The Current DAZ PostgreSQL CMS (as installed via DIM) - where is the actual database ?

3dcheapskate

When I installed the DAZ PostgreSQL CMS (via DIM) there didn't seem to be any way to change the installation location so it installed to the default C:\Program Files\DAZ 3D\PostgreSQL CMS .

I understood (perhaps wrongly) that once CMS was installed the information for any new DAZ products that were installed via DIM (or products already in the old Valentina CMS database that were transferred to the new CMS - I never used the old CMS so it's not relevant for me) would be added to an ever-expanding database.

So where is this database ?

Or is it not actually a database - is it just the DSF files that DIM creates in C:\Users\Public\Documents\DAZ 3D\InstallManager\ManifestFiles ?

fixmypcmike

In DS, Edit > Preferences > CMS Settings > Cluster Directory will give you the path to the CMS database.  Note that the CMS and the ManifestFiles are two completely different things -- the ManifestFiles records what DIM did during the install.

3dcheapskate

Thanks, I'd noticed that setting before but didn't make the connection. The default appears to be C:/Users/<username>/AppData/Roaming/DAZ 3D/cms/ - if I change that setting will it automagically move the existing stuff to the new location ?

Noted - CMS and ManifestFiles are different.

namffuak

3dcheapskate said:

Thanks, I'd noticed that setting before but didn't make the connection. The default appears to be C:/Users/<username>/AppData/Roaming/DAZ 3D/cms/ - if I change that setting will it automagically move the existing stuff to the new location ?

Noted - CMS and ManifestFiles are different.

My process - stop the CMS (content tab - options), then move the cms directory, update the location in Studio, and then start the cms again. Put it on your SSD if you have one - it's small; I have over 9,000 items installed an it is taking up under 2 GB.