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Move a Synology package to another volume

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The knowledge base does not contain a direct answer about moving an installed Synology package itself to another volume.

What it does contain is:
- When installing a package, DSM lets you choose a destination volume if multiple volumes exist, but that is for installation, not moving an already installed package [1].
- For data, you can move shared folders between volumes in Control Panel > Shared Folder by editing the folder’s Location and saving the change [8].
- You can also use File Station to copy or move selected files and folders to another volume [8].
- For some packages, data may be stored in package-related directories such as var, tmp, home, or target inside the package filesystem hierarchy [2], but the fragment does not provide a supported procedure for relocating an installed package by moving those directories.
- The only package management commands shown are synopkg start|stop, synopkg status, synopkg uninstall, synopkg checkupdate, synopkg upgradeall, and synopkg install from a .spk file [6].

So, based on the provided sources, I can confirm how to move shared-folder data, but I cannot confirm a supported method to move an already installed package to a different volume.

Sources used: [1], [2], [6], [8]

SOURCES
[1] Synology DiskStation User's Guide - Based on DSM 4.1 — Document[2] DSM Developer Guide[3] Synology NAS User's Guide - Based on DSM 7.1 — Document[4] Synology NAS User's Guide - Based on DSM 7.0 — Document[5] pct-move-volume — command reference[6] synopkg — command reference[7] Advanced Bash-Scripting Guide[8] How do I move data from one volume to another on the same Synology storage system? - Synology Knowledge Center[9] How do I migrate encrypted volumes between Synology storage systems? - Synology Knowledge Center[10] My volume has become read-only. What can I do? - Synology Knowledge Center[11] What should I do if I want to deploy a high-availability solution but my Synology NAS is set up with SHR? - Synology Knowledge Center[12] Wie bereits installierte Apps auf anderes Volume umziehen? | Das deutsche Synology Support Forum[13] The storage space in Synology Drive Server is nearly full. What can I do? - Synology Knowledge Center[14] Synology Postgres DB auf Volume 2 (NVME-SSD) verschieben | Das deutsche Synology Support Forum
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