OMV dies after couple of days

OctavioMaia · 18. November 2017

So I built my friend a OMV machine with 3.0.
I'm still on 2.0 and running smoothly so I'm not planning to upgrade.

I got him a 32GB USB flashdrive for the OS and a 2TB HDD.
I also use a 16GB USB flashdrive for 2 years with no issue whatsoever.

The thing is probably 2-3 days after I built his machine I just stopped working overnight.
I tried everything and couldnt even access the webgui, no ssh, nothing.
I got a screen logged in and saw massive nginx errors with no fix available.

I reinstalled 3.0 and it worked fine again, but todays morning it just died again.
No webgui, no SSH, nothing. Just died...

He lives far away from me and I cant go there just to fix it... What could be causing this? He said it was working fine for 2-3 straight days but today it just died.

macom · 18. November 2017

Did you test the USB flashdrive?
for example with h2testw or F3?

Search the forum. It is strongly recommended by tkaiser due to a lot of fake flashdrives around.

OctavioMaia · 19. November 2017

I have not tested the flashdrive.
It's a genuine flashdrive, dont worry.. 100% sure

ryecoaaron · 19. November 2017

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I have not tested the flashdrive.
It's a genuine flashdrive, dont worry.. 100% sure

If you don't have the flashmemory plugin installed, it doesn't matter if it is "genuine".

OctavioMaia · 19. November 2017

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If you don't have the flashmemory plugin installed, it doesn't matter if it is "genuine".

I have it installed on my OMV2.0 machine but not on my 3.0
Would that be the culprit?
Also, I made a whole backup of my OMV image via the backup plugin.
How can I restore it?

ryecoaaron · 19. November 2017

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Would that be the culprit?

It could be.

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How can I restore it?

Did you read this - Backup a live system

OctavioMaia · 19. November 2017

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It could be.
Did you read this - Backup a live system

I did read it.
The backup is on a 2TB HDD, while the USB drive is 32GB.
When you refer to "if new drive is same size or larger" is it comparing the new drive to the old installation drive, or the drive where the backup is from?

ryecoaaron · 19. November 2017

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When you refer to "if new drive is same size or larger" is it comparing the new drive to the old installation drive, or the drive where the backup is from?

The size of the backup drive is not important. If the old installation drive is larger than the new installation drive, you can't write the old mbr to the new drive. That is why that is mentioned.

OctavioMaia · 19. November 2017

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The size of the backup drive is not important. If the old installation drive is larger than the new installation drive, you can't write the old mbr to the new drive. That is why that is mentioned.

I'll probably just grab an used HDD and call it a day.
So just install OMV as usuall and do those commands to restore it, correct?

ryecoaaron · 19. November 2017

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So just install OMV as usuall and do those commands to restore it, correct?

Pretty much

OctavioMaia · 19. November 2017

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Pretty much

Also, I can't use CloneZilla to restore since this wasnt a clonezilla backup?

ryecoaaron · 19. November 2017

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Also, I can't use CloneZilla to restore since this wasnt a clonezilla backup?

Correct. The backup plugin just rsyncs the files to a directory.

OctavioMaia · 19. November 2017

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Correct. The backup plugin just rsyncs the files to a directory.

Thank you, I'll give it a try

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