Synology app mover

Now available as a Synology package

See https://github.com/007revad/Syno_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.

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 © 2004-2026 Synology Inc. 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 - Use v4.2.88 or later
Apache HTTP Server 2.4	Apache2.4	OK
AQC111 driver	aqc111	OK - 3rd party package link
Audio Station	AudioStation	OK
AvrLogger	AvrLogger	OK - community package link
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
Cloud Sync	CloudSync	OK
Container Manager 24.0.2-1606	ContainerManager	No - New script version coming soon
Container Manager 24.0.2-1535 to 1543	ContainerManager	OK - Some issues moving docker folder
Container Manager 20.10.23	ContainerManager	OK - Can have issues with broken containers
DNS Server	DNSServer	OK
Docker	Docker	OK
Document Viewer	DocumentViewer	OK
Download Station	DownloadStation	OK
Emby Server	EmbyServer	OK
exFAT Access	exFAT-Free	OK
FFmpeg	ffmpeg#	OK - community package
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
Jellyfin	jellyfin	OK
LDAP Server	DirectoryServer	OK
LogAnalysis	LogAnalysis	OK - community package link
Log Center	LogCenter	OK
Mail Station	MailStation	OK
MariaDB 10	MariaDB10	OK
Media Server	MediaServer	OK
MediaInfo	mediainfo	OK - community package
MinimServer	MinimServer	OK
Mosquitto	mosquitto	OK - community package
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
RTL8152/RTL8153 driver	r8152	OK - 3rd party package link
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 AI Console	AIConsole	OK
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 - see Synology Drive and Btrfs Snapshots
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
Video Station	VideoStation	OK
Virtual Machine Manager	Virtualization	OK
VPN Server	VPNCenter	OK
Web Station	WebStation	OK
WebDAV Server	WebDAVServer	OK

Packages not tested

Click here to see list

The icons in this table are Copyright © 2004-2026 Synology Inc. or Copyright the 3rd party package developer.

Package	Result / Notes
Archiware P5
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
MEGAcmd
Mono	community package
NAKIVO Backup and Replication
NAKIVO Transporter
PACS
Photo Station	DSM 6
Radarr	community package
Ragic Cloud DB
Resilo Sync
Shellinabox	community package
Sonarr	community package
Syncthing
TeamViewer
Transmission	community package
Tvheadend	community package
VirtualHere
vtigerCRM
WebTools	community package
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 folder as the syno_app_mover.sh file.

Settings 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

# The backuppath is only used by Backup and Restore modes
# 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=360

# exclude setting for use when auto="all" option is used to skip specified apps
# For example:
# exclude="ContainerManager"
# exclude="DownloadStation,ContainerManager,HyperBackup"
#
# Note: You need to use the app's system name
# Run syno_app_mover.sh with the --list option to see your app's system names

exclude=

# For Docker or Container Manager's container settings json exports
# Set delete_older to age in days before old exports are deleted
# Set ignored_containers to a list of containers to not export settings
# For example:
# delete_older=7
# ignored_containers="libraspeed-1,netdata"
#
# Note you need use the container's docker name. To see their names via SSH use:
# sudo docker ps -a --format "{{.Names}}"

delete_older=30
ignored_containers=

To run the script via SSH

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.

Options when running the script

There are optional flags you can use when running the script:

  -h, --help            Show this help message
  -v, --version         Show the script version
      --autoupdate=AGE  Auto update script (useful when script is scheduled)
                          AGE is how many days old a release must be before
                          auto-updating. AGE must be a number: 0 or greater

      --auto=APP        Automatically backup APP (for scheduling backups)
                          APP can be a single app or a comma separated list
                          APP can also be 'all' to backup all apps (except 
                          any you excluded in the syno_app_mover.conf)
                          Examples:
                          --auto=radarr
                          --auto=Calender,ContainerManager,radarr
                          --auto=all

                          APP names need to be the app's system name
                          View the system names with the --list option

      --restore=APP     Automatically restore APP (for scripted restores)
                          APP can be a single app or a comma separated list
                          APP can also be 'all' to restore every backed up
                          app that is currently installed
                          Examples:
                          --restore=radarr
                          --restore=Calender,ContainerManager,radarr
                          --restore=all

                          APP names need to be the app's system name
                          View the system names with the --list option

                          Restore always restores an app back to the volume
                          it's currently installed on (there's no --dest
                          option) and the app must already be installed

      --list            Display installed apps' system names

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"
   

Synology Drive and Btrfs Snapshots

Synology Drive handles file versioning differently based on the underlying file system.

• For ext4 volumes, the versioning data is stored in the internal folder (/volume1/@synologydrive/@sync/repo).
• For Btrfs volumes, versioning is managed through Btrfs snapshots (see the Reddit thread here).

When moving Synology Drive’s database from an ext4 volume to a Btrfs volume, the @sync/repo folder containing file versioning data will not be moved to the Btrfs volume. This is because Btrfs snapshots handle versioning on the Btrfs side, while ext4 relies on the @synologydrive folder for versioning.

However, it seems that you won’t lose your file version history as long as you don’t delete the ext4 volume. The file versions appear to remain intact on the ext4 volume, and you should be able to access them as long as the volume is still available.

But, removing the ext4 volume will result in the irreversible loss of all file versions, as the versioning data is stored exclusively in the @synologydrive folder on ext4 volumes.

On the positive side, by moving the database to the Btrfs volume, you'll free up the space previously occupied by the versioning data on the ext4 volume.

For more details, check out this GitHub discussion.

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 Business

Backing up Audio Station

Backing up with the --auto option

Output with --list option

Credits

• wallacebrf for extensive beta testing of syno_app_mover v3.
• ctrlaltdelete for the code to export Container Manager/Docker container's settings.