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.

Packages confirmed working

NOTE: Some people have reported issues moving Container Manageer. Backup your docker compose files of portainer stacks.

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Package Center Name	Name shown in script	Result
Active Backup for Business	ActiveBackup	OK - Move, Backup and Restore
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 2.4	Apache2.4	OK
Audio Station	AudioStation	OK - Move, Backup and Restore
Bitdefender for MailPlus	BitDefenderForMailPlus	OK I think
C2 Identity LDAP Server	C2IdentityLDAPAgent	OK - need a C2 account to fully test
Central Management System	CMS	OK
Cloud Sync	CloudSync	OK
Container Manager	ContainerManager	OK - Move, Backup and Restore
DNS Server	DNSServer	OK
Docker	Docker	OK - Move, Backup and Restore
Document Viewer	DocumentViewer	OK
Download Station	DownloadStation	OK
Emby Server	EmbyServer	OK
exFAT Access	exFAT-Free	OK - Move, Backup and Restore
git	git	OK
Git	Git	OK
Glacier Backup	GlacierBackup	OK - need a Glacier account to fully test
Hyper Backup	HyperBackup	OK
Hyper Backup Vault	HyperBackupVault	OK
LDAP Server	DirectoryServer	OK
LogAnalysis	LogAnalysis	OK - Move, Backup and Restore
Log Center	Log Center	OK
Mail Station	MailStation	OK
MariaDB 10	MariaDB10	OK
Media Server	MediaServer	OK
MediaInfo	mediainfo	OK - Move, Backup and Restore
MinimServer	MinimServer	OK
phpMyAdmin	phpMyAdmin	OK
Node.js v14	Node.js_v14	OK
Node.js v16	Node.js_v16	OK
Node.js v18	Node.js_v18	OK
Node.js v20	Node.js_v20	OK
Note Station	NoteStation	OK
PDF Viewer	PDFViewer	OK
Perl	Perl	OK - Move, Backup and Restore
PHP 7.3	PHP7.3	OK - Move, Backup and Restore
PHP 7.4	PHP7.4	OK - Move, Backup and Restore
PHP 8.0	PHP8.0	OK - Move, Backup and Restore
PHP 8.1	PHP8.1	OK - Move, Backup and Restore
PHP 8.2	PHP8.2	OK - Move, Backup and Restore
Plex Media Server	PlexMediaServer	OK
Presto File Server	PrestoServer	OK
Proxy Server	ProxyServer	OK
Python 3.9	Python3.9	OK - Move, Backup and Restore
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
Synology Application Service	SynologyApplicationService	OK
Synology Calendar	Calendar	OK - Move, Backup and Restore
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	Still Testing...
Synology Office	Spreadsheet	OK
Synology Photos	SynologyPhotos	OK - Move, Backup and Restore
Tailscale	Tailscale	OK
Text Editor	TextEditor	OK
Universal Viewer	UniversalViewer	OK
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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Package	Result
Archiware P5
BRAVIA Signage	Won't install in Container Manager. It checks if Docker installed
Data Deposit Box
Domotz Network Monitoring
ElephantDrive
GoodSync
IDrive
Joomla
KodiExplorer
MediaWiki
MEGAcmd
NAKIVO Backup and Replication
NAKIVO Transporter
PACS
Ragic Cloud DB
Resilo Sync
TeamViewer
VirtualHere
vtigerCRM
Wordpress

Download the script

1. Download the latest version Source code (zip) from https://github.com/007revad/Synology_app_mover/releases
2. Save the download zip file to a folder on the Synology.
3. 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.

To run the script

How to enable SSH and login to DSM via SSH

sudo -s /volume1/scripts/syno_app_mover.sh

Note: Replace /volume1/scripts/ with the path to where the script is located.

Troubleshooting

If the script won't run check the following:

1. Make sure you download the zip file and unzipped it to a folder on your Synology (not on your computer).
2. 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"

3. Make sure you unpacked the zip or rar file that you downloaded and are trying to run the syno_app_mover.sh file.
4. Set the script file as executable:

   sudo chmod +x "/volume1/scripts/syno_app_mover.sh"

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.