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For SmartServer 3.4, see Managing the SmartServer SD Card (Release 3.4)

For SmartServer 3.3 and prior, see Managing the SmartServer SD Card (Release 3.3 and Prior)

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For SmartServer 3.4 and higher, use the SmartServer app bar Storage display to determine the SD Card usage. Storage reflects percentage used internal storage (stored in /var/apollo)  / percentage used SD Card storage (stored in /media/sdcard). 

Erasing Data on the SD Card

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  1. Open the Devices widget, SEGMENT CONTROLLERS tab, and click the Expand button /wiki/spaces/TEMP/pages/44631776  ).



  2. Click the Action button () and select the Erase SD Card action.




    The following dialog box appears:



  3. Click OK to erase the contents of the SD Card, including the CMS database.

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  1. Connect and log into to the SmartServer. See Connecting to Your SmartServer for more information.

  2. Enter the following command to change to the /media/sdcard/backups directory:

    Code Block
    cd /media/sdcard/backups


  3. Enter the following command to view the directory file contents and its size:

    Code Block
    ls -s


    The database and system backup files are stored with the date and time of their creation encoded into the name using the format yyyy-mm-dd-hhmmss as shown in the following examples:

    Note

    Note: Database Database backups are .zip files and full system backups are .tgz files.


    Code Block
    total 868180

    
    -rw-r--r-- 1 root root  10258111 May  6 23:19 SmartServer-DB-Backup-2021-05-07-031940.zip

    
    -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 878744783 May  7 00:12 SmartServer-System-Backup-2021-05-07-035021.tgz


  4. Use the Linux rm command to remove a file(s) as shown in the following examples with the date and time specific to files:

    Code Block
    rm SmartServer-DB-Backup-yyyy-mm-dd-hhmmss.zip

    
    rm SmartServer-System-Backup-yyyy-mm-dd-hhmmss.zip

    Use the following command to remove all of the contents of the /media/sdcard/backups directory:

    Code Block
    rm *


Reformatting the SD Card Using the CMS

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  1. Open the Devices widget, SEGMENT CONTROLLERS tab and click the Expand button /wiki/spaces/TEMP/pages/44631776  ). 



  2. Click the Action button () and select the Format SD Card action.




    The following dialog box appears:



  3. Click OK to reformat the SD card and erase all the data on the card.

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