Move files between HDD in the NAS without using network

[depasseg]

I don't think you looked at what Anodos posted in the first reply. And you didn't read about using cp.

You are close. but not quite. Give it a shot and see how it goes. You won't damage anything. In order to see what got copied, you can run ls /mnt/tank

 

[jakeandchase]

I successfully copied the dataset "test" with

Code:

cp -r /mnt/DATA1/test/ /mnt/tank/

"test" appears in tank using ls but not as a dataset in the GUI. i will create the dataset first with the gui THEN do the cp and see how it goes.

(i want tank to look exactly like DATA1, that's why I want the datasets to appear in the gui)

 

[danb35]

If you want tank to look exactly like DATA1, with datasets and all, you should really look into using ZFS replication instead. This thread should get you started.

 

[cyberjock]

I successfully copied the dataset "test" with

Code:

cp -r /mnt/DATA1/test/ /mnt/tank/

"test" appears in tank using ls but not as a dataset in the GUI. i will create the dataset first with the gui THEN do the cp and see how it goes.

(i want tank to look exactly like DATA1, that's why I want the datasets to appear in the gui)

That's NOT gonna duplicate a dataset. That's going to make a new directory (not a dataset).