#Moving UPLOAD_LOCATION to another Disk

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steel basin
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hi guys, i just want to ask a question: is it possible to migrate the entire data (upload, library, thumbs, encoded-videos, so the entire UPLOAD_LOCATION) to another disk and starting Uploading photos in the new directory since that?
Or I just need to follow the https://immich.app/docs/administration/backup-and-restore/, like im setting up a new Ubuntu machine without losing data?
I was wondering if I can eventually lose data by doing that.

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onyx bay
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Yeah just copy everything and change the path

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If you feel worried about losing data, that means your backups aren't good enough ;)

steel basin
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Ok, so i need to do a backup of what?

onyx bay
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For moving to a different disk you're fine to just copy things

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But in general you should always have good backups set up

steel basin
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and how can I do a backup of all of that in order to not feel worried to lose anything?

onyx bay
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The link above has immich specific backup instructions

steel basin
onyx bay
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The rest is just using standard backup tools to put the data somewhere offsite, plenty of guides about that online

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yeah

steel basin
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sorry, im new, so just for being precise:

  • i need to backup my data using commands as the link above shows;
  • what I have to do with that backup?
  • i just copy all the files (but firstly, what are all the files i need to copy?) in UPLOAD_LOCATION and put them into another disk;
  • edit the .env file in order to modify the UPLOAD_LOCATION;
  • and it's alright?
onyx bay
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  1. yes
  2. Keep them safe in case something goes wrong. You should read up a bit on backups, why to make them, how to handle them, etc
  3. yes, just the whole folder
    4/5. yup
steel basin
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and i don't need to touch anything of my db in ./postgres??
because the last time i did something similar i accidentaly lost all my files in the docker volumes, such as the db postgres

steel basin
lavish obsidian
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If you're not moving the database, then no

onyx bay
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because the last time i did something similar i accidentaly lost all my files in the docker volumes, such as the db postgres
This is why you should have backups

lavish obsidian
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If you move the files: be sure to shut down the containers first
If you copy, don't worry about it until you edit the env