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I have just had a harddrive failing in RAID1 on my Synology DS412+, and since the drive is not available for replacement, I have upgraded to 3x 3TB plus one old 1TB (the one left in the old array). The 3x 3TB is now my "primary" volume, but since the applications are installed on the old array (the remaining 2TB, now degraded), I cannot use the applications.

The problem is not the Synology packages, but rather those installed using the ipkg package manager. How can I "transfer" those applications (if possible, all applications and their settings) to my new volume?

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If someone is still asking himself this question four years later, then here is an answer provided by Andrew McLean : Move Application Between Volumes

  • Stop all your applications (Package Center > Installed > Action > Stop)
sudo /var/packages/[app_name]/scripts/start-stop-status stop
  • Move the app files from the old volume to the desired one (in this case from volume1 to volume2)
sudo mv /volume1/\@appstore/[app_name] /volume2/\@appstore/
  • Delete the obsolete Symlink pointing at the old app path
sudo rm -fv /var/packages/[app_name]/target
  • Create a new Sim link pointing at the new, correct app path
sudo ln -s /volume2/\@appstore/[app_name] /var/packages/[app_name]/target
  • Reboot

NB : Apps like Snapshot Replication, CrashPlan and DownloadStation had to be uninstalled and reinstalled manually, but for the majority of apps this should work.

Experimental script provided by Sebastian Ott

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