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Version: 3.0 (latest)

Local source filesystems

Add local fs source with the UI​

  1. From the Dashboard, select an instance under Instances.
  2. In the Filesystems & Agents menu, select Filesystems.
  3. Select Add source filesystem
  4. Select Local Filesystem from the Filesystem Type dropdown list.
  5. In the Display Name field. Enter a name for your source filesystem.
  6. In the Mount Point field. Enter the local filesystem directory path to use as the source filesystem. You can migrate any data in the Mount Point directory.
  7. Select Save to add the source filesystem.
note

Local filesystems don't provide change notifications, so Live Migration isn't enabled for local filesystem sources.

By default, during migration with a local filesystem source, symlinks are resolved and linked data is migrated as a copy to the target. Broken links are ignored.

For use cases where symlinks must be available on a local filesystem target, use the --properties option to set the local.fs.followLinks property to false when adding your source local filesystem with the CLI. See the filesystem add example below showing specification of the local.fs.followLinks property.

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Adjust this property only for specific localfs-to-localfs use cases.

Add local fs source with the CLI​

Add a local filesystem as either a migration target or source using the filesystem add local command.

Example, Add local fs source​

Add local fs source
filesystem add local --file-system-id myFileSystem --fs-root ./tmp --source
Add local fs source local.fs.followLinks=false
filesystem add local --properties local.fs.followLinks=false --file-system-id LocalMount1 --source --fs-root /mnt/g1/

See the command reference for all options when using the filesystem add local.