Cloned Kontakt content to new drive: now what?

HI. I've just had to clone my 12TB's of Kontakt content ( ie: samples and related files) on an external 12TB Lacie to a new 32TB RAID. All went well. Now I wish to use the new drive for running my Kontakt libraries in Logic. I thought the best way to do it would be via the Native Access and use the "Relocate All" button, BUT...

In the list of Kontakt libraries there are also some soft synths, like Absynth and Reaktor. I clearly do not wish to move those, but there seems to be no way to "deselect" them, and avoid them being moved from the Native Instruments folder in my Applications folder on the system drive.

Is there any way around this, so I can avoid the massively tedious method of moving libraries over one at a time. 12 TB's of this would, frankly, be Hell on Earth. I suppose I could move Absynth, Reaktor, etc. over then put them back again to their proper location, but that seems altogether inelegant and clumsy.

Thanks for any suggestions.

 

I never used relocate, but it should apply only to Kontakt libraries and Expansions (Maschine and aditional patches for Massive X, etc.)

Pretty huge libraries.... I have less than 1 TB and it seemed to me big......

 

Thank you for your contribution. I'll wait a little longer to see if anyone else responds. A little disappointed at how quiet it is. I was hoping an NI person might contribute...

Yes, a lot of samples. That's what around 18 years of Kontakt use does to you.

 

Also, if you map NAS to be the same disc name (A, B, C, ....) and folder structure is the same as in previous external disc, no relocation is needed.... I think, havent done it myself before.

But there is another thing to face. NI does not allow to install SW on a server. NAS is server. I have read, it is technically possible, but one has to map the NAS as disc and maybe even something more.... Search the forum for how to use NAS as placement for NI content.

 

Thank you once again. I don't have an NAS. This is a OWC Thunderbay 8, which is a Thunderbolt 3 RAID system. So, no concerns there. The data is a clone of the Lacie, so the folder structure is identical; my simple and only concern is how to point Kontakt to the new location. My original RAID system was a Lacie 2Big 6TB, then I got the Lacie 12TB. I remember reindexing the content with no issues at all. The only problem is I cannot recall how I did it! I'm sure I didn't use Native Access.

As for renaming, a good idea perhaps, but don't really want to do that. I'm keeping the 12TB Lacie as a backup. I could always rename it xxx Backup, but I don't really want to be calling the Thunderbay a Lacie, lol.I've had enough issues with that crate over the years, so I don't wish to haul over that curse to the new one.I'm hopeful that the NA Relocate All function will do it, but I was concerned about it moving over the soft synths (Absynth etc).

 

When i clone a drive, i make sure it has same disk name on mac, like sampledrive, and same drive letter on windows, like x... then kontakt can find stuff in the drive path its looking for lie
/sampledrive/ni/library

 

That is what I have meant, I just do not know Mac stuff. What you recomend is the easiest way.