MediaVault R1200

Login

Enter the following information:

User name = storageadmin
Password = storageadmin

Click ‘Log In’.

From the Users area you can set a new password for the storageadmin user if required. Be sure to keep a secure record of the password that you set. This will be the password for subsequent logins as storageadmin to perform administration on the MediaVault.

IMPORTANT!
When a MediaVault leaves the factory, it will be set up with two default user accounts.  These accounts can access the Admin Web UI, but cannot be used to mount storage or connect into the MediaVault in any other way until the default password has been changed.

The default users and passwords are:

• user:  storageadmin  password:  storageadmin
• user:  storageuser   password:  storageuser
  
  

An alert will also be displayed next to the user in the Users section:

Click on the  user in the User section to change the password.

Once the default password has been changed for either account, you will be able to mount shares using that account.  See the Users, Groups and Shares sections below for more information.

Networking

The 10GbE Port 1 device name is 'eno1', and 10GbE Port 2 device name is 'eno2'. The devices listed below this are 10GbE Ports 3-6.

By default, 'eno1' has a fixed IP address of 192.168.2.2 and Subnet Mask of 255.255.255.0. This port will also work in DHCP mode. All other network ports are set to use DHCP mode by default.

(The port named docker0 relates to the Containers screen, and is therefore for Service/Support use only.)

DHCP Server (software version 2.3.0 or above)
Port 1 ('eno1') can be used as a DHCP server to automatically assign an IP address to a host computer.  In order to enable the DHCP server, you will need to ensure that 'eno1' is set to default settings (Manual mode, fixed IP address of 192.168.2.2 and Subnet Mask of 255.255.255.0).  The host computer will need to have the connected network port set to DHCP mode in order to be assigned an IP address from the Media Vault.  The assigned IP address will be in the range 192.168.2.100 to 192.168.2.200.

The other ports shown will depend on the Network Interface Cards (NIC) that are fitted in the MediaVault. The standard NIC provides four 10GbE ports with the names enp101s0f0, enp101s0f1, enp101s0f2, enp101s0f3. These are the names of the ports from bottom to top, as viewed from the rear of the MediaVault. If any other network cards are fitted, such as a 25/40/50GbE card, these will be assigned a different number such as enp23s0f0:

Click on a port name to view and edit the setup:

Networking

Typically the items that would be edited are the IPv4 network address and the MTU setting:

IPv4 Settings

Ethernet MTU Settings

Detailed configuration and optimisation of networking is beyond the scope of this guide, but in particular it is important to note that all machines on a network should have a unique IP Address, and they should all use the same MTU setting - typically on a 10GbE network the MTU of all machines is set to 9000 (sometimes called ‘Jumbo Frames’) for best performance. 

Bond Settings

If required set a Mac address for the bond, either based upon one of the selected ports or newly defined.
The following Modes are available:

Pools

The MediaVault R3600 ships by default with a single Pool called ‘cdxstore’ with equivalent of 6-disk redundancy. If this does not meet the user requirements the MediaVault storage can be reconfigured (within certain limitations and with assistance from CODEX).

The left column lists the Pools alphabetically, along with information about the overall % of Pool capacity used (by all Shares combined) and a status indication, such as ONLINE. When a Pool is selected the Pool Details, Shares and Structure information are shown in the right column.

The Status Ring colour depends on the system/Pool status:

Flashing Blue - system is starting up.

Blue - system is running, Pool in ONLINE.

Amber - system is running, Pool is DEGRADED.

Red - system is running, Pool has FAILED to load.

White - system is running an ’Integrity Check’ (periodic disk check) on the Pool.

If the Pool status is shown as ONLINE this means there are no disk issues to attend to. In this case the Status Ring on the MediaVault front panel will be blue.

If the status is shown as DEGRADED this means there has been a disk issue but data is still accessible. In this case the Status Ring on the MediaVault front panel will be orange, and any disk issues should be investigated and remedied. After this the Pool can then be returned to ONLINE with assistance from CODEX.

If the status is shown as FAILED this means that the data on the Pool is not accessible. This can happen if there have been issues with multiple disks that exceeds the redundancy provided by the filesystem.  For this reason, it is critical to attend to any disk issues as soon as the status changes from ONLINE to DEGRADED.

It is not commonly required to create a New Pool. This can only be done if all disks are available and not used in another Pool.

Click the dots on the Pool Details card to access options for Start Integrity Check, , Replace Disk and Delete Pool:

When deleting there is then a confirmation step:

Delete Pool

Click ‘Delete Pool’ to proceed with deleting the Pool, or otherwise click Cancel. A Pool cannot be deleted if it contains any Shares.

The system will periodically (weekly) run an Integrity Check process to check for any errors that need to be corrected on the filesystem. If the Pool status is shown as DEGRADED then ‘Start Integrity Check’ can be used to manually start the process which, if it completes and no errors occur, will reset the Pool status to ONLINE. If the Integrity Check completes and the Pool status remains DEGRADED this indicates there is a problematic disk that needs to be replaced.

The Structure card gives details of any disks that have errors:

Structure

The State column for each disk may show:

Shares

The MediaVault ships by default with a single Share called ‘mediavault’. The space for this Share is not reserved, which means if additional Shares are created that also do not have reserved space (as shown in the example above), then each of these Shares will have access to all unreserved space on the MediaVault. It is also possible to create Shares with reserved space (see ‘Reserve Quota’ below).


The left column lists the Shares alphabetically, along with information about the % of Share capacity used. Start typing in the search box at the top of the screen to filter the list and find a specific Share. When a Share is selected the Share Details and Group Access details are shown in the right column.

Click the ‘New Share’ button to create a new Share:

Type the Share Name (which must be unique), and select the Pool on which to create the Share.   There are two further options you can use or leave disabled:

Compression
For Media Vault software up to version 2.3.0, the compression option will enable LZ4 compression.  LZ4 is a type of lossless compression that improves the efficiency of data storage by around 10%, for no discernable reduction in read/write performance.

Reserve Quota (software version 2.3.0 and above)
Reserve Quota allows you to specify an amount of disk space to reserve for this Share.  This quota can be increased at a later date provided there is enough unreserved and unused space remaining.  The Reserve Quota cannot be made smaller than the amount of data the Share currently contains.

With Reserve Quota disabled, the default behaviour is to freely allocate disk space to any Share as data is written to it.

Click the ‘Create Share’ button to finish creating the Share.

To delete the Share click the dots in the Share Details card:

Share Details

When deleting there is then a confirmation step:

Delete Share

Click ‘Delete Share’ to proceed with deleting the Share and all the data it contains, or otherwise click Cancel.

Once a Share has been deleted there is no ‘undo’ function to recover the Share or the data.

To edit which Groups can access the Share click the dots in the Group Access card:

Group Access

On the Edit Group Access screen, click in the Permission column to cycle through the modes ‘Read/Write’, ‘Read Only’, and ‘None’:

Edit Group Access

After making changes click ‘Update Permissions’ to save the changes, or ‘Cancel’ to exit without saving.

Groups

The left column lists the Groups alphabetically. Start typing in the search box at the top of the screen to filter the list and find a specific Group. When a Group is selected the Group Details, information about the Share Access and Membership details are shown in the right column.

Click the ‘New Group’ button to create a new Group:

Create Group

Type the Group Name and the Group Id will be completed automatically. The Group Id must be unique for each Group, and can be modified manually if necessary. Click the ‘Create Group’ button to finish creating the Group.

To edit or delete the Group click the dots in the User Details card:

Group Details

When deleting there is a confirmation step:

Delete Group

Click ‘Delete Group’ to proceed with deleting the Group, or otherwise click Cancel. Deleting the Group does not delete the Users it contains, or Shares it has access to. Once a Group has been deleted there is no ‘undo’ function to recover the Group.

To edit which Shares the Group can access click the dots in the Share Access card:

Share Access

On the Edit Share Access screen, click in the Permission column to cycle through the modes ‘Read/Write’, ‘Read Only’, and ‘None’:

Edit Share Access

After making changes click ‘Update Permissions’ to save the changes, or ‘Cancel’ to exit without saving.

To edit which Users are members of the Group click the dots in the Membership card:

Membership

On the Edit Group Membership screen the right panel shows which Users are members of the Group and the left panel shows Users that are not in the Group but could be added:

Edit Group Membership

Select one or more Users and click the < or > arrows to move them left or right. Click the << or >> arrows to move ALL Users left or right.

Users

The left column lists the User accounts alphabetically. Start typing in the search box at the top of the screen to filter the list and find a specific User. When a User is selected their User Details and information about their Group Membership are shown in the right column.

Click the ‘New User’ button to create a new User account:

Create User Account

Type the User Name and the User Id will be completed automatically. The User Id must be unique for each user, and can be modified manually if necessary. Type the User Email and User Password, and the Confirm Password.

If required select the Admin User checkbox. Admin Users are marked with a star symbol in the User list, and can modify the system configuration, for example:

• Add or delete Users, Groups, Shares, and Pools
• Modify the Networking settings
• Update the software version

User Details

When deleting there is a confirmation step:

Delete User

Click ‘Delete User’ to proceed with deleting the User, or otherwise click Cancel. Once a User has been deleted there is no ‘undo’ function to recover the User.

To edit which Groups the User is a member of click the dots in the Group Membership card:

Group Membership

Groups and permissions will be detailed further in the section on Groups.

The MediaVault is configured with two user accounts as standard:

• storageadmin - for performing administration on the MediaVault via the Admin Web Interface.
• storageuser - for mounting the MediaVault storage to read/write files. Multiple users can be connected to the MediaVault storage with the ‘storageuser’ account. The ‘storageuser’ account can log into the Admin Web Interface but has restricted privileges and cannot create/delete users or storage pools.

Updating MediaVault Software

The Media Vault software can be updated in the  Software Updates screen, which can be accessed in the left panel menu in the Admin Web Interface.

You will need to ensure the following in order to update the software:

1. Connect the Media Vault to the internet (for example your office network router) and configure your network settings in the Networking screen in the Admin Web Interface.
   
   

2. Click on Software Updates in the Admin Web Interface left-hand menu and ensure Repository is set to mediavault-updates and Branch is set to mediavaultos/standard.
   
   

   
   

   
   

   The current installed version will be marked as Running.
   
   

3. Click Check for Updates
   

   
   

   
   

    

The latest version of software will be listed at the top.  If it is a newer version than is currently running, it will be marked as Available with an option to Rebase and Reboot.

4.  On clicking Rebase and Reboot, the version will change from Available to Updating while the Media Vault downloads the new software version.

When the download has completed the software will be automatically installed and the system will reboot, at which point the Admin Web Interface will disconnect. When the Media Vault reboots, the new software version will be running.  Depending on the download speed available this process may take up to 1 hour.

We recommend to use the latest available version of Media Vault software, but if you require an earlier version, you will see them lower down in the list.  To install an earlier version, scroll down to it and click Rebase and Reboot next to the required version.

Modifying MediaVault Software Repository to allow Updates from build 2.3 (and earlier)

The repository (storage location) for MediaVault Software Updates was changed when software version 2.4 was released. MediaVault systems running version 2.4 and above will automatically use the correct settings.  For any MediaVault systems running version 2.3 or earlier, the settings will need to be updated manually in order to use the new repository and download software updates.

If there is an error when attempting to run a software update then click the name of the repository ‘mediavault-updates’:

Click on the Edit (pencil) icon, and if the URL is shown as ‘http://mediavault.ndx.at:8000’ then click the Delete option to remove the current settings:

Then click Add New Repository.  For the new repository enter the name ‘mediavault-updates’ and the URL ‘http://mediavault-updates.ndx.at’ and select the checkbox for ‘Use trusted GPG key’, and click Add.

Click on the new repository name in the pop up, and click ‘Change Repository’.  These settings will now be used by default, and the correct location will be used when ‘Check for Updates’ is selected.