File setting. It is not clear to me

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Try adding this line inside of the catch block on line 3216:

LogException $_ $false $false

So the code block will look like this:

# Load config settings from a config file (if any).
try {
    Import-ConfigFile -ConfigFilePath $ConfigFile -DefaultParameters $PSBoundParameters
}
catch {
    LogException $_ $false $false
    LogWarning "Cannot initialize run-time configuration settings." $false
    $mutex = StopSingleInstance $mutex
    exit $EXITCODE_ERROR_CONFIG
}

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Sorry, messed up the code block (updated now). Basically, I want to see the root cause error message. I suspect, there is something wrong with the config file or (less likely) the module that is supposed to process the config file. Please post the error message after you run the script.

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alekdavis, above you say "updated now" but looks like same file with date time stamp the same in the zip file. What am I missing?

thanks for all you have done

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I updated my comment (originally added the new line in the wrong place), not the script itself.

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Sorry, messed up the code block (updated now). Basically, I want to see the root cause error message. I suspect, there is something wrong with the config file or (less likely) the module that is supposed to process the config file. Please post the error message after you run the script.

apologies for the delay i was having an emergency, here you go..

PS C:\Users\MAIN\OneDrive\AppsBackups\Plex> .\PlexBackup.ps1
PlexBackup v1.7.2 (c) 2020 Alek Davis
Script started at:
07/29/2020 22:19:13
LogException : Invalid JSON primitive: .
At C:\Users\MAIN\OneDrive\AppsBackups\Plex\PlexBackup.ps1:3216 char:5

• LogException $_ $false $false
  

• ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  

  • CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [Write-Error], WriteErrorException
  • FullyQualifiedErrorId : Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.WriteErrorException,LogException

Cannot initialize run-time configuration settings.

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Yeah, looks like your configuration file is messed up. Can you post it here?

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Yeah, looks like your configuration file is messed up. Can you post it here?

I just saved the files from https://github.com/alekdavis/PlexBackup/blob/master/PlexBackup.ps1

here is the file
PlexBackup.zip

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Not this file. I am asking for PlexBackup.ps1.json

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Not this file. I am asking for PlexBackup.ps1.json

PlexBackup.ps1.zip

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It looks like you save the web page layout instead of the configuration file. Just download the PlexBackup.ps1.SAMPLE.json (and make sure you download the actual file, not the web page), rename it (remove the .SAMPLE part), put the proper value in the backup directory setting (make sure you use double back slashes for each back slash in the path, so in your case, the value would be C:\\Users\\MAIN\\OneDrive\\AppsBackups\\Plex) and try it again. Basically, follow the instructions in the Getting Started section.

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It looks like you save the web page layout instead of the configuration file. Just download the PlexBackup.ps1.SAMPLE.json (and make sure you download the actual file, not the web page), rename it (remove the .SAMPLE part), put the proper value in the backup directory setting (make sure you use double back slashes for each back slash in the path, so in your case, the value would be C:\\Users\\MAIN\\OneDrive\\AppsBackups\\Plex) and try it again. Basically, follow the instructions in the Getting Started section.

thanks for the help, i was doing everything wrong :(

ok, i managed to correct it and i can see the progress is running fine except there is an error with registry, i see it says it might be a non-critical error, so should i worry?

C:\Users\MAIN\OneDrive\AppsBackups\Plex\20200731035027\3\Plex2.reg
LogException : ERROR: The system was unable to find the specified registry key or value.
At C:\Users\MAIN\OneDrive\AppsBackups\Plex\PlexBackup.ps1:3118 char:13

•         LogException $_
  

•         ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  

  • CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [Write-Error], WriteErrorException
  • FullyQualifiedErrorId : Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.WriteErrorException,LogException

Restoring special subfolders.
Copying folder:
C:\Users\MAIN\OneDrive\AppsBackups\Plex\20200731035027\4\Plug-in Support\Data\com.plexapp.system\DataItems\Deactivated
to:
C:\Users\MAIN\AppData\Local\Plex Media Server\Plug-in Support\Data\com.plexapp.system\DataItems\Deactivated
at:
2020/07/31 04:11:29.830
Completed at:
2020/07/31 04:11:29.850
Starting Plex service(s):
Plex Update Service
Starting Plex Media Server process:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Plex\Plex Media Server\Plex Media Server.exe
Script ended at:
2020/07/31 04:11:30.324
Script ran for (hr:min:sec.msec):
00:21:03.192
Script returned:
SUCCESS
Done.
PS C:\Users\MAIN\OneDrive\AppsBackups\Plex>

Backup.err.log

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Yes, you can ignore it for now. Just make sure your backup files are of reasonable size. I will handle the missing registry key better later. Also check the Plex1.reg file to make sure it's backed up.

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Fixed the registry issue in v2.0.0.

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