NextCloudPi shows wrong space limit from main SD card instead of the datadir?

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Nextcloud version: 18.0.3
NextCloudPi version: v1.28.3
NextCloudPi image: NextCloudPi_03-28-20
Distribution: Raspbian GNU/Linux 10

The issue you are facing:

I moved my datadir to an external USB drive and also the backup drive is a USB in the same size.

Now when i check the main panel from my NextCloudPi it shows the right datadir but it tells that the disk usage is 23G of 29G. Why does it not show the 64GB space from my USB drive?

datadir  /media/NextCloudPiData
data in SD  yes
data filesystem  ext2/ext3
data disk usage  23G/29G
rootfs usage  23G/29G

Thanks,
Chris

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What’s the output of the df -h command (via ssh or direct access)

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Or does the datadir nothing have to do with the system itself and its shown like that for all NextCloudPi users? So that its normal to show round about 22 to 23 GB for system and nextcloud itself but it does not show the datadir and backupdir space?

This is the return but i wonder as /media/NextCloudPiBackup1 is not in use.

   root@nextcloudpi:/# df -h
    Dateisystem    Größe Benutzt Verf. Verw% Eingehängt auf
    /dev/root        29G     23G  5,3G   81% /
    devtmpfs        3,8G       0  3,8G    0% /dev
    tmpfs           3,9G       0  3,9G    0% /dev/shm
    tmpfs           3,9G    8,5M  3,9G    1% /run
    tmpfs           5,0M    4,0K  5,0M    1% /run/lock
    tmpfs           3,9G       0  3,9G    0% /sys/fs/cgroup
    /dev/mmcblk0p1  253M     55M  198M   22% /boot
    /dev/sdb1        59G    3,8M   57G    1% /media/NextCloudPiBackup1
    tmpfs           788M       0  788M    0% /run/user/1000

The datadir is /media/NextCloudPiData
The backup dir is /media/NextCloudPiBackup

Both hold the right data when i check them. So i dont even know where the NextCloudPiBackup1 comes from.

drwxr-xr-x  5 root     root     4096 Aug 16 15:56 .
drwxr-xr-x 21 root     root     4096 Aug 14 20:58 ..
drwxr-xr-x  2 root     root     4096 Aug 16 03:00 NextCloudPiBackup
drwxr-xr-x  1 root     root        0 Aug 15 12:41 NextCloudPiBackup1
drwxr-x--- 15 www-data www-data 4096 Aug 17 13:49 NextCloudPiData
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root     root       24 Aug 16 15:56 USBdrive -> /media/NextCloudPiBackup
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root     root       25 Aug 16 15:56 USBdrive1 -> /media/NextCloudPiBackup1
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root     root       22 Aug 16 15:56 USBdrive2 -> /media/NextCloudPiData
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Well, there’s nothing mounted to /media/NextCloudPiData - so the data still resides on the SD card

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No way! I cleared the /var/www/nextcloud/data dir and the files are still there…

So /media/NextCloudPiData is also shown on the overview?

I think NextcloudPi does read and display in any wrong way maybe? The both USB sticks are connected and accessable as you can see.

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Your files are in /media/NextCloudPiData - but that’s just a directory on the SD card at the moment. I’d advise you to

  1. Move your files back to /var/www/nextcloud/data via the ncp web panel
  2. Delete the /media/NextcloudPiData directory (rm -r /media/NextCloudPiData)
  3. Make sure, your disk/partition is labeled /media/NextcloudPiData and is being recognized by ncp (shown in the web panel)
  4. Move your data to /media/NextCloudPiData again
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I can see only one disk that’s connected and it’s mounted to /media/NextCloudPiBackup1

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Uff okay and same for the backup dir? I really hope i not break it when i try. What point i need to use to move the data?

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Best would be to use the option in the web panel

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Yes i am in the web panel but what point i can use to move the data?

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I think it’s nc-data-dir or nc-data

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Changed to english :slight_smile: now is see it :slight_smile: lets try, i report back soon

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This looks better :slight_smile:

root@nextcloudpi:/media# df -h
Dateisystem    Größe Benutzt Verf. Verw% Eingehängt auf
/dev/root        29G     12G   17G   42% /
devtmpfs        3,8G       0  3,8G    0% /dev
tmpfs           3,9G       0  3,9G    0% /dev/shm
tmpfs           3,9G    8,5M  3,9G    1% /run
tmpfs           5,0M    4,0K  5,0M    1% /run/lock
tmpfs           3,9G       0  3,9G    0% /sys/fs/cgroup
/dev/mmcblk0p1  253M     55M  198M   22% /boot
tmpfs           788M       0  788M    0% /run/user/1000
/dev/sda1       116G    3,8M  114G    1% /media/NextCloudPiData
/dev/sdb1       116G    3,8M  114G    1% /media/NextCloudPiBackup

now i try to move the data again.

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I get this error :confused: but the USB is fresh formated and mounted with NextCloudPi

   [ nc-datadir ] (Mon Aug 17 15:20:21 CEST 2020)
    INFO: /media/NextCloudPiData is not empty. Creating backup /media/NextCloudPiData-08-17-20
    mv: cannot move '/media/NextCloudPiData' to '/media/NextCloudPiData-08-17-20': Device or resource busy
    Maintenance mode enabled
    moving data directory from /var/www/nextcloud/data to /media/NextCloudPiData...
    mkdir: cannot create directory '/media/NextCloudPiData': File exists
    rmdir: failed to remove '/media/NextCloudPiData': Device or resource busy
    BTRFS filesystem detected
    ERROR: target path already exists: /media/NextCloudPiData

bit its empty

root@nextcloudpi:/media# ls -la /media/NextCloudPiData
insgesamt 20
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root    0 Aug 17 15:05 .
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Aug 17 15:26 ..
root@nextcloudpi:/media#
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Oh looks like i have to select a sub folder and not the main stick alias :slight_smile:

lets see how long this takes:

[ nc-datadir ] (Mon Aug 17 15:32:45 CEST 2020)
Nextcloud is in maintenance mode - no apps have been loaded

Maintenance mode already enabled
moving data directory from /var/www/nextcloud/data to /media/NextCloudPiData/data...
BTRFS filesystem detected
Create subvolume '/media/NextCloudPiData/data'
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Ok it worked :slight_smile: Thank you very much! I hope this helps someone else also.

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