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[BUG] Changing directories for parent on Windows server #1118
I installed the agent on the root drive (C Drive) on my Windows servers and configured it to be the parent. But I need to move the DBEngine directories to another drive. I thought it would be simple to do in Netdata.conf file, by removing the # for the "cache" directory and updating to cache = E:\netdata
However, changing the path as I described above causes the Netdata agent servers to fail to start up again after I copied the file to a new location. Could someone provide steps to change directories to a different disk in the Windows environment, or let me know what I'm doing incorrectly?
Issue resolved, I discovered how the pathing needs to be input to read. As a Windows admin, I normally don't work with forward slashes or how disk drives are used in pathing. But I was able to figure it out.
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rrahn-CreditAcceptance commentedon Nov 7, 2025
Issue resolved, I discovered how the pathing needs to be input to read. As a Windows admin, I normally don't work with forward slashes or how disk drives are used in pathing. But I was able to figure it out.
Example:
cache = /e/netdata/var/cache/netdata