[PLEASE DO NOT USE THIS SCRIPT ANYMORE] Synology move packages to another volume

move_packages.sh

#!/bin/bash
# ######################################################################################################
## WARNING: THIS SCRIPT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO HARM YOUR DSM ON CURRENT VERSIONS OF DSM! DO NOT USE IT
# ######################################################################################################

# this script moves ALL packages from volume-x to volume-y
# For Synology DSM - tested with DSM6.1

# change these values
from_vol="volume1"
to_vol="volume2"

## dont change anything below here ##



from_path="/$from_vol/\@appstore/"
to_path="/$to_vol/\@appstore/"

move_package () {
echo "##############################################################"
echo "moving package $1 from $2 to $3"

echo ":::: stopping package $1 ..."
/var/packages/$1/scripts/start-stop-status stop

echo ":::: removing link to package from $2 ..."
rm -fv /var/packages/$1/target

echo ":::: adding link to package to $3 ..."
ln -s /$3/\@appstore/$1 /var/packages/$1/target

echo ":::: starting package $1 on new location ..."
/var/packages/$1/scripts/start-stop-status start
}

# scanning the @appstore folder for packages
for d in $from_path*/ ; do
	package_name="$(basename $d)"
    move_package $package_name $from_vol $to_vol
done

echo "##############################################################"

gave it a go on lastest DSM, packages all error'd.

doing a repair now

@jersam did you get it fixed? May need this.

@bulldogarkansas unfortunately I dont remember =/

i strongly advise against using this old script, it worked once on one of my synologys some years ago.
synology moves more and more of their own stuff to packages (which is a good thing),
but this script now tries to move some synology internal packages / services and eventually fails and can potentially harm your DSM install. (it does not harm your data or hardware, but in the DSM OS it can break stuff, for example: the webui don't work anymore etc..)
it would be nice if synology would add this functionality to their webgui, but 3y later still no luck.

@auckenox thanks for the post. Yes I agree. This will be my project very soon. I have to figure something out.