backup-plex-db

#!/bin/bash

# This backup program will use HashBackup to upload the entire
# contents of my Plex database to my encrypted remotes.
# It will send a notification that the backup is starting
# before it is run. The hashbackup command will output the log
# into a file.

# Create constants
PUSH_NOTIFICATION_DIRECTORY="/share/Web/bin/push_notifications/backups"
# Create a string like `2018-02-19_14:16:51`
datename="$(date '+%Y-%m-%d_%H:%M:%S')"
logfile="/share/Web/rclone/logs/$datename.plex-db.log"

# Send a starting notification
$PUSH_NOTIFICATION_DIRECTORY/push \
"Backup started" \
"Started backing up the Plex database.";

# Backup the Plex database. HashBackup will automatically
# post the backup files to my Google Drive accounts, as
# well as keeping a local copy on my Drobo
/share/Web/bin/hb \
	log \
	backup \
	-c /share/Backups/plex/db \
	/share/CACHEDEV2_DATA/.qpkg/PlexMediaServer/Library

# Send a notification the backup finished
$PUSH_NOTIFICATION_DIRECTORY/push \
	"Backup finished" \
	"Finished backing up the Plex database.";