Posts by NsinghP

Quote from votdev

This seems to be a bug, but not in the OMV loading screen.

Yes, I think it is a bug, unlrelated to OMV, which shows up in firefox browser when the screen is dimmed while waiting for a response from server on the network. I was able to recreate this crack while waiting for a payment gateway to approve an online transaction on my card. This does not happen on microsoft edge. (It could be just limited to my particular hardware (i.e) monitor etc. )

Edit: Update: I was able to get rid of this annoying crack by resizing the browser window when the crack appeared. Now it does not show up.

Hello, When I login to web interface of OMV there is a brief moment between password verification and Dashboard loading, during this period I see a line/crack coming up from bottom right corner of my screen. Is this part of OMV image or is my screen broken? I am not able to recreate this crack with any other program!

Quote from crashtest

I believe the balance tool continues to work, regardless of disk I/O, until the target "percentage used" rule is satisfied. (By default, it balances within 2%, across all drives.) At that point it stops.

Thereafter, if disk I/O continues, the storage policy is in effect. Depending on the policy, drives may begin to get out of balance again.

beautifully balanced data HDDs (5 HDDs from sdd1 to sdh1, within 2% of each other, after uploading family pictures and videos: (Note1:sdb1 is the data drive for PhotoPrism and not part of MergerFS) (Note2: sda1 and sdc1 are Snapraid parity drives at 1% each.)

Using Putty or Wetty, login as root into SSH shell, and install OMV-Extras by executing this command : wget -O - https://github.com/OpenMediaVault-Plugin-Developers/packages/raw/master/install | bash

EDIT: OR

If not signed in as root, then use following: sudo wget -O - https://github.com/OpenMediaVault-Plugin-Developers/packages/raw/master/install | sudo bash

Quote from crashtest

I can surmise, just by reading this passage, that you haven't actually tried setting up a working server with Webmin. Is it doable? Yes. Will you have the same functionality? No. You see, I tried it. By the time you sort out how to get the same functionality (that's a MASSIVE time investment BTW), you'll be on the command line in many instances. There is no way you're going to get the flexibility with Webmin that you'll have in OMV's GUI and with OMV's plugins.

I am very new to OMV and Linux in general, but I can vouch for what crashtest said! I tried Webmin before dedicating all resources to OMV. Webmin is really not for newbies, it is much easier to setup complex procedures and customizations on OMV than it is on WebMin and I feel Webmin is definitely not meant for home use.

Quote from NsinghP

Other then just treating it as extra OS backup what else can I use it for? I was thinking of installing another OS, Say linux mint, or even windows on it! is that a good idea? I am open to any other use suggestions for this drive.

UPDATE: Ok, so it turns out that this drive really isn't a spare drive after all! Recently I started using PhotoPrism plugin and designated the other 128GB SATA SSD as PhotoPrism database drive, I soon realized that after indexing 65K Family Photo and Video files the PhotoPrism database quickly increased in size to occupy 60%+ of 128GB SATA SSD. (Now when I am comfortable enough to mess around with Docker setup I will use the still free 128GB M.2 NVMe SSD as Docker data drive.)

Quote from kalver

Thanks so much Nsingh just what i was after -will start building at the weekend , one other question whats the fastest easy way to clone my usb pendrive set up to keep spare - copies as images or drives

After my OMV server was operational, I simply shut the server down, unplugged my Root/OS usb pen drive and then used BalenaEtcher on my Windows11 system to clone this pendrive to another identical pendrive. After successfully cloning the pendrive I kept the original pendrive in safe place and used the cloned pendrive to boot my OMV server. This operation took all but 10 minutes, including the physical act of walking over to my windows11 system!

Quote from omvnice

Hi,

did you try the following command?: sudo podman exec -ti photoprism-app photoprism convert

That should do the trick.

Cheers

I was trying to use purge command to get rid of some pictures from the library without any luck, then I came across this post and was able to use the purge command! ( sudo podman exec -ti photoprism-app photoprism purge ) Thanks, Can you point me in the direction of where to find other CLI commands for Photprism plugin?

EDIT/Update: Following command gave me a list of other CLI commands of photoprism: sudo podman exec photoprism-app photoprism help

Quote from kalver

New - Hi I am new to and looking to install and run OMV 6 from a 32gb usb flash drive - is there a step by step guide please -any help appreciated ta

Hi,

Roughly here are the steps I followed:

Part A:

1) Download OMV iso, and BalenaEtcher on Windows11 system.

2) Use BlaenaEtcher to make an OMV Install USB pen drive

3) Plugin the "install usb" and "future OS usb" pen drives in the destination OMV system.

4) Install OMV.

5) Remove "Install usb" pen drive from the new system.

6) After Successful Installation to USB/or SDD reboot and Login using default (UserName: admin / Password: openmediavault)

Part B:

1)Using Putty, login as root into SSH shell, and install OMV-Extras by executing this command as root: wget -O - https://github.com/OpenMediaVault-Plugin-Developers/packages/raw/master/install | bash

2) Install plugin openmediavault-flashmemory

3) Change Admin Password

4) EDIT: Generate SSL and SSH Certificates.

5) Secure workbench by forcing SSL.

6) Increase auto logout time to suit your needs

7) Run this command as root through SSH: apt install lm-sensors

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Install Plugin - openmediavault-cputemp 6.1.3

Use the forum to find correct line to enter for your specific CPU and then

Create/Edit a new cpu-temp script by entering: sudo nano /usr/sbin/cpu-temp

For the newer Intel chip that I'm using I entered this in new cpu-temp script: sensors coretemp-isa-0000 | grep '0:' | head -n4 | cut -c 16-23

Press ctrl-o to save, and ctrl-x to exit Nano

Change permission of new file: chmod +x /usr/sbin/cpu-temp

Execute new file cpu-temp to make sure it is working: cpu-temp

Now execute the following commands:

omv-env set "OMV_CPU_TEMP_COMMAND" "/usr/sbin/cpu-temp"

omv-env set "OMV_CPU_TEMP_DIVISOR" "0"

omv-salt stage run prepare

omv-mkworkbench all

monit restart omv-engined

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9) Setup widgets on the Dashboard.

10) Install all updates.

11) Setup and mount the Filesystems.

12) Install Snapraid then (Configure Snapraid Array).

13) Install MergerFS then (Merge all data disks).

14) Setup Shared Folders.

15) Setup Samba shares.

16) Install Kernel Plugin and then (activate clonezilla, Gparted and SystemRescue).

17) Enable S.M.A.R.T. monitoring and then (add each drive to monitor).

18) Enable short self test under scheduled tasks.

19) Setup Notifications.

20) Backup or/and clone the ROOT/OS Drive. (Use BalenaEtcher on another system to clone boot usb pendrive).

21) Install other plugins and customize your server as needed.

22) EDIT: Create users and Learn how to use Sudo command. (IMPORTANT) IMMEDIATELY STOP Using ROOT to login over SSH!!!

and Good luck. There are lots of helpful experts on this forum so don't be afraid to ask questions. I am a Newbie and was able to setup a decent server because of help I received in this forum.

Hello,

I was moving 1.5Tb data from Windows10 attached usb HDD to 5Tb mergerfs pool of 5 1TB disks on my SnapRaid OMV server and then I ran out of disk space on one of the drives. I have started MergerFS balance operation and it is taking a long time. My Question is can I resume the interrupted file transfer operation simultaneously from Windows10 system while MergerFS balance is in progress on the OMV server or should I wait for the Balance command to finish what it is doing first?

Thanks,

Navi

EDIT: Balancing Operation took 3 Hours and just finished. Now, I have resumed Network transfer. But, it would be nice to know the answer to above question.

UPDATE: Looks like MergerFS "Load balance" operation can go on regardless of other network activity.

Hello,

I am uploading 1.5Tb of data to my new OMV server on the network. Now I'm getting these emails :

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The system monitoring needs your attention.

Host: Myserver-omv

Date: Sun, 05 Feb 2023 18:26:30

Service: Myserver-omv

Event: Resource limit matched

Description: loadavg (5min) of 4.8 matches resource limit [loadavg (5min) > 4.0]

This triggered the monitoring system to: alert

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Should I be concerned about these alerts?Will my data be safe?

Quote from macom

Thanks for sharing

No Problem, Hopefully this info will help someone else down the road.

Also, I would like to report success in backing-up to NTFS format USB HDD. All I had to do was first format the USB drive to EXT4 system, then haul it back to Windows11 system, use windows "diskpart" utility on windows CLI terminal to delete the latest EXT4 system I created, then use windows "disk manager utility" to create a new volume. Now it only has one partition and "USB Backup" plug-in sees the drive.

Quote from KM0201

Honestly, I didn't remember helping you..lol... but I'm glad you've got things going.

Haha that hurt me feelings Confusion on Syslink /DATA, while following the Guide on [How to] Prepare OMV to install docker applications

Quote from macom

I think the problem is, that there are at least two partitions on that drive.

AFAIK the plugin is expecting only one partition on the drive.

As you suspected there are two partitions on this drive and I tried wiping and reformatting it with NTFS but I still get two partitions Sdj1 and Sdj2. Sdj1 in particular is very irritating with size of 14M and I'm not sure how to get rid of it in windows NTFS formating. So I have wiped the drive and converted it to Ext4 now I can schedule a USB-Backup job.

Quote from macom

I think the problem is, that there are at least two partitions on that drive.

AFAIK the plugin is expecting only one partition on the drive.

I think you may be right. I'm going to try and reformat this drive on windows11 system.

Or

based on your experience should I just reformat it to EXT4 for ease of use and not worry about having to open this drove on windows PC?

Quote from macom

Create a job in the GUI of the USB-Backup plugin. There you should be able to select the filesystem on the USB connected drive as source or target after mounting the filesystem. After the jobs are created, unmount the filesystem.

What am I doing Wrong?

Here is the mounted NTFS usb drive:

Here is the USB-Backup GUI giving me other drives

but not the NTFS usb drive:

Quote from votdev

This is not a bug. In OMV6 the UI does not show existing and mounted file systems anymore that are not permanently under control of OMV. This is by intention to have the same UI experience and behaviour across the whole UI which is that only configurations are displayed and no live data anymore. The dashboard widgets must be used for that instead.

Then how to backup a shared folder from OMV to an external NTFS formatted USB HDD using "USB-Backup"? or do I have to format the external USB HDD to EXT4 file system? I want to avoid that as I want to be able to use this HDD on windows11 system to view files.

Quote from JackElliott

I was under the (possibly mistaken) impression that the USB-Backup thing backed up the NAS to the external USB drive, and I needed to do the opposite: overwrite the NAS from the external drive.

I think it works both ways. I may be wrong but I think underneath it all USB-Backup is just GUI for Rsync. I am planning to use USB-Backup in my setup.

Quote from ryecoaaron

It is just a simple find command that deletes files with the right prefix older than the number of days you enter in the field in the plugin. If you are only going to run a backup every 30 days, then change the number to something higher if you want to make sure to keep older ones. No need to rename the folder to keep older backups.

and what exactly does the "Root" option with the warning "For advanced users only - Do not use unless exact root device is known." do?

I know it is for advanced users but just curious if there is a simple explanation for not messing with?

Quote from Netfreak

Another important thing to keep in mind, is that the backups we make are on the server and if something should happen to our current system boot/os disk, then the backup(s) which are nested on the server are useless because we can't access them without a working boot/os disk. - we need to keep at all times backups offline and offsite. Without backup(s) in a dead boot/os disk scenario, we'd be like dead meat.
PS: I am looking at this as a ZFS user. I don't know otherwise.

That is true, it is always good to have a backup on portable drive or on hdd of another device/server. In my case I am not only cloning my boot pen drive but also backing up "dd full disk" by creating and then accessing, using my Windows PC, a Samba share on my OMV Server for the "OSBackup" folder and then copying the folder, over my home network, to a drive on my Windows PC. This way if both my boot disk and it's clone were to go missing in action, I can still restore my server OS.