Proxmox - Adding an NFS or SMB folder - "Create Storage Failed" "Read-only file system" (500)

Greetings,

I have OMV VM on Proxmox.

I passed through an external USB harddrive (NTFS) to the OMV VM, from which I shared folders under NFS as well as SMB / CIFS.

My intent is to "add those folders back" at the Proxmox Datacenter, through the "Storage ->Add" option which allows to add an NFS or SMB / CIFS folder.

Under OMV I don't seem to have any visible issue : the USB HDD is detected, the folders are set.

The issue is when about trying to add the folder in Proxmox Data Center.

Whether in NFS or SMB / CIFS invitebox, I can see the folders. However, when trying to add them, I encounter a "read-only" related error as described in the title.

I am curious whether the issue comes from the NTFS partition of my USB drive.

I realize my setting (OMV as VM inside Proxmox) might not be the ideal, but I was still wondering if there was a workaround for this issue.

Many thanks in advance for your time,

H.

Zitat von Soma

Yes, it is.

Thank you Soma.

Sorry if I am inexperienced : may I ask if you would think of any alternative to changing my drive filesystem, while keeping Proxmox bare-metal and OMV as VM ?

Many thanks for your input,

H.

Thank you, I will definitely plan to move to a Linux file system as I realize it will simplify many things.

In the meantime I was fiddling (I admit without knowing much of what I am doing) and I was able to add the NFS and SMB folder into the Proxmox Datacenter.

I think (but I am not 100% sure), that the issue was about an "unclean" state of the NTFS file system.

By running "ntfsfix", and then doing again the process of adding the NFS and SMB folder, it worked.

So right now I have :

- Proxmox bare metal on mini-PC

- Jellyfin as an LXC container

- OMV as a VM, with an external USB (NTFS) HDD passed through

- Said disk mounted in the OMV gui, with folders shared under NFS and SMB

- Said folders added in the Proxmox Datacenter ("Storage"), and bind mounted in the Jellyfin container.

- Jellyfin gui which can finally detect the folders and add them in the media library

- Other local PCs under Windows can access the folders on Windows Explorer (i guess that's the SMB)

Honestly I am absolutely not sure of everything I did, but it works.
Next step would be to learn more and try to see where I can optimze things.

No doubt there will be many more questions to come!

Thanks,

H.

Zitat von chente

NTFS = Not True File System

Ha, duly noted. I will make an extra effort to get into the right track.