Installing Open Media Vault on Proxmox made EASY

[@wuwea]

Finally a video with someone actually adding drives, thanks!

[@Whats.New.Andrew]

Thanks @wuwea - I am glad you found it useful. Thanks for watching!

[@erikweisner5472]

After many searches and attempts, do-overs, and rage quits, finally a tutortial that makes sense and is complete. Thank you so much for this!

[@Whats.New.Andrew]

@erikweisner5472 - This comment made my day! Thanks so much for letting me know how helpful it was for you, and I am glad I could bring the rage quits and frustration to an end. Thanks so much for watching.

[@sandm4n]

Just what I was looking for. Thanks!

[@Whats.New.Andrew]

Great to hear! Glad you found the video useful. Thanks for watching!

[@unstoppable008]

Great tutorial! Did a fresh proxmox install and needed to get OMV up and running, this was perfect!

[@Whats.New.Andrew]

That is great to hear! Thanks for watching!

[@NGXG18]

What do you get for your transfer speeds? Avg or normally.

[@Whats.New.Andrew]

I have multiple network ports on my proxmox host, so I dedicate one only to OMV and get basically full gigabit traffic. There is some overhead, but having it on a dedicated port allows it to have no other traffic running on it. I use this card to get 2 ports in one PCI slot: amzn.to/3UdE5r8

[@regg151]

I Started my home lab journey about a month ago with nothing more then a mini pc and an external usb 3.1 HDD enclosure. This is the first video I have found that breaks down how to do this, Much Thanks for taking the time to make this information available and simple enough that even a caveman can do it. Subbed and liked.

[@Whats.New.Andrew]

@regg151 Congrats on getting started with your homelab journey, and thanks so much for the kind words! Your first setup sounds very similar to mine where I used a spare desktop and a USB hard drive. I am so glad to hear that the video was easy to follow since one of my goals with this channel is to help anyone who is just getting started have a place for easy to follow guides. If you have questions on anything or a topic you would find helpful, let me know.

[@regg151]

@@Whats.New.Andrew Well I am having a bit of trouble figuring out how to get my Emby VM to connect to the OMV7 VM (both on the same proxmox node). would it be easier to just run emby from OMV? I was wanting to use the OMV VM as a NAS at least until I can by a real one. but I can't figure out how.

[@Whats.New.Andrew]

@regg151 To connect your Emby VM to OMV you will want to set up a NFS share on your OMV server. There you can define the folder you want to share, the IP of the Emby server you want to allow connections from, etc. Then on your Emby server you can edit your fstab file to automatically mount the shared OMV folder to your server. I did something similar in my Frigate video linked below, and in the video description I have a kink to my website with some of the fstab editing details explained. The alternative would be to run Emby on OMV, but I personally like having those two separate. Also, you will want to have static IPs for these machines if you don't already. Hope this helps, let me know if you still have questions! kzbin.info/www/bejne/sHzOapekdtVrfK8

[@regg151]

@@Whats.New.Andrew Thank You I've been stuck on this for the last few hours. I'll take a look at the video. again Thank You really appreciate the time you took to respond.

[@Whats.New.Andrew]

@regg151 I am happy to help! Good luck with the setup.

[@doedeldidoedelda]

Thanks for the clear and easy to follow guide!

[@Whats.New.Andrew]

You are welcome! Thanks for watching.

[@TheSummerFlight]

The cleanest guide around! Thankyou!!!

[@Whats.New.Andrew]

Wow, thanks so much! I really appreciate the kind words, and thanks for watching!

[@D35tr0]

Appreciate the video, keep at it mate, I can see this channel getting quite popular in future!

[@Whats.New.Andrew]

Thanks so much for the kind words and encouragement! I appreciate it.

[@place910]

Really helpful video, thanks for sharing

[@Whats.New.Andrew]

Thank you, and thanks for watching!

[@Biotechy]

Thanks mate!

[@chi_is_epic]

Awesome video, thank you!

[@Whats.New.Andrew]

Thanks! I am glad you liked it, thanks for watching!

[@REALTALKEUGENELANE]

NICE REAL TALK

[@Whats.New.Andrew]

Thanks!

[@osmanlitorunu1990]

AWESOME! THANKS!

[@Whats.New.Andrew]

You are welcome! Thanks for watching!

[@osmanlitorunu1990]

@@Whats.New.Andrew Would be nice if you could add the commands to the video description as well mate!

[@adifoto6362]

Good explanation. Thanks for the video.

[@Whats.New.Andrew]

Thanks so much for watching! I am glad you liked the video.

[@adifoto6362]

@@Whats.New.Andrew I used OMV in the past probably version 5 and had problem with docker not running properly. i moved to truenas. thinking now to move back to OMV.

[@Whats.New.Andrew]

@adifoto6362 I recently came back to OMV because I needed an easy-to-set-up rsync server for remote backups. It has been rock solid for me, and that setup was the inspiration for this video. I have been running a few containers on this version (version 7) and they perform great. It's definitely worth another look!

[@adifoto6362]

@@Whats.New.Andrew When i used it was quite good, and it started the problem with docker.

[@Whats.New.Andrew]

​@@adifoto6362Take a look at OMV Version 7 and see if it's better for you. I think it's come a long way, and I also use VMs and LXC on Proxmox for Docker, so I have a mix of fun! 😂

[@mansourq6512]

Thank you so much, Subscribed && Liked

[@Whats.New.Andrew]

Thank you very much for the subscribe and like! I am very glad you enjoyed the video.

[@tannerdriscoll6699]

Thank you so much

[@Whats.New.Andrew]

You are welcome! Thanks for watching.

[@carterkupchella9514]

thank you!! best tutorial ive seen that worked. the only thing, i had to disable ipv6 because it kept hanging up on that step in setup. you can get to a simple shell before install and run " echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/all/disable_ipv6 " and it configured via ipv4 instead.

[@Whats.New.Andrew]

Thanks so much for calling this out! I am glad you found the video helpful.

[@simonelucibello1737]

Thanks for the video. Everything explained perfectly. Just one question, if I wanted to use 2 disks that are already configured in raid on another PC with data inside (without having to format them), what would the procedure be? Thank you.

[@Whats.New.Andrew]

Hello @simonelucibello1737 - That can be tricky. If you have a dedicated hardware RAID controller that can be moved (plugs into your PCI slot) then you should be ok to move to another machine provided you plug the drives back in the same way they are currently (same port order). Since the configuration is stored on the RAID controller it will handle the drive move. If you have an on-board RAID controller that is a part of your motherboard or use software RAID then it is more difficult and the chances of success are low. I have done a RAID card move successfully, but have never had success moving from an on-board RAID controller. I have not even attempted to do a migration with software RAID. The best option to not lose data is likely a backup and restore after you move the drives.

[@simonelucibello1737]

@@Whats.New.Andrew I understand, thanks. I reformatted the disks too.

[@REALTALKEUGENELANE]

Thank you

[@esseindividuo]

13:11 personally i'm an snapraid kind of guy, in raid-stripe if you lose one drive you lose all your data, in snapraid you lose half your files. i was a raid5 fan but now i just want extra backups :x

[@Whats.New.Andrew]

I hear you. RAID can be a blessing and a curse! I definitely make sure I have reliable backups for the bad day when everything disappears.

[@stephenlau3690]

Great video, if the plugin suitable for the removeable USB HDD since only one sata port on the board and already binding by PVE , thanks for help in advance.

[@Whats.New.Andrew]

Hi @stephenlau3690 - You should be able to use a USB drive just fine. I have OMV running in my home lab with an extra USB drive mounted and it works great. Thanks for watching!

[@deivissergio2378]

Great tutorial, thanks... just one question: I am actually migrating my OMV system from Raspberry Pi to ProxMox VM. So I will use my old disks (18TB + 18TB), EXT4, etc (they are WD disks USB3.0), and I want to preserve the files, partition etc... (I did this migrating from RB Pi 3 to 4 and worked fine 1,5 years ago - but easy, the same kind of platform). Now the question: is the drives configuration part of the video also valid for "USB" Disks ? SATA / Mapping etc ? (Or should I add them as "USB Ports" into the ProxMox configuration ? (And then like the old migration, use the disks as USB disks) thanks 😊

[@Whats.New.Andrew]

Hi @deivissergio2378 - the drive configuration part of the video should work just fine for USB as well. They will show up the same way an internal drive would. When you connect them and go to storage on your proxmox node you will see them found as sdb/sdc or similar. The partitions will also show that already exist. In your case the EXT4 partitions. My only caveat is that if these are your only copy of the data be careful. I have had migrations like this work and also have them fail miserably and had to restore the data. Something to keep in mind so you do not lose everything. Good luck, and thanks for watching!

[@deivissergio2378]

@@Whats.New.Andrew Thanks Andrew, worked lime a charm !! I was able to map the USB drives as "SATA" drives, and the system recognized the old files structure, and everything worked fine. I also noticed that the file transfer between computers and NAS improved like 20% in speed (so I really had a limitation using my Raspberry Pi, perhaps also to manage the USB and data transfer was quite hard for the RPi). Once again thanks for the tips and great video !! 🙌

[@Whats.New.Andrew]

@deivissergio2378 - WOOHOO! That is awesome. So glad you got it all up and running with even better performance! Thanks again for watching.

[@yuso08yusoworld4]

Great video! Recently moved my proxmox home server to ugreen dxp6800 and looking for a solution for mixed drive sizes! Could you do a video on restoring a failed drive in a raid 5 or 6 scenario?

[@Whats.New.Andrew]

@yuso08yusoworld4 - I like that idea for a video. Right now I do not have anything configured in those RAID setups, so I will take a look at when I might be able to do something like this. Thanks so much for watching!

[@mitchhoneysett7674]

I have built a proxmox server on a mini pc. I want to connect a 4TB usb drive as storage. I want to use OMV. Can I do this. The have containers access the data. Can it be done

[@Whats.New.Andrew]

You sure can. Take a look at this video I did on how to share the drives into OMV: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oqupkoSigbSNfKs

[@jimcolwell6429]

Hello love this but I’m having trouble passing through the drives to omv. After the qm command using uuid I check the omv machine in pro mix and the drives are in orange like there is an issue but I can’t figure out what went wrong Any advice on where to look? Tried wiping disks and starting over, I’m using disks connected through usb if that makes any difference

[@Whats.New.Andrew]

Hi @jimcolwell6429 - Sorry you are having issues. Take a look at the two videos I have below about passing drives in. Both go a bit more in detail, so maybe these can help you. This should work just fine for USB drives as I am using that for one of my OMV drives. I would be carful setting the USB drives up in RAID versus using an internal drive, but passing those into OMV should work fine. Let me know if these videos help or if you are still stuck with issues! kzbin.info/www/bejne/oqupkoSigbSNfKs kzbin.info/www/bejne/mZzGZp6aZ9pleKM

[@daviddonnelly8406]

Thanks for the very good video. Somewhat of a hickup appeared. Got all the way to starting OMV and the console display says: " Display output is not active". Searched many sources on the internet - but no luck on a solution. Have you seen this - what is wrong? How can I fix? I am running Rpi5, 8GB with bookworm 64bit OS lite as you described. Any help is appreciated.

[@Whats.New.Andrew]

Hi @daviddonnelly8406 - OMV is a web interface, so there will not be anything on a connected console display. You should be able to access the OMV interface by going to your-omv-ip/ and use the default username: admin and default password: openmediavault The server should run without a monitor. Let me know if I am misunderstanding the question, and thanks for watching!!

[@daviddonnelly8406]

@@Whats.New.Andrew Thanks for the quick reply. Yes - some confusion. In the video at time 8:41 (approx), we are ready to install OMV. You select "Console", the console displays the "Start Now" button, at this point, the next thing that appears is a black screen stating " Display output is not active." OMV does not commence installation. I get no Proomox screen, etc. Thoughts?

[@Whats.New.Andrew]

I am wondering if that is a Rpi5 issue? I know that Proxmox's support for ARM devices like Raspberry Pi is experimental, and certain features (like ethernet ports) are not fully functional. I have not run Proxmox on a pi before, but here is a good video on installing Proxmox on a Rpi5, and he mentions the ethernet issues as well. My demo was just on a small desktop machine I typically use for demos: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pZaUkH2MoZtml5I

[@daviddonnelly8406]

@@Whats.New.Andrew haha ....funny. I was just starting to watch that video. :) On another note, what is the small desktop machine you use? I am just getting into a homelab setup (just starting) and would appreciate guidance on a good starter system to grow with.

[@Whats.New.Andrew]

That is funny! The small machine I use for demos is a Dell Optiplex 9020. I use Proxmox as the base OS and then run VMs and LXCs on it. Depending on where you are, ebay has some that are relatively inexpensive and in both the desktop form factor and a tower version that will allow adding more internal drives. One of these would be perfect to start your setup. I use a 1 TB ssd boot drive and all the VMs sit on that. Desktop Version: www.ebay.com/itm/266928704502?_skw=optiplex+9020&itmmeta=01J97975V60WR275B3PEGYQEF1&hash=item3e2630cbf6:g:JJ0AAOSwS4FmqVY5 Tower: www.ebay.com/itm/315804375976?_skw=optiplex+9020&itmmeta=01J97975V60WR4NK56DK1TA43Z&hash=item4987685ba8:g:cAMAAOSwL~tm~HIq Also, I am starting up a discord server to eventually be a part of this channel, so if you are interested in joining, let me know. I'd be happy to help you out as you get started!

[@mariankammerling1050]

Why do you use sata also for the boot drive and not scsi. Why do you need the virtual memory also be connected as sata?

[@Whats.New.Andrew]

I set it up that way since it was fairly easy, but you can definitely go with SCSI if you prefer. Since it is on a VM, the speed difference between the two in this setup was negligible. So I chose the easy and stable setup route. Thanks for watching!

[@joaocampos7153]

Does this allow HDD spindown?

[@Whats.New.Andrew]

Yes, you can have the HDDs spindown in this and it is controlled in the GUI of Open Media Vault. I honestly let mine run 24/7 and do not spin down since it typically has lots of connections into it from my various services.

[@megadooooom6582]

Great video but kindly educate my interest here my knowledge is limited and i want to know: 1-Why not BTRFS? 2-Can i just pass through my old drives without formatting them? or must i use an HBA for that as pass through? if even the HBA cann't be used in this scenario please tell me 3-Can i migrate my old NTFS or EXT4 HDDs to OMV through Proxmox? like windows you can move the HDD to every single PC and still have all of your data but this time through OMV since i don't have the money to buy new hardware this is the first step to renew 1 or 2 HDDs every 2 months and i want to move away from windows and NTFS thanks in advance and great work for this video

[@Whats.New.Andrew]

1. BTRFS does give some advanced features like snapshots, checksums, etc. It is also great to add new drives and easily expand your storage pool. Based on what you have in your question #3, BTRFS may be your better option to expand over time. I chose EXT4 in the video since it was a basic setup, but your plans probably lean towards BTRFS. 2 You should be able to use an HBA as I have done that with OMV previously. When you run the ‘lsblk’ and ‘blkid’ you will be able to see your HBA show there as well. However, for passing an old drive without formatting them I have had mixed success, so I would be cautious. 3 I have had mixed success with this in the past. I have been able to pass through existing HDDs without reformatting by passing in the information from the ‘blkid’ command, but other times it failed miserably. If it is your only copy of data I would be hesitant to do it. I would hate for you to lose data! Your approach to add or upgrade HDDs over time would lend itself well to using a BTRFS file system as you asked in question one. That is much more flexible at adding new drives of similar or larger sizes and expanding your storage pool easily within OMV. I hope I helped answer your questions, if not, let me know and I will try again! Thanks so much for watching

[@megadooooom6582]

@@Whats.New.Andrew you more than helped thank you so much good sir i will probably use OMV directly to be able to use my old drives without the need for pass through on proxmox untill i finishe my HDDs upgrade BUT alot of people warned me about BTRFS and recommended XFS your thoughts? for my use case i want 1-i want something reliable that in case of power loss i won't lose my data 2-easy to maintain 3-easy to recover in case of unexpected system failure sorry to disturb you again but i'm abit confused about filesystem choice since i always used windows your input is important to me thanks in advance

[@Whats.New.Andrew]

@megadooooom6582 When using OMV I view the file system choice as sort of a set-it-and-forget-it kind of thing. I know that is oversimplifying, but once you make a choice then you can use OMV to manage everything. I tend to use EXT4 for the simplicity and overall stability. There have been folks who have had issues with BTRFS in the past, so if you are hesitant, go with EXT4 and you will be happy. For your use case: 1. Both EXT4 and BTRFS are good with power loss. Also an inexpensive battery backup is a great investment to help mitigate power loss to the machines. 2. Maintenance is done within OMV, and there are lots of plugins to help if the out of the box options are not enough. Maybe set up OMV without even a HDD and just poke around and see what is available. You won’t be able to store anything, but you can get a feel for what is available with plugins, etc. 3. Recovery is done within OMV, but I also tend to subscribe to the 3-2-1 backup strategy for my most important items. (3 copies of your data, 2 backups, and one of those backups being offsite for disaster recovery). That is what this video was used for - I was building my offsite backup server in OMV and figured I would walk through the setup for others. Let me know if you have more questions! Happy to help.

[@megadooooom6582]

@@Whats.New.Andrew you are a lovely person thanks again

[@Whats.New.Andrew]

@megadooooom6582 you are very welcome! Message if you have more questions.

[@drakolord]

Fresh install, and I am pulling horrible download speeds for the ISO, I tested on my windows pc and downloaded the whole iso in about 1 minute. But my proxmox is only downloading at 1.4mbps. Its been going over 5 minutes now...

[@Whats.New.Andrew]

Oh no! Did it ever finish downloading? I hate slowwww speeds :(

[@drakolord]

@@Whats.New.Andrew It eventually did and then everything after that worked normally haha! Thank you very much for the guide, I got it fully working with no experience, I got Docker on CasaOS, on OpenMediaVault, on Proxmox, also running hackintosh and caddy reverse proxy vms haha! If you could make a guide of immio gpu passthrough it would be greatly appreciated!

[@Whats.New.Andrew]

@drakolord that sounds like a nice setup! For the gpu passthrough are you looking for something like this? kzbin.info/www/bejne/anm9gYN-ppVmkLc

[@drakolord]

@@Whats.New.Andrew Yes! I have an amd card, but im sure with some research I can find any needed changes.