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      szecca1
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      Good morning,

      I worked with you guys to get my fog server up and running on a Synology box a month or two ago and thank you so much. My school district has purchased a new Synology box strictly for the FOG server and I would like to swap the storage. I wasn’t sure if since the names are the same if I deleted the old one the FOG server will just pick everything up naturally or if I had to do something to get it to recognize the new Synology box. The NAS server does have a different IP address so I wasn’t sure what had to be done.

      Thank you for any help you can offer and just so you are aware and for those who remember, my company now sees that everything works fine and is willing to work with you guys to make sure everything runs smoothly!

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        ch3i Moderator @szecca1
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        @szecca1 said:

        I wasn’t sure if since the names are the same if I deleted the old one the FOG server will just pick everything up naturally or if I had to do something to get it to recognize the new Synology box. The NAS server does have a different IP address so I wasn’t sure what had to be done.

        Hi,

        If you have the same configuration on the new NAS : IP, FTP, NFS, … you have not to do anymore.

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          szecca1 @ch3i
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          @ch3i The new Synology box has a new IP address, the rest seems to be the same as I tried to match the settings

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            ch3i Moderator @szecca1
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            @szecca1 Only change the IP in your storage node configuration.

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              szecca1 @ch3i
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              @ch3i Thats exactly what I did and it still sees the information from the old synology box and hasn’t updated the storage space either

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                ch3i Moderator @szecca1
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                @szecca1 said:

                @ch3i Thats exactly what I did and it still sees the information from the old synology box and hasn’t updated the storage space either

                How it can display the space of a NAS ? Not sure, but I think this feature is only for FOG Node installation (not for NAS). Could you post a screenshot ?

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                  szecca1 @ch3i
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                  @ch3i Absolutely, the images will show the storage space node, my configuration to the NAS storage and the image that is on the old storage node that it shouldn’t see anymore

                  storage node.PNG new IP changed.PNG old image.PNG

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                    ch3i Moderator @szecca1
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                    @szecca1 said:

                    @ch3i Absolutely, the images will show the storage space node, my configuration to the NAS storage and the image that is on the old storage node that it shouldn’t see anymore

                    storage node.PNG new IP changed.PNG old image.PNG

                    Image informations are stored in Database, you have to remove it from web UI if you don’t want to copy/back images from your old NAS.

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                      Wayne Workman @szecca1
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                      @szecca1 Glad to see you have a new synology box,

                      But I messaged you a month ago and sent you several notifications that a feature has been implemented just for your problems with NAS and synology… You can now specify the FTP path in a late FOG Trunk version which basically means you don’t have to change a thing on your Synology box as far as symbolic links or anything goes… You could still use the one synology box for everything if you wish 🙂 Thank @Tom-Elliott for this.

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                        szecca1 @Wayne Workman
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                        @Wayne-Workman If that’s the case I apologize,! I dont think I ever saw that or maybe have just forgotten since its been a bit since we had a new one. I will take a look but I am testing now as I might have gotten it lol! Thanks

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                          szecca1
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                          Yea I must have missed something because I am getting a “failed to mount NFS volume” error

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                            Wayne Workman @szecca1
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                            @szecca1 said:

                            I am getting a “failed to mount NFS volume” error

                            Double Check your NFS path in the storage node settings.

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                              szecca1 @Wayne Workman
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                              @Wayne-Workman There is no NFS setting in the storage node settings. Just IP address unless that setting is somewhere else

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                                Wayne Workman @szecca1
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                                @szecca1 said:

                                @Wayne-Workman There is no NFS setting in the storage node settings. Just IP address unless that setting is somewhere else

                                Sorry, it’s called Image Path. Also, you’ll need a newer version of FOG Trunk to get the FTP Path field too.

                                You can use github to do that, or wait for Source Forge to get svn working again.

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                                  szecca1 @Wayne Workman
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                                  @Wayne-Workman Ok I was wondering why my svn wasn’t working. I am going to update using git right now and let you know how that goes. And thank you, no need to apologize at all.

                                  I appreciate all the help!

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                                    szecca1 @Wayne Workman
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                                    @Wayne-Workman old image.PNG

                                    It fails with this error. And I checked the file path and it should be good. I didn’t have to change that as that was the same for both synology boxes.

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                                      Wayne Workman @szecca1
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                                      @szecca1 Can’t skip steps 😉 https://wiki.fogproject.org/wiki/index.php/Upgrade_to_trunk#Git

                                      And you’re supposed to change /some/local/folder to a folder where you want your git repository stored.

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                                        szecca1 @Wayne Workman
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                                        @Wayne-Workman haha yea I was hoping to just change the IP address and it would work. But I just updated the GIT and still getting the same issue.

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                                          szecca1 @Wayne Workman
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                                          @Wayne-Workman I feel like I am back to the beginning where you guys helped me fix this a few months ago. I still am getting the same error or fatal error failed to mount NFS volume. I followed some things on the wiki page but maybe I am missing something. Any thoughts? I have a feeling it has to do with the fact that the .mntcheck is not on the new synology box but I can’t figure out how to get it there.

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                                            Wayne Workman @szecca1
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                                            @szecca1 the .mntcheck file is just a blank file. FOG merely checks that it exists - hence the name mntcheck. If FOG can see a file named that, then FOG knows that NFS has been mounted correctly.

                                            To create this file, just issue the touch command in the images and dev directories.

                                            touch .mntcheck
                                            

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