Synology app mover
Description
Easily move Synology packages from one volume to another volume
You just select the package and the destination volume and the script will stop the app, move it, update the symlinks then start the app.
Handy for moving packages to an SSD volume, or to another volume so you can delete the original volume.
NEW Now includes Backup and Restore modes.
- Supports DSM 7. Not fully tested with DSM 6.
- If backing up to a USB drive the partition's file system should be ext3, ext4 of btrfs.
Packages confirmed working
NOTE: Just in case, you should backup your docker compose files or portainer stacks.
Click here to see list
The icons in this table are [Copyright © 2004-2024 Synology Inc.](https://kb.synology.com/en-br/DSM/help/DSM/Home/about?version=7) or Copyright the 3rd party package developer.
| Package Center Name | System Name | Result |
|---------------------|-------------|--------|
| 
Active Backup for Business | ActiveBackup | OK |
| 
Active Backup for Google Workspace | ActiveBackup-GSuite | OK |
| 
Active Backup for Microsoft 365 | ActiveBackup-Office365 | OK |
| 
Advanced Media Extensions | CodecPack | OK |
| 
AntiVirus by McAfee | AntiVirus-McAfee | OK |
| 
AntiVirus Essential | AntiVirus | OK |
| 
Apache HTTP Server 2.4 | Apache2.4 | OK |
| 
Audio Station | AudioStation | OK |
| 
AvrLogger | AvrLogger | OK - community package |
| 
Bitdefender for MailPlus | BitDefenderForMailPlus | OK I think |
| 
C2 Identity LDAP Server | C2IdentityLDAPAgent | OK |
| 
Central Management System | CMS | OK |
| 
Channels DVR | ChannelsDVR | OK - 3rd party package [link](https://getchannels.com/dvr-server/#synology) |
| 
Cloud Sync | CloudSync | OK |
| 
Container Manager | ContainerManager | OK |
| 
DNS Server | DNSServer | OK |
| 
Docker | Docker | OK |
| 
Document Viewer | DocumentViewer | OK |
| 
Download Station | DownloadStation | OK |
| 
Emby Server | EmbyServer | OK |
| 
exFAT Access | exFAT-Free | OK |
| 
Git | git | OK - community package |
| Git Server | Git | OK |
| 
Glacier Backup | GlacierBackup | OK - Need to run backup task again |
| 
Hyper Backup | HyperBackup | OK |
| 
Hyper Backup Vault | HyperBackupVault | OK |
| 
LDAP Server | DirectoryServer | OK |
| 
LogAnalysis | LogAnalysis | OK - community package [link](https://github.com/toafez/LogAnalysis) |
| 
Log Center | LogCenter | OK |
| 
Mail Station | MailStation | OK |
| 
MariaDB 10 | MariaDB10 | OK |
| 
Media Server | MediaServer | OK |
| 
MediaInfo | mediainfo | OK - community package |
| 
MinimServer | MinimServer | OK |
| 
phpMyAdmin | phpMyAdmin | OK |
| 
Node.js | Node.js_v## | OK |
| 
Note Station | NoteStation | OK |
| 
PDF Viewer | PDFViewer | OK |
| 
Perl | Perl | OK |
| 
PHP | PHP#.# | OK |
| 
Plex Media Server | PlexMediaServer | OK |
| 
Presto File Server | PrestoServer | OK |
| 
Proxy Server | ProxyServer | OK |
| 
Python 3.9 | Python3.9 | OK |
| 
RADIUS Server | RadiusServer | OK |
| 
SMI-S Provider | SynoSmisProvider | OK |
| 
Snapshot Replication | SnapshotReplication | OK |
| 
SSO Server | SSOServer | OK |
| 
Storage Analyzer | StorageAnalyzer | OK |
| 
Surveillance Station | SurveillanceStation | OK |
| 
SynoCli Tools | synocli-"toolname" | OK - community package |
| 
Synology Application Service | SynologyApplicationService | OK |
| 
Synology Calendar | Calendar | OK |
| 
Synology Chat Server | Chat | OK |
| 
Synology Contacts | Contacts | OK |
| 
Synology Directory Server | DirectoryServerForWindowsDomain | OK |
| 
Synology Drive Server | SynologyDrive | OK |
| 
Synology Mail Server | MailServer | OK |
| 
Synology MailPlus | MailPlus | OK |
| 
Synology MailPlus Server | MailPlus-Server | OK I think |
| 
Synology Office | Spreadsheet | OK |
| 
Synology Photos | SynologyPhotos | OK |
| 
Tailscale | Tailscale | OK |
| 
Text Editor | TextEditor | OK |
| 
Universal Viewer | UniversalViewer | OK |
| 
USB Copy | USBCopy | see [moving_extras](moving_extras.md)
| 
Video Station | VideoStation | OK |
| 
Virtual Machine Manager | Virtualization | OK |
| 
VPN Server | VPNCenter | OK |
| 
Web Station | WebStation | OK |
| 
WebDAV Server | WebDAVServer | OK |
Packages not tested
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The icons in this table are [Copyright © 2004-2024 Synology Inc.](https://kb.synology.com/en-br/DSM/help/DSM/Home/about?version=7) or Copyright the 3rd party package developer.
| Package | Result / Notes |
|---------|--------|
| 
Archiware P5 | |
| 
AvrCenter | community package |
| 
BRAVIA Signage | Won't install in Container Manager. It checks if Docker is installed |
| 
Data Deposit Box | |
| 
Diagnosis Tool | |
| 
Domotz Network Monitoring | |
| 
ElephantDrive | |
| 
GateOne | |
| 
GoodSync | |
| 
IDrive | |
| 
Jackett | community package |
| 
Joomla | |
| 
KodiExplorer | |
| 
MediaWiki | |
| 
Medusa | community package [link](https://github.com/BenjV/SYNO-packages) |
| 
MEGAcmd | |
| 
NAKIVO Backup and Replication | |
| 
NAKIVO Transporter | |
| 
PACS | |
| 
Photo Station | DSM 6 |
| 
Ragic Cloud DB | |
| 
Resilo Sync | |
| 
Shellinabox | community package |
| 
Syncthing | |
| 
TeamViewer | |
| 
Transmission | community package |
| 
VirtualHere | |
| 
vtigerCRM | |
| 
WebTools | community package |
| 
Wordpress | |
Download the script
- Download the latest version Source code (zip) from https://github.com/007revad/Synology_app_mover/releases
- Save the download zip file to a folder on the Synology.
- Unzip the zip file.
Set backup location
If you want to use use the backup and restore options you need edit the included syno_app_mover.conf file to set the location to backup to.
The syno_app_mover.conf file must be in the same foller as the syno_app_mover.sh file.
Other options in syno_app_mover.conf
# buffer is used when checking if target volume has enough space
# Add 50 GB buffer so we don't fill the target volume
buffer=50
# backuppath should be in the format of /volume/sharename/folder
# For example:
# backuppath="/volume1/backups"
#
# Note: The script will create a syno_app_mover folder in backuppath
backuppath="/volume1/backups"
# Skip backup if previous backup was done less than x minutes ago
# Set to "0" to always backup
# skip_minutes is in minutes
skip_minutes=360To run the script
How to enable SSH and login to DSM via SSH
sudo -s /volume1/scripts/syno_app_mover.shNote: Replace /volume1/scripts/ with the path to where the script is located.
Troubleshooting
If the script won't run check the following:
- Make sure you download the zip file and unzipped it to a folder on your Synology (not on your computer).
- If the path to the script contains any spaces you need to enclose the path/scriptname in double quotes:
sudo -s "/volume1/my scripts/syno_app_mover.sh" - Make sure you unpacked the zip or rar file that you downloaded and are trying to run the syno_app_mover.sh file.
- Set the script file as executable:
sudo chmod +x "/volume1/scripts/syno_app_mover.sh"
Video - moving Container Manager
https://github.com/007revad/Synology_app_mover/assets/e308839a-1a3d-402b-9920-dc98901c1234
DSM 7 screenshots
Moving a package (with dependencies)
Moving packages with shared folders
Moving a package that has a volume location setting
Moving Active Backup for Bussiness
Backing up Audio Station
Credits
- wallacebrf for extensive beta testing of syno_app_mover v3.