Is there a way to disable the content scan?

groaaar · May 17, 2014, 6:47pm

I don’t stream, I just use the MyCloud as a network backup for my computers. Only one user, only one share, and no internet access allowed. Only using the device from time to time to copy files to it.

It’s now scanning and building thumbnails, for which I’ll never have any use.

Is there a way to permanently disable the content scan ?

Etupes · May 17, 2014, 7:12pm

Check this post out.

http://community.wd.com/t5/WD-My-Cloud/Sleeping-problem-is-worse-then-we-thought/m-p/687165

groaaar · May 17, 2014, 7:21pm

Thanks, I have done this already.

But I guess it’s only going to be taken into account until the next time I start the device.

Is there a way to *permanently* disable the scanning, as I don’t want to manually log in using PuTTY and type that command every second day, when I power the device for 15 minutes, to copy files to it ?

Like, adding that command line to the startup script or something ?

Etupes · May 17, 2014, 7:27pm

I think I have see some posts with disabling these services for good. Did you try to search for their names in their forum?

groaaar · May 17, 2014, 7:39pm

I have already found the following command :

update-rc.d wdmcserverd disable

Which was supposed to disable the service.

It gives me the following message after entering it, though :

update-rc.d: warning: start runlevel arguments (none) do not match wdmcserverd Default-Start values (2 3 4 5)
update-rc.d: warning: stop runlevel arguments (none) do not match wdmcserverd Default-Stop values (0 1 6)
Disabling system startup links for /etc/init.d/wdmcserverd …
Removing any system startup links for /etc/init.d/wdmcserverd …
   /etc/rc0.d/K85wdmcserverd
   /etc/rc2.d/S85wdmcserverd
   /etc/rc3.d/K85wdmcserverd
   /etc/rc4.d/K85wdmcserverd
   /etc/rc6.d/K85wdmcserverd
Adding system startup for /etc/init.d/wdmcserverd …
   /etc/rc0.d/K85wdmcserverd → …/init.d/wdmcserverd
   /etc/rc6.d/K85wdmcserverd → …/init.d/wdmcserverd
   /etc/rc2.d/K15wdmcserverd → …/init.d/wdmcserverd
   /etc/rc3.d/K85wdmcserverd → …/init.d/wdmcserverd
   /etc/rc4.d/K85wdmcserverd → …/init.d/wdmcserverd

As I am not a linux user, I must confess it’s completely abstract to me. What am I supposed to do ?

Thanks.

joepineapples · May 29, 2014, 3:25pm

Did you manage to sort this?.

So it does a complete scan (all files) everytime its powered on or only new files?

thx

joe