I had OMV 0.5.x up and running on my N54L for a year with no issues. Then I decided to upgrade to the latest version, and long story short, hosed it up.
Time for a rebuild!
This will just be a post so I can jot down how I built it, so when I hose it up later on, I've got something to look back on. As opposed to scratching my head at 2 AM, wondering why something isn't working.
If it helps anyone else out, then great. Comments/suggestions/critiques are welcomed.
Standard disclaimer applies - Use at your own risk
The Hardware
HP Proliant G7 Microserver N54L
4 GB RAM
1x 72GB 2.5" HDD (Old laptop drive for OS)
2x 3TB Seagate Barracuda 7.2K HDD (to be replaced/upgraded later)
The 2.5" drive is in a 5.25" to 2.5" adapter mounted where the CD-ROM would be and using the CD-ROM SATA port on the board
Modified BIOS - http://terfmop.co.uk/blog/2013…g-sata-and-5th-sata-port/
Hot Swap + 5th Drive Full SATA - http://terfmop.co.uk/blog/2013…54l-proliant-microserver/
I'm running Windows 10, which blocked the HP utility from running. I used FileUnsigner to remove the digital signature from the executables - http://www.fluxbytes.com/softw…leases/fileunsigner-v1-0/
The Install
1. Download the OMV ISO
2. Format a USB stick with FAT32 (NTFS will not work, even if you try it 10 times, see my 2AM comment above)
3. Use Unetbootin to burn the ISO to the USB stick - http://unetbootin.github.io/
4. Remove data disks from server
5. Boot off the USB stick and install OMV
6. Shut down
7. Install data disks in server
8. Power on
Initial Setup
1. Login to the webpage using whatever IP you gave it in setup. ID/PW: admin/openmediavault
2. System/General Settings -> Web Administrator Password -> Enter new password and save
3. System/General Settings -> Web Administration -> Change port from 80 to 8080 and save, Click apply when prompted
4. Close page and reopen - http://whatever.your.ip.is:8080
5. System/Date and Time -> Set time zone and enable NTP
6. System/Update Manager -> Check, select all updates, update
7. Storage/Physical Disks -> Make sure all drives show up here
8. Storage/Raid Management -> Create a RAID, make a note of the Device name (ex: /dev/md127)
9. Storage/File Systems -> Mount the Device, click Apply when prompted
10. Service/SSH -> Checkmark Enable, click Save, click Apply when prompted
Enable Plugins/Add stuff
1. Enable Plugins - http://omv-extras.org/simple/i…install-omv-extras-plugin
2. System/Plugins -> Checkmark openmediavault-omvextrasorg 1.xx and click Install
3. System/OMV-Extras.org -> checkmark Download Managers, click Save, click Apply when prompted
Auto-Mount RAID Array
1. Use putty to SSH to your server and login with root
2. Type: ls -l /dev/disk/by-uuid
3. Copy the UUID corresponding to your RAID Device (ex: md127)
4. Type: mkdir /mnt/data
5. Type: nano /etc/fstab
6. Add the line: (replacing UUID with what you copied above)
UUID=12345678-9ABC-DEF0-1234-56789ABCDEF0 /mnt/data ext4 defaults 0 2
7. Save and reboot
Share Folders
1. Access Rights Management/Shared Folders, Add Folders as needed
2. Services/SMB/CIFS -> Settings, checkmark Enable, click Save, click Apply when prompted
3. Services/SMB/CIFS -> Shares, add in the Shares
Web Server
1. System/Plugins -> checkmark openmediavault-nginx 2.0-2, click Install
2. Services/Nginx (websites) -> Servers, add server and settings
3. Services/Nginx (websites) -> Settings, checkmark enable, click Save, click Apply when prompted
4. Test webserver
MiniDLNA
1. System/Plugins -> checkmark openmediavault-nginx 2.0-2, click Install
2. Services/DLNA -> Shares, add Shared Folder, click Apply when prompted
3. Services/DLNA -> Settings, click on Enable, click Save, click Apply when prompted
Subsonic
1. System/Plugins -> checkmark openmediavault-subsonic 1.0.8, click Install
2. Service/Subsonic -> Curse as you get errors, then read my thread here: Subsonic Install Issue
CrashPlan
1. Follow thread here: Crashplan / Owncloud
2. Updated file location: wget https://download.code42.com/in…CrashPlan_4.3.0_Linux.tgz
At this point, I've got everything back to the way it was before the rebuild, but the 3TB of space is almost used.
I've got 3x 3TB WD RED drives ready to go in as a RAID 5, just need to figure out how I'm going to do it.
- John