[PLUG] Can't figure out Synology Assistant

Tomas Kuchta tomas.kuchta.lists at gmail.com
Sat Feb 20 08:22:02 UTC 2021


On Sat, Feb 20, 2021, 02:53 John Jason Jordan <johnxj at gmx.com> wrote:

> On Thu, 18 Feb 2021 21:20:29 -0800
> TomasK <tomas.kuchta.lists at gmail.com> dijo:
>
> >I use synology NAS - although I am not sure what is synology assistant.
> >I login to the filer(s) using web browser and use it DSM directly.
> >
> >I would recommend you to do the same. Find out IP of your NAS and
> >access it as: https://ipAddress:5001 login as admin - then:
> >1. Go to Storage Manager - Storage Pool - you will see RAID1 - remove
> >the pool
> >2. Create new storage pool with RAID0
> >3. Create volume (btrfs or ext4)
> >4. Control Panel - File Services and enable NFS/SMB/AFP or whatever you
> >are using to access the storage
> >5. Control Panel - Shared Folders - create shared folder and export it
> >via NFS.
> >
> >Firewall should be configured automagically when you are creating the
> >shared folder, I think.
>
> I got the RAID0 created and Volume 1. By default user NetBackup
> existed, and when I created Volume 1 it was assigned to NetBackup.
> Every time I make a change I try to mount the Volume, and eventually I
> got an actual error message:
>
> sudo mount -a
> mount.nfs: access denied by server while mounting
>         192.168.1.164:/volume1/Synology
>
> I also created user JJJ, who also has volume 1, but I still can't get
> the mount command to work.
>
> I am using NFS to access the storage, and it is enabled. However, your
> point 5. is not going to work for me.


If you do not create shared folder and export/share it via nfs, there will
be nothing to mount.

Whatever you say below does make no sense. Shared folders do not
stop/restrict you from using rsync to mounted folder.

I have an rsync script that makes
> the Synology a mirror of my TB3 enclosure, and that means the Synology
> has to be mounted. At least I think it has to be mounted for rsync to
> work. And my old DS216j is mounted as I sit here, so it is definitely
> possible. It's just that the Synology web interface on the DS220+ has a
> million buttons with labels that I don't understand, plus it is always
> telling me 'you must enable xxx' but it never tells me where I can find
> the button to enable xxx.
>
> Here are the relevant lines from fstab:
>
> 192.168.1.115:/volume1/Synology /media/jjj/Synology nfs auto,user 0 0
> 192.168.1.164:/volume1/Synology /media/jjj/Synology2 nfs auto,user 0 0
>
> And yes, the folder Synology2 exists. The first of the above lines
> mounts the old DS216j with never a problem. It has been working for
> several years. The second line is a copy/paste/edit of the first line.
> It ought to work, but after investing several long days trying, it
> still fails.
>
> My most recent endeavor on the DS220+ was to setup the router, but the
> Synology web interface can't automtically find my router (DIR 860L B1).
> You can set it up manually by choosing your router from a list, but my
> router is not listed. However, when I log into the router I see that
> the DS220+has been assigned an IP address, so I don't know why I might
> need to set the router up for the DS220+.
>

What are you doing John? To setup networking, you need following: ip,
netmask and default gateway ip (aka your router ip, most likely
xxx.xxx.xxz.1)

I am going to sleep now and will ski the weekend, so this will have to wait
till Monday.

Best, Tomas

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