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Moving a Big Disk to another VPS

You can easily re-assign your Big Disk storage volume to a different VPS directly from the MyTilaa dashboard.

Crucial Step: Check /etc/fstab first!
Before detaching the disk, you must remove or comment out the Big Disk entry in your /etc/fstab file on the old server.
If you do not do this, the old server might fail to boot the next time you turn it on because it will keep looking for a missing disk.

Step-by-step Guide

  1. Prepare the old server (Source).
    Log in to the server currently holding the Big Disk.

    • Unmount the disk: umount /mnt/bigdisk (adjust path to your mountpoint).
    • Edit /etc/fstab and remove the line referring to the Big Disk.
    • Shut down the server.

  2. Prepare the new server (Target).
    Ensure the server where you want to attach the disk to is also powered off.

  3. Re-assign in Dashboard.
    Go to the Big Disk overview in your dashboard.

    • Click the Edit button next to the appropriate Big Disk.
    • Navigate to the Re-attach tab.
    • Select the new target VPS from the dropdown menu.
    • Click Save to confirm.

  4. Boot and Mount.
    Start both servers. Log in to the new server and mount the Big Disk (and add it to the fstab of the new server if you want it to persist).