Posts by SuburbanGuy

My daughter's husband recommended I use the mv (Move)or cp (Copy) command, which I will try in command line.

I'm aware of the importance of placing slashes correctly. This was not my first Rsync attempt at this (the attempts of which I won't bore you) and consequently I set about learning the correct placement of those slashes. I thought I had them right and reading your link, I still think I have them placed correctly, but clearly they aren't.

Yes, I set up the share Media1. I can see it. I set up the rsync job, but TV, Movies, etc don't end up nested in Media1. They end up as folders by themselves, with Media1 empty.

rsync -auv /srv/dev-disk-by-uuid-XXX /srv/dev-disk-by-uuid-YYY/Media1/

Can you please tell me what have I done wrong in the sytax?

That's the problem, I can't create the nesting with my Rsync job. Can you please tell me the syntax?

If I share and give recursive permission to this one main folder, it makes things much simpler. Otherwise every single folder has to be done individually. ...and reversed when it becomes necessary.

Mergerfs still won't solve the problem of so many shares, permissions, SMB, etc, for each folder. One root folder for each disk, with recursive attributes checked..... would seem to make it much easier for me, as just a home user.

I was originally going to use mergerfs but then I learned that while it keeps a full episode on one drive, it will stripe the series across various drives, using the drive with the most room. I want to keep all the episodes of a series together in a specifically labelled folder(s) on the HDD.

For simplicity, I want to label a folder in each HDD as Media1, Media2, etc, and in that order in the rack. I'll have sub folders as I require. Movies, Documentaries, TV, etc. Because of the multiple folders (that will become sub folders) I think it will really aid sharing and permissions.

I created a folder, Media1 on the first HDD XXX, but I'm unable to "Move" the sub folders into it. They will only Copy and there's not enough room. So on the BackUp YYY, I created the folder Media1 and used the Rsync command.

rsync -auv /srv/dev-disk-by-uuid-XXX /srv/dev-disk-by-uuid-YYY/Media1/

I got a bunch of folders, Movies, Documentaries, etc, with Media1 being one of them. ...and Media 1 was empty. Obviously I don't understand what I'm doing. If truth be known, I don't understand much of anything.

I want all the folders (Movies, TV, etc) to be on disk YYY, and nested inside the Media 1. Then I'll mirror it back to the original HDD which will avoid the possible loss of data if I make a mistake.

Can someone be so kind to help me with this? Thank you so much.

Found how to mount an existing disk with a file structure in "File System". There are optional icons that can be selected. One of those is a mount option icon. Thank you.

Found the problem. I can't create a shared folder on these data drives because they're not mounted. ...and they're not mounted because they have an exiting file structure on them (with data). Apparently on earlier OMV versions, in the "Storage" "Disks" menu, there was a + button that would mount such a disk. Now there is a + button on the "Shared Folders" menu, but some people have learned to their horror that this +button in the "Shared Folders" erased the data from their disk.

To add to my frustration, the redirect on the OMV User Guide isn't linked properly. See Pic. When I click on "here", it simply takes me to the JPG of that screen.

Any help would be appreciated. Thank you.

Thanks. Will do and get back to you if I still have problems. I'll also let you know if I've solved it so you can close the post.

Thanks for your quick reply. Here's a shot trying to create a shared folder. Same thing. Only the OS disk shows up and the folder "Media" that I created through video journeys of being instructed to create a shared folder.

Hi,

Just starting out. No experience with servers beyond a WD MyCloud with a few shares and the like. Some experience tunnelling with ssh on command line.

I'm trying to transfer media from a 3TB drive to a 16TB drive using Rsync. (The 3TB drive will be a backup copy that I'll store elsewhere.) There is some media already on the 16TB drive. I can see the disk with the operating system on it and the 2 storage disks. (Screenshot).

I've included a screenshot of the services I've enabled.

I've included a screenshot of SMB CIFS, although I'll likely be using my Macbook to manage OMV.

I've included my Rsync Task screenshot. The only option is the disk with the operating system, not the HDs with media (3TB and 16TB)

On both OMV and on my Macbook Finder, I'm only able to see a folder named media that I created on the OS drive. Can't see any folders or files on the other 2 drives.

I have Mergerfs and Snapraid installed. Although for safety, I've disconnected my parity drive. Will reconnect it when I get this media transferred over and learn how to successfully use Rsync.

I've watched videos and can't figure out what I'm doing wrong. I'm sure it's a pretty easy fix for members on this board.

FWIW, My system is an ASRock C236 WS Server Motherboard with EEC memory.

I would be grateful if someone could help me get this going. Thank you.