topic Linux based alfresco does not allow use of SAN mounted diskspace in Alfresco Archive https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/linux-based-alfresco-does-not-allow-use-of-san-mounted-diskspace/m-p/300560#M253690 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>I have installed the community version 4.2_e on a Centos 6.4</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I have an external SAN which is mounted a boot on /mnt/lnxshare</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I created a directory /mnt/lnxshare/alf</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>then I defined in my alfresco-global.properties</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>&lt;blockcode&gt;</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>dir.root=/opt/alfresco-4.2.e/alf_data</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>dir.contentstore=/mnt/lnxshare/alf/contentstore</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>dir.contentstore.deleted=/mnt/lnxshare/alf/contentstore.deleted</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&lt;/blockcode&gt;</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I copied my contentstore and contentstore.deleted from /opt/alfresco-4.2.e/alf_data to /mnt/lnxshare/alf/ with the same permissions.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I then restarted Alfresco.&nbsp; Sadly will not start. SOLR refuses connection and I get pages of stack traces (Printed over 80 pages)&nbsp; Seems SOLR is not happy about something.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I have read every post where it says this should work, but they all waffle on about Windows and I do not have Windows. My installation is now fubar and no longer starts.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>What should I do?</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>The documentation is so lightweight on this subject as to be laughable.&nbsp; Is my only option to begin again?&nbsp; to re-install from scratch?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Assuming that all content has been lost (it has)&nbsp; if I delete contentstore and contentstore.deleted and the solr and solr.deleted and keystone directories will alfresco restart?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Any help would be appreciated as I am rapidly running out of time for this implementation and I refuse to believe this product is Windows only that would really suck.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Help please…..</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Mon, 19 May 2014 13:43:05 GMT chrisryder 2014-05-19T13:43:05Z Linux based alfresco does not allow use of SAN mounted diskspace https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/linux-based-alfresco-does-not-allow-use-of-san-mounted-diskspace/m-p/300560#M253690 I have installed the community version 4.2_e on a Centos 6.4I have an external SAN which is mounted a boot on /mnt/lnxshareI created a directory /mnt/lnxshare/alfthen I defined in my alfresco-global.properties&lt;blockcode&gt;dir.root=/opt/alfresco-4.2.e/alf_datadir.contentstore=/mnt/lnxshare/alf/co Mon, 19 May 2014 13:43:05 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/linux-based-alfresco-does-not-allow-use-of-san-mounted-diskspace/m-p/300560#M253690 chrisryder 2014-05-19T13:43:05Z Re: Linux based alfresco does not allow use of SAN mounted diskspace https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/linux-based-alfresco-does-not-allow-use-of-san-mounted-diskspace/m-p/300561#M253691 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Since nobody bothered to reply or help I close this myself</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Mon, 19 May 2014 14:52:50 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/linux-based-alfresco-does-not-allow-use-of-san-mounted-diskspace/m-p/300561#M253691 chrisryder 2014-05-19T14:52:50Z Re: Linux based alfresco does not allow use of SAN mounted diskspace https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/linux-based-alfresco-does-not-allow-use-of-san-mounted-diskspace/m-p/300562#M253692 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>One hour is not very long to wait for an answer. Good answers often take a couple of days, and sometimes longer.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Since this thread was locked, eswbitto responded in a separate thread. I'll leave this one locked so that the discussion continues over there (I&nbsp; don't see a way to merge the threads):</SPAN><BR /><BR /><A href="https://forums.alfresco.com/forum/installation-upgrades-configuration-integration/configuration/reply-linux-based-san-mounted" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://forums.alfresco.com/forum/installation-upgrades-configuration-integration/configuration/reply-linux-based-san-mounted</A></BODY></HTML> Wed, 21 May 2014 18:25:20 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/linux-based-alfresco-does-not-allow-use-of-san-mounted-diskspace/m-p/300562#M253692 resplin 2014-05-21T18:25:20Z