UNIX: FreeNAS

[Jirne]

Me and my dad are planning on maybe setting up a NAS at home and he asked me if I could set one up, no not one of those boxes you buy at the store. A real home-made server running a NAS-OS. I said sure, of course I can. I already have the hardwareside done so I know what I need. So then I installed FreeNAS in a virtualbox on my main PC. I gave it 2 CPU cores, 8GB of ram and 2 harddrives: One for the OS (10GB) and a storagedrive (20GB). I installed FreeNAS and connected to it using chrome. I added the volume (USF, not ZSF) and then configured the permissions and the share for windows. It asked me to activate the service. I said yes. "The service could not be activated". Crap. I hit the on/off switch of the service again. Same error. I reboot the server. I retry. Same error.

So my question: How do I solve the error. i tried to google it but the results were unclear and even confusing. Can anyone help me? If you need more info or screenshots or whatever, ask away.

[Ssoele]

FreeNAS often doesn't work correctly virtualized. That and VirtualBox is a piece if crap. It's a wonder you got it to work even.

 

FreeNAS is a great option, but there are alternatives, something like OpenFiler, or maybe even Windows.

[Vitalius]

FreeNAS often doesn't work correctly virtualized. That and VirtualBox is a piece if crap. It's a wonder you got it to work even.

 

FreeNAS is a great option, but there are alternatives, something like OpenFiler, or maybe even Windows.

I agree with Ssoele. 

FreeNAS shouldn't be virtualized. You can, but you probably don't want to deal with the issues it can cause. Trust me. 

I would use something else personally with your situation. 

If you are dead set on using FreeNAS in this VM, the service (I assume it's the CIFS sharing service) is probably to do with what version of FreeNAS you may be using. Which one is it? 9.2.1.3? 

[Jirne]

Windows = money = Don't have

Can you give like a little bit of info about OpenFiler? (Cuz I'm on 3G atm so might be anoying to visit he site now )

[Jirne]

I agree with Ssoele. 

FreeNAS shouldn't be virtualized. You can, but you probably don't want to deal with the issues it can cause. Trust me. 

I would use something else personally with your situation. 

If you are dead set on using FreeNAS in this VM, the service (I assume it's the CIFS sharing service) is probably to do with what version of FreeNAS you may be using. Which one is it? 9.2.1.3? 

9.2.1.3, most recent yes indeed. but everything else works virtualised. FTP, applesharing, using different accounts, static IP,... But the one i need? Nope And yes, trying to get CIFS working

[Vitalius]

9.2.1.3, most recent yes indeed. but everything else works virtualised. FTP, applesharing, using different accounts, static IP,... But the one i need? Nope And yes, trying to get CIFS working

Go into CIFS settings. What all settings have you set? A screenshot would be great. 

[Jirne]

Okay, I think you mean these settings?

 

[Jirne]

Okay, now the static Ip is also failing, I'm giving up, closing the thread, thanks for the help anyways, I'll try OpenFiler