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OpenMediaVault (OMV) 3.0 Installation and Configuration on VMware

This tutorial shows how to install and configure OpenMediaVault (OMV) 3.0 storage on VMware Workstation step by step. You can also use VMware Player which is free to personal use. We'll also install VMware Tools (Open VM Tools) on OpenMediaVault for better usability and performance. This tutorial also helps if you install OpenMediaVault 3.0 on physical hardware or bare-metal server.

OpenMediaVault (OMV) 3.0 Storage Installation Steps:

1. Download OpenMediaVault 3.0 ISO
2. Create VM on VMware Workstation/Player
3. Start Installation
4. Update OpenMediaVault
5. Install VMware Tools (Open VM Tools) in OMV 3.0
6. Add Additional Virtual Hard Disk Drives for Storage Configuration
7. OpenMediaVault Initial Configuration via Web GUI
8. Create and Configure RAID Device
9. Create and Configure CIFS/SMB and NFS Shares on OMV
10.  OpenMediaVault 3.0 Review

Installing and Configuring OpenMediaVault (OMV) 3.0 Storage on VMware

OpenMediaVault (OMV) - Open Network Attached Storage

OpenMediaVault (OMV) is a Network-Attached Storage (NAS) solution based on Debian GNU/Linux. It contains services like SSH, (S)FTP, SMB/CIFS, DAAP media server, rsync, BitTorrent and many more. openmediavault is primarily designed to be used in small offices or home offices, but is not limited to those scenarios. It is a simple and easy to use solution that will allow everyone to install and manage a Network-Attached Storage (NAS) without deeper knowledge. Thanks to the modular design of the framework it can be enhanced via plugins.
OpenMediaVault Website: http://www.openmediavault.org/

OpenMediaVault 3.0 Key Features

1. Debian Linux (Jessie) OS
2. Web based administration
3. Easy system updates via Debian package management
4. Usermanagement
5. Scheduled jobs
6. Multilanguage support
7. Service announcement via DNS-SD
8. Plugin system
9. Link aggregation
10. Wake On Lan
11. IPv6 support
12. HDD power management (APM/AAM)
13. GPT partitions
14. EXT3/EXT4/XFS/JFS filesystem support
15. Software RAID JBOD/0/1/5/6/…
16. Quota (per volume)
17. ACL
18. Share management
19. Syslog
20. Watchdog
21. S.M.A.R.T.
22. SNMP (v1/2c/3) (read-only)
23. Email notifications
24. Proactive process and system state monitoring

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