How to move the index database and remove the old directory?

[ryoji_solsys]

I would like to move the entire index database from "/opt/splunk/var/lib/splunk" to "/opt/splunk/var/lib/splunkdb" which is a new mount point.
I followed the direction from the documentation except I used rsync instead of cp.
It seems that everything works except when I remove the "/opt/splunk/var/lib/splunk" directory (the old index database), and restart splunk, it will add the "/opt/splunk/var/lib/splunk" directory back again. And that directory ("/opt/splunk/var/lib/splunk") contains .dat files and persistentstorage.
I would like to permanently remove the directory and only use the new mount point, "/opt/splunk/var/lib/splunkdb".
Would anyone please help me why splunk keeps adding the old directory back again, and what I can do to prevent this to happen again so that I can only use the new mount point.

Thanks

[esix_splunk]

Check your configurations for that index via btool-

splunk btool indexes list myindexname --debug

That will show you all configurations applied to that index. You might have some left over configuration in there.

[ankireddy007]

You cab change path to indexes in Settings>>System settings » General settings

So that future indexed data will be stored to new location.
Splunk original directory structure remains same. It won't harm you

[martin_mueller]

As a precaution, make sure all indexes.conf stanzas actually do use $SPLUNK_DB and not an absolute fixed path to the old location.

[musskopf]

Sounds to be a bug or need to change an undocumented variable. Meanwhile just create a symblink 🙂

[ryoji_solsys]

I confirmed that the path to indexes is correctly configured as "/opt/splunk/var/lib/splunkdb" which is the new mount point and new data is indexed there. The problem is that I cannot figure out why splunk keeps generating .dat files and persistentstorage in the old directory (splunk)although SPLUNK_DB is now pointing to the new directory(splunkdb).

[DotTest37]

Im having exactly the same problem.
How did you fix that?