Plex Media Server database backup script.

plexDatabaseBackupScript.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash

# Backup a Plex database.
# Author Scott Smereka
# Version 1.0

# Modified by Shaun Harrison
# Version 1.1

# Script Tested on:
# Ubuntu 14.04 on 9/6/2017	[ OK ]

# Plex Database Location.  The trailing slash is
# needed and important for rsync.
plexDatabase="/var/lib/plexmediaserver/Library/Application Support/Plex Media Server/"

# Base backup location
backupDirectory="/data/media0/backups"

# Location to backup the directory to.
plexBackupDirectory="$backupDirectory/plexmediaserver/database/"

# Location to backup logs to.
logsDirectory="$backupDirectory/logs"

# Log file for script's output named with
# the script's name, date, and time of execution.
scriptName=$(basename ${0})
scriptName="${scriptName%.*}"
log="$logsDirectory/${scriptName}_`date +%m%d%y%H%M%S`.log"

# Check for root permissions
if [[ $EUID -ne 0 ]]; then
  echo -e "${scriptName} requires root privledges.\n"
  echo -e "sudo $0 $*\n"
  exit 1
fi

# Create Log
echo -e "Staring Backup of Plex Database." 2>&1 | tee $log
echo -e "------------------------------------------------------------\n" 2>&1 | tee $log

# Stop Plex
echo -e "\n\nStopping Plex Media Server." 2>&1 | tee $log
echo -e "------------------------------------------------------------\n" 2>&1 | tee $log
sudo service plexmediaserver stop 2>&1 | tee $log

# Ensure directories exist
mkdir -p $plexBackupDirectory $logsDirectory

# Backup database
echo -e "\n\nStarting Backup." 2>&1 | tee $log
echo -e "------------------------------------------------------------\n" 2>&1 | tee $log
sudo rsync -av --delete "$plexDatabase" "$plexBackupDirectory" 2>&1 | tee $log

# Restart Plex
echo -e "\n\nStarting Plex Media Server." 2>&1 | tee $log
echo -e "------------------------------------------------------------\n" 2>&1 | tee $log
sudo service plexmediaserver start 2>&1 | tee $log

# Done
echo -e "\n\nBackup Complete." 2>&1 | tee $log