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Topics about the Synology's Nas Servers and their web-based plateform "DSM" issued from my experience with the DS209+.

Synology Setup DSM 7.1 in a Virtual Synology DS3622xs+ using VMWare

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Here is a step by step "How-To create a Virtual Machine to emulate a DS3622xs+ running DSM 7.1" using VMWare and a Loader from redpill

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I used a tutorial from internet to create a VM in VMWare 16 and exported this one as ovf. Using that ovf, you can easily setup your own VM with a DS3622xs+ running DSM 7.1.

1: Download and unzip this package, containing:

  • the configuration of the virtual machine (dsm.ovf and two disk.vmk),
  • the boot file for DS3622xs+ (synoboot.vmdk) and
  • the image of the DSM 7.1 for DS3622xs+ (DSM_DS3622xs+_42661.pat)

2: Open VMWare Workstation. If you never configured the default location where you want to create your Virtual Machines, press CTRL-P to open the “Preferences” panel. There, set this default location (I am using E:\VMWare).

3: Go next to "Windows Explorer", in the folder where you have unzipped the package, and double click dsm.ovf. This is going to import the VM into VMWare. Type a name for the new virtual machine (I am using DSM3622xs+ 7.1) and click “Import”.

4: Here is the outcome to the importation. You can now click on “Power on this virtual machine”. If you want, you may also first increase the Memory, the Processors or the size of the Hard Disk 2 and 3 (Do not touch the first Hard Disk  which contains the boot loader).

5: 5 sec after starting the VM, the bootloader will run:


6: Open the “Synology Assistant”, which is more efficient than the page http://find.synology.com to find your VM, and after +/- 3 minutes (depending on the perf of your PC) click on “Search”. If you didn’t wait long enough, you will see an Error message (In such a case, check that you have enabled the option "Allow compatibility with devices that do not support password encryption" in the preferences - via the gear icon in the top-right corner - and/or click Search “Again”. I never had to do this more than 3 times).

7: Finally, the Assistant will find your VM. A webpage should automatically open (Otherwise, double-click on the VM). Approve the EULA and click Install.

8: Click next on Browse to select the image of the DSM 7.1 for DS3622xs+ and Select the file “DSM_DS3622xs+_42661.pat” in the folder where you unzipped the package downloaded previously.

9: Finally, click on “Next” and confirm that the installation can override the disk… (You can safely tick the "I understand..." it’s the virtual Hard Disk member of the VM. No worry ;) )

10: The installation will take a few minutes

11: Once the installation complete, you will see in the VMWare Workstation that the VM is rebooting. On the installation page, you see a countdown.

12: You should soon see that it’s installing packages before being finally ready to "start"

13: If you are requested to login into the VM, do it as "admin" without password and configure it. Next configure your new NAS (Do not accept automatic updates !!!).

I did skip the creation of Synology account and didn't agree on Device Analytics or the display of this Nas in the Web Assistant.

14: It’s now time to use the Hard Disk 2 and 3 to create a first Volume. Open the DSM Main Menu and start the Storage Manager (Then, it's just a next, next, next journey depending on which Disk Array you want).

15: Et voila, you have now a brand new DS3266xs+ with the DSM 7.1-42661 (DO NOT UPGRADE !!! The NAS would go into a "Recoverable" and I have no resolution for that)

Synology Setup DSM 7.0.1 in a Virtual Synology DS918+ using VMWare

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Here is a step by step "How-To create a Virtual Machine to emulate a DS918+ running DSM 7.0.1" using VMWare and a Loader from redpill

THIS DOES NOT WORK ANYMORE (?): issue betwen the .pat file version and the loader => Try the DSM 7.1 with DS3622+ available here

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As for my previous packaging (DSM 6.2.2 on DS918+), I simply used various tutorials from internet to create a VM in VMWare 15 and exported this one as ovf

1: Download and unzip this package, containing:

  • the configuration of the virtual machine (dsm.ovf, disk.vmdk and synoboot.vmdk),
  • the boot file for DS918+ (synoboot-falt.vmdk) and
  • the image of the DSM 7.0.1 for DS198+ (DSM_DS918+_42218.pat)

2: Open VMWare Workstation. If you never configured the default location where you want to create your Virtual Machines, press CTRL-P to open the “Preferences” panel. There, set this default location (I am using E:\VMWare).

3: Go next to "Windows Explorer", in the folder where you have unzipped the package, and double click dsm.ovf. This is going to import the VM into VMWare. Type a name for the new virtual machine (I am using DSM918+ 7.0.1) and click “Import”.

4: Here is the outcome to the importation. You can now click on “Power on this virtual machine”. If you want, you may also first increase the Memory, the Processors or the size of the Hard Disk 2 (Do not touch the Hard Disk 1 which contains the boot loader).

5: 5 sec after starting the VM, the bootloader will run:


6: Open the “Synology Assistant”, which is more efficient than the page http://find.synology.com to find your VM, and after 1 minute click on “Search”. If you didn’t wait long enough, you will see an Error message (In such a case, check that you have enabled the option "Allow compatibility with devices that do not support password encryption" in the preferences - via the gear icon in the top-right corner - and/or click Search “Again”. I never had to do this more than 3 times).

7: Finally, the Assistant will find your VM. A webpage should automatically open (Otherwise, double-click on the VM). Approve the EULA and click Install.

8: Click next on Browse to select the image of the DSM 7.0.1 for DS918+ and Select the file “DSM_DS918+_42218.pat” in the folder where you unzipped the package downloaded here previously.

9: Finally, click on “Next” and confirm that the installation can override the disk… it’s the virtual SCSI Hard Disk member of the VM. No worry ;)

10: The installation will take a few minutes

11: Once the installation complete, you will see in the VMWare Workstation that the VM is rebooting. On the installation page, you see a countdown.

12: You should soon see that it’s installing packages before being finally ready to "start"

13: You will now be able to login into the VM and configure it.

14: It’s now time to use the Hard Disk 2 to create a first Volume. Open the DSM Main Menu and start the Storage Manager.

15: Et voila, you have now a brand new DS918+ with the DSM 7.0.1-43 Update 2.

 

SynologyTips How to download playlists from YouTube using Synology

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It's really easy to download playlists from YouTube with the Download Station of Synology. I do this to get locally new "No Copyright Music's", to be used later within my video's.

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I am using the "Download Station" as it simply works, opposite to many free or paid software's which pretend to work but usually fail (and are full of advertisements...)

Bref... Assume that you want to get all the free music's from the excellent YouTube Channel "VLOG No Copyright":

  • Visit their "PLAYLISTS" in your Browser (All such channels have a tab "PLAYLISTS" as you can see in the screenshot bellow).
  • Right-click on the link "VIEW FULL PLAYLIST" of the desired playlist.
    • This is important: don't use any URL from the "HOME" tab or from any tail representing a playlist (with the "PLAY ALL"). It would only download one video and not all the playlist. 
  • Select the menu "Copy link address"
    • The copied url should be like this : "https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=xxxxxxxxxx"

 

Now, go to your "Synology Download Station" and:

  • Click on the large blue sign "+". It opens a window to create new download tasks.
  • Go to the tab "Enter URL".
  • Paste there the URL of the playlist copied previously.
    • A subfolder with the name of the playlist will automatically  be created under the destination folder and the video will be saved in that subfolder
  • Select the option "Show Dialog to select..." if you when to download only some of the video's. Otherwise you can unselect that option.
  • Click "Ok".

 

You should now see a line as illustrated here below, "waiting" to start:

 

You have to wait until the Download Station has crawled across the whole playlist and found all the files to be downloaded... Then, you will see the list of music's:

 

During the download, you could see some failed tasks, with a status "Error". It happens from time to time, but this is usually a temporary issue. Sort the list within the Download Station on the "Status" column and select all the "Error" . Then, right-click the list and select the menu "Resume".

 

Personally, as soon as the "music video's" are downloaded, I extract the sound tracks and keep only those. There are many software to do this. But one of my favorite option is to use ffmpeg directly on the Synology (you have to install that package). Simply type this command in a console, in the download path were are saved the video's: 

for i in *.mp4; do ffmpeg -i "$i" -