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HowTo Upgrade OpenMediaVault

Here are some quick and simple steps to upgrade your OpenMediaVault (OMV) to the latest version; OMV 1.0  (Kralizec). SSH into your OpenMediaVault server; in my case I am running OMV 0.5 and run the following command: apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade && omv-update Then type the following command: omv-release-upgrade Once completed you can either […]

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openmediavault, Failed to execute command

I ran into the following error under the plugin section of OpenMediaVault after a clean install. Error message: openmediavault, Failed to execute command ‘export LANG=C; apt-get ..etc To resolve this I needed to edit the sources.list with the proper source information below. # Debian Squeeze Sources deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ squeeze main non-free contrib deb-src http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ squeeze main […]

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Crashplan, I choose you

Back at home I use Open Media Vault as my NAS (Network Attached Storage solution to store and serve up my media and documents to my computers and devices. Open Media Vault (OMV) gives me all the things I need with one single exception; that’s backups. So at home I backup to USB disks, but what if there was […]