OMV VM Config on PiMOX

  • Hi All ,


    I Installed PiMox ( Proxmox VE for Raspberry Pi) on my RPi4 and it working fine .. I managed to install OMV as a LXC but its difficult to attach external disks to it


    i Need help installing OMV as a VM instead of LXC ,, i tried many VM config variations but it wont boot from the OMV iso nor the debin iso


    anyone successful doing that ?

  • I managed to install OMV as a LXC

    OMV doesn't run proper on lxc.


    Why complicated?

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    Install OMV 7 on RPi and use the kvm plugin if you need VMs or LXC containers.

    omv 7.7.9-1 sandworm | 64 bit | 6.11 proxmox kernel

    plugins :: omvextrasorg 7.0.2 | kvm 7.1.7 | compose 7.6.9 | cterm 7.8.6 | cputemp 7.0.2 | mergerfs 7.0.5 | scripts 7.2


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  • OMV doesn't run proper on lxc.


    Why complicated?

    complicated because the disks I have are in a DAS device connected to the Pi over USB ,, and its giving me all kinds of trouble mapping the disks once by one inside the LXC , but anyways i don’t find the LXC idea worth the effort ,,, i will proceed with ryecoaaron suggestion ,,,



    thank you both for your usual support

  • Followup ...


    I am happy to let you know that I managed to get the OMV running in a VM in PiMox also attached 5 external disks , 4TB each , configured mergerfs and everything is working fine ...


    • i installed Debian image debian-12-nocloud-arm64.qcow2 on the machine configured below





    • i installed OMV from this guide (remember to install wget and openssh-server) before you start with the guide

    Installation on Debian — openmediavault 6.x.y documentation

    • I installed OMV-extras


    Code
    wget -O - https://github.com/OpenMediaVault-Plugin-Developers/packages/raw/master/install | sudo bash 


    • Added mergerfs plugin and customised OMV and enabled services like cifs etc etc
    • I added disk to the VM
    Code
    ls -l /dev/disk/by-id 
    • then one by one add the disks using this IDs with the command
    Code
      qm set <VM_ID>
     -virtio1 /dev/disk/by-id/<disk-ID>


    • Created a giant mergerfs pool
    • Created a shared folder on the root of the mergerfs pool ç I could not write to this folder from windows machine but I created folders inside the main folder and reading and writing was fine
    • I copy from windows machine large files like 3GB to the cifs share and it starts at speed of 40-45 MBps

    • Note : the NIC on this setup is a USB 2.5Gbps NIC connected to the Pi 4 through a USB hub and on the same hub I connect USB cable to the enclosure hosting 5 disks each are 4TB



    Here is the final VM




    and here is OMV7


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    OMV running in a VM in Pi

    Never had a problem with this. Unless you are going to setup a cluster of PiMox, I don't understand the need to run proxmox if you are going to put OMV in a VM. Good that you got it working though.

    omv 7.7.9-1 sandworm | 64 bit | 6.11 proxmox kernel

    plugins :: omvextrasorg 7.0.2 | kvm 7.1.7 | compose 7.6.9 | cterm 7.8.6 | cputemp 7.0.2 | mergerfs 7.0.5 | scripts 7.2


    omv-extras.org plugins source code and issue tracker - github - changelogs


    Please try ctrl-shift-R and read this before posting a question.

    Please put your OMV system details in your signature.
    Please don't PM for support... Too many PMs!

  • thank you dear ,, it was just a weekend project , was curious on how much i can push the Pi 4 , i want to install other OS beside OMV now and see what happens



    thank you for all the support you extend to the community

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