Set up volumes and share incorrectly?

[Wilhelm Stürmer]

I created a FreeNAS server for file storage and sharing. However, it seems that I may have set it up incorrectly. I did not create a dataset on the main volume and the shares are directly from the volume. The share volume is 2x 2TB drives in RAID1 and there is another 2TB drive I can use to copy data to as a temp storage while I resolve the share volume issue, but how do I go about doing that?

 

[m0nkey_]

Take a look at my SMB video: https://forums.freenas.org/index.php?resources/freenas-and-samba-smb-permissions-video.8/

 

[Wilhelm Stürmer]

@m0nkey_ That was a helpful video thank you. I've created datasets for each share, but now I need to move or copy all the data from the shares that don't have a dataset, to the shares that do. I'm doing it manually currently, because command line input has been giving me several errors, depending on how I structure the command. For instance, when I attempted to move all the jpgs from one folder to another, I get the error: "Argument list too long". When I attempt to copy a folder, I get the error: "/filepath/ is a directory (not copied)." I'd really like to use the command line to do this, so it's not reliant on my workstation to perform the data migration.

 

[Nick2253]

because command line input has been giving me several errors, depending on how I structure the command.

We could help you troubleshoot your commands if you shared with us what commands you're running ;)

 

[Wilhelm Stürmer]

We could help you troubleshoot your commands if you shared with us what commands you're running ;)

Yeah, I suppose that might help

cp /mnt/volume/share/filepath/*.jpg /mnt/volume/dataset/share/filepath/ - this is getting the Argument is too long error. From what I've read, this appears to be due to the sheer number of files in the folder (nearly 7k).

cp /mnt/volume/share/folder1/folder2/ /mnt/volume/dataset/share/folder1/ - this gets the error /folder2/ is a directory (not copied).

These are examples, obviously. Don't take them verbatim.

 

[Nick2253]

You first problem is that your * is expanded in the shell to all matching file names. Unless there is a reason to copy only the .jpg files, you could simply copy the entire directory.

Which brings us to your second problem: cp works directly on files. If you want to cp directories, you need to use the -R option.

 

[Wilhelm Stürmer]

You first problem is that your * is expanded in the shell to all matching file names. Unless there is a reason to copy only the .jpg files, you could simply copy the entire directory.

Which brings us to your second problem: cp works directly on files. If you want to cp directories, you need to use the -R option.

Fantastic, I will attempt that shortly and report back. Thank you much.

 

[Wilhelm Stürmer]

@Nick2253 Looks like your command is working! Thanks again. I'm hoping this move will help with searching the NAS from networked workstations as well. Otherwise, more work for me!