Posts by openletter

I was getting similar errors to above post and it took some time to realize I forgot to close out a tmux session that was in a subdirectory of the drive from the last time I had it mounted, so apparently that can keep the drive from being mounted again but not keep the drive from being unmounted. Closing the tmux session allowed for immediate mounting of the drive.

Although this doesn't help with your immediate problem, a way to deal with this in the future is to create an empty file for deletion should the partition become filled.

fallocate -l 250M deleteifpartitionfull

Note that if some errant process is rapidly filling your partition, this basically starts a countdown for you.

Well, if I don't already understand how Borg manages its repos, the information there won't be very useful for me unless there is something there to explain how it is intended to work.

I don't really have expectations here.

Assuming I understand correctly, when I read through Borgbackup docs, I discovered that each repo is supposed to contain archives of only one source. However, what I didn't quite figure out is how the Borg file management is being implemented by the OMV plugin, hence my question here.

I'm just getting myself set up to use Borg to back up my Linux Mint computers, and I'm not clear about how Borg manages files.

Can multiple local repos be placed in the same shared folder?

Thanks, I didn't realize that encrypts transport by default.

Is there a way in OMV to password protect or otherwise require authentication to control access an NFS share?

Is there a way I can use NFS and encrypt the network connections with clients?

I looked at Borg, and it isn't clear to me how to create local encrypted backups that can easily be transferred to external storage device.

I mostly ask about Duplicity because I have at least some experience with it. Hadn't looked at Duplicati before.

It could be a cable issue. Cable needs to be at least Cat 5e, and even then you should swap out other cables and test to make sure.

I'm wanting to create encrypted external storage backups of OMV, but I'm not seeing a way to do this conveniently with the available tools in OMV or OMV-Extras.

Duplicity can create encrypted incremental backups and save them locally, so I'm looking at that and seeing it is in the Debian repos, but it's an older version, so I was wondering if anyone has experience using Duplicity on OMV?

I haven't looked closely at borgbackups, so I'll take a look at that.

Yeah, I'd thought about finding a script-based solution.

Another thought I had was to create a remote rsync job and connect the drive to a networked computer. At least that way I'm not having to go through the somewhat more tedious and error-prone job creation and deletion steps.

My current process for creating encrypted local backups is as follows:

1. Connect storage to eSATA port
2. Log into OMV an scan for storage
3. Unlock storage using the wonder 'Encryption' plugin from OMV-Extras
4. Mount filesystem
5. Create four separate rsync jobs, creating new shared folder on the mounted filesystem
6. Run each rsync job
7. Delete each rsync job
8. Delete the four newly created shared folders
9. Unmount the filesystem
10. Lock the drive
11. Disconnect the drive

I'm just wondering if there is a better option for creating encrypted local backups.

Also, I don't own a TV.

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Uh, no.

I have this magical thing w/ HDMI ports called a television. You might have one to. When I have to install an OS, etc.. I just move my server to the TV, install, then disconnect it and put it bac. The only possible issue is your router's proximity to the TV... I'm lucky and mine is near the TV so it's not an issue. If you're not, just buy a long enough ethernet cable to get to the router and when you're done, wind it back up till you need it again.

I think some of you specifically set out to make this stuff harder than it is, then get angry when people tell you you're doing so.

What is lame is when people think they know what is best for others. I've been configuring servers in my home for 20 years, and the whole time I just grit my teeth and I'm not any more when some arrogant jerk thinks he knows what is best for the world because he has a bunch of internet points so he's going to tell everyone how to configure their servers. Every. Forum. Everywhere. has people like you who can't just answer a question. No, you have to order me on who to configure MY setup to be the way YOU like it. Eff off.

If you are transcoding, you will want a CPU with Quick Sync (or the AMD equivalent).

If not, anything 64-bit with at least 2 threads/cores and probably 4GB RAM. Plus SATA ports and probably gigabit, depending on how many large file transfers you want to do in a timely manner over the network. GPU doesn't matter. I suspect the old Atoms might actually be too anemic even though they meet these requirements.

Up until just a few years ago I was running on an ancient Athlon and the only reason I changed is I wanted a smaller form factor than the tower with full ATX mobo and got a great deal on a Shuttle.

If you are using the power supply that suffered the brown out, have you verified the output is as expected? If it was permanently damaged, it could damage components further to just turn the computer on.

The heavy metal box I am referring to is the UPS, and I want to get rid of it.

The computer I am evaluating has an mSATA port, 2.5" SATA drive bay, plus optional drive bay. And, as I mentioned above, an eSATA port in the docking station.

A single storage SSD is all I need in my NAS. The only reason for external ports is backups of other devices.

The monitor is needed. I don't want to buy and sell one every three years when I need to upgrade.

For whatever reason, you are projecting your own use case and highly subjective opinions into my scenario, and it doesn't seem necessary or useful to my question.

Well, I suppose if you forever are happy with a large heavy metal box some place near wherever the server is and a spare LCD hanging around for server maintenance, then it may seem pointless. Most workstation laptops have more than one drive built in with additional optional drive bays, plus docking station with eSATA.

I'm wondering if anyone has experience installing OMV to a laptop?

The obvious advantage being that it has its own built-in UPS, but that assumes it can manage the battery, plus ideally be able to configure lid switch action (e.g., only put the monitor to sleep when the lid closes).