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Wow, ok - thanks for the warning. Think I need to set aside a bit of time for this.

Thanks for the info! I use sickbeard, sabnzbd and couchpotato, so I'll look at moving those to docker first. Plex Server might be an issue, but if it's just the watched/unwatched status, I can live with that. I'm using Ext4 on all disks except the SSD. Had to change that to have some storage for VMM.

Glad you got it working! Thanks for the link, I'll have a read. I think it was getting the right disk order that put me off before and not knowing which loader to choose. Just read that there are issues with python 2 apps (couch potato, sickbeard etc) and Plex. Did you get yours working without using docker?

I did the interim updates up to 6.2.3-25426 update 3. The next update is 7, but I stopped at this point as it gave me a chance to play with VMM to see if I could get all 4 cameras running. I installed 6.2 on a VMM and installed SS. I've got both versions on 8.2.8-6335 (which is the last version you can do without DSM 7) and all 4 cameras are working. I've also installed DSM 7 using VMM, which gave me a chance to try the loader. There are a lot more options (meaning more to go wrong), so I've been a bit nervous about updating. I could just run SS on a DVA1622 VM if I want the latest version.

I thought DS918+ was the best all-round one to use. It'll mainly be used for SS and Plex, I'm not sure if DVA1622 can do the transcoding?

Thanks, but would want to run DVA1622 within VMM and use DS918+ as the main platform, as mentioned below. I think I have enough info, just need to play with VMM as I've never used it before.

The license info was taken from the Russian forum, seems to be working via VMM to have 10 licenses. I'm on DS3615xs so will try the loader you suggested.

Thank you. What's wrong with VMM on DSM 7? The workaround is to load DVA1622 on a VM to import the extra licenses. I'd like to try this on 6.2 if possible, before updating to DSM 7. I only have 4 camera's, but want to make sure everything works first as that's one of the main uses for the server.

Sorry if this has been asked before, but couldn't find by searching or in the tutorials. I'm on DSM 6.0.2-6451 Update 8 (baremetal HP Gen8) and would like to upgrade to 6.2 to try Synology VMM and then DSM 7.x. Do I need to install 6.1.7 first, or can I go straight to 6.2.3? The reason I've held back over the years is because I'm on an old 8.0.0 version of Surveillance Station and can't update it. Looks like VMM offers me a workaround, but another question - does anyone know if SS 8.0 runs on DSM 7?

No, sorry. I still have the N54L. Decided against the Gen10 and was looking at Gen8’s on ebay, but then moved house and now have room for a bigger server but don’t know what to get!

Just checked, it's not 6.1, I'm on 6.0.2-8451.

I'm running DSM 6 (6.1 I think) on my HP N54L, 3 x 4TB drives using SHR. If I buy a Gen10 microserver, is it as simple as putting in the usb boot drive, put the hard disks in the same order and everything will be as it was? I read this was the case with N54L -> Gen8, but the Gen8 is now out of stock everywhere. I need a microserver due to the location, there's not room for a tower server. Will there be a noticeable performance upgrade over the N54L? I'm just running Plex and Synology SS. Thanks.

Thank you!

Bit of advice please. I upgraded from 5.0 to 5.2 (update 1) and started the upgrade to 6.0 using v1.1 of Jun's loader (on a N54L). Following the instructions on here, but on step 9, I'm seeing the status as "migratable" in the Syno Assistant, but when connecting I'm only seeing an option to Install, not migrate. There's a message saying "We've detected that the hard drives of your current DS3615xs had been moved from a previous DS3615xs and installing a newer DSM is required before continuing". I don't want to lose any data (I can live with reinstalling packages etc), do I click install and then get more options?

Running on a N54L and I'm going to update to 6.0 but I'm still on 5.0. Which version of 5.2 do I need to upgrade to first - any of them? It's been a while since my last upgrade (4.3 - 5.0), so I can't remember if it loses config/settings for packages (specifically Couch Potato, SABnzdb, Sickbeard and Plex), will any get lost between 5.0 - 5.2 - 6.0 ? Thanks

You have to select the .pat file, then click OK to upload it before running that command, otherwise it won't exist.

Usual way - put image onto USB stick, boot up server, Use Synology assistant to migrate to DSM 5.0 using the .pat file with the image. Done it myself a couple of days ago and didn't lose any settings for Plex/SB/CP/HP/SAB. The only thing that broke was PlexConnect but a quick uninstall/reinstall of that got it working again.

Have you installed the Synocommunity Python package? Remove the Synology one if installed, it's not needed.

Look in the BIOS on whatever hardware you're using - it shows the real MAC address in the HP Bios, just press F12 or F10 when it boots up (I forget which key).

I installed 4.2 for this reason, but soon realised I didn't need Video Station at all with Plex. Have you tried running that instead, or is there a reason you need Video Station?

Not knowing much about SHR, I created a SHR single disk volume with a 250GB disk. I later added 2 x 4TB disks thinking I could create a second SHR volume, but realised that wasn't possible. So I added one disk into the volume, then when done removed the original 250GB disk and repaired the volume so that it's now healthy again. What will happen if I put this disk back into the server as it contains SHR info. Will it just allow me to create a new volume on it, or will I have to format it somehow before re-introducing it? Thinking more about it, I guess I could remove both 4TB disks, put in the 250GB and delete the volume, then power back on with all 3 disks leaving everything intact?

Thanks, was hoping that was the case. I've changed the vendor file, now expanding SHR with 2 x 4TB disks. I love XPEnology!

Hmm.. what happens if you don't remove the USB stick? I missed this part. I was concerned something might have installed to it, so I reformatted the stick, put the DSM 4.2 image back on and everything still seems fine. Anything I should be concerned about?

Boot the N54L and press F12 to access the BIOS settings. Press the down arrow a couple of times on the first page and it has the real MAC address listed.