New Jellyfin Server/Web release: 10.11.8

[Matt84uk]

I’d want to create an update/upgrade guide for Windows 11 users regarding the upgrade from Jellyfin version 10.10.7 to 10.11.8.

I have the standard categories like Movies and TV Shows. In Jellyfin 10.10.7, I had uploaded documentaries to the Movies and TV Shows category, and everything works fine. I don’t have any home videos or music, but I do have books. In total, I have 2,500 movies, 460 TV series, and 110 books.

I’ve always been cautious about updates, and this is now my first attempt to upgrade from 10.10.7 to 10.11.X.

I made a full backup of the Jellyfin server folder beforehand, which is located at C:\Program Data\Jellyfin\ on my system.
I also use Aomei Backup to create weekly incremental backups to a separate SSD. So I was doubly protected.

I launched the Jellyfin 10.11.8 installer, went through the standard setup, and confirmed the update at the beginning. Then I opened Jellyfin in the browser and watched as a sequence of tasks began. The view is CLI. At the same time, I opened the Task Manager and noticed that system usage wasn’t particularly high during the migration. The whole process took 5 minutes and ended with Jellyfin shutting down and nothing visible in the browser. Shortly after, I restarted Jellyfin via the system tray and was able to access all my content in no time.

FYI
Update all plugins once after the migration!
Run a full scan of your library once

Everything is working! Thank you very much

Just to add again - anyone who uses "Home Movies and Photos" with folders should not yet update if they want to use those libraries until this is actually fixed. Still shocked it hasn't been since "Movies" and "Shows" are at best a grey area in terms of usecase.