How can I move my CLC data?
Go Back New hard drives, machines, or server storage space may result in the need to move your CLC data: the data used as input for analysis tasks as well as the results generated. This FAQ article provides instructions to move your CLC data files to a different location. Move your CLC data to a new storage locationThe following are instructions for moving your CLC Data to a new location. 1. Locate the CLC Data you wish to move on your hard disk. Please see the Where is my CLC Workbench data? for instructions on how to do this. 2. Create a new directory with a unique name in the location you wish for your data to be stored. For example, if you are copying the default CLC_Data folder to D:\, name this new directory to something like D:\CLC_Data_D, or another name that does not already exist as a Data Location in the Navigation Area of the Workbench. Please create this directory using system tools such as Window's Explorer, Mac's Finder, or any other file browser available on your system. 3. Copy the data from the location it is stored (step 1) to the new desired location (step 2). You may do this via the command line using tools such as copy or rsync or any other system tool you are comfortable using like the graphical interfaces suggested in step 2.4. Add the new Data Location to the Navigation Area of the Workbench: - Open the Workbench
- Go to the top Toolbar | New | Location | New File Location - Choose the folder that you have copied the data to (step 2 and 3) 5. Reindex the new Data Location
- In the Navigation Area, right-click on the folder for the newly added Data Location.
- Click the Location | Rebuild Index option from the pop-up menu. Please do not run any jobs within the Workbench after beginning the reindexing process. - Restart the Workbench after the indexing task has completed. 6. Check the data in the new location is all present and can be opened successfully in the Workbench. This is to ensure the data copied successfully and was not corrupted in the copy process. If data is missing or corrupt please re-copy this data. 7. Remove the old Data Location from the Workbench 8. Delete the data (located in step 1) from disk using system tools.
Move your BLAST databasesBLAST databases can be moved similarly to what is described above. The only difference is that the BLAST database location is specified by using the Manage BLAST Databases tool: 1. Create a new directory and copy the desired BLAST database data to this new location
2. Add the new BLAST database location(s) with the Manage BLAST Databases tool 3. Remove the old copy of the BLAST database folder via the Manage BLAST Databases tool 4. Delete the old BLAST databases from the old location on the hard drive Data access permissionsIf you are moving your CLC Data such that it can be used on a different system or instance of the Workbench, please make sure the system user account used to run the Workbench software has complete access to all data files. Application FilesCLC data, that which is analyzed in the Workbench, is stored in a different location from the application binaries and user setting files by default. |