imran Posted September 23, 2017 Share #76 Posted September 23, 2017 2 hours ago, IG-88 said: if you google your error you get this as first hit https://www.synology.com/en-global/knowledgebase/DSM/tutorial/General/What_can_I_do_when_I_get_the_error_message_quot_Failed_to_format_disk_quot_when_formatting_data_partition_during_the_setup meaning is there are partitions on the disk in question and it will not install create a new scsi disk and try with it Hi IG-88, thanks for jumping in. I had already tried good old Google and several other tricks to make it work before reaching out here. The synoboot.vmdk file that I am using as "Existing hard disk" is nothing but the text file (attached) renamed. So not sure how your Google suggestion can help in this situation. synoboot.txt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IG-88 Posted September 23, 2017 Share #77 Posted September 23, 2017 (edited) i was not talking about the boot image did you add additional scsi disks? i dont use esxi but afair the boot image is just for the loader same as the usb stick on bare metal sata for bootimage, scsi for raid disks? Edited September 23, 2017 by IG-88 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imran Posted September 23, 2017 Share #78 Posted September 23, 2017 6 minutes ago, IG-88 said: i was not talking about the boot image did you add additional scsi disks? i dont use esxi but afair the boot image is just for the loader same as the usb stick on bare metal sata for bootimage, scsi for raid disks? I am using "synoboot.img" as the boot loader and "synoboot.vmdk" as the only SCSI hard disk. No other disks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMeggs Posted September 23, 2017 Share #79 Posted September 23, 2017 3 hours ago, IG-88 said: what issues? not found in network or disk/format/start issues? did you try to use the forum search? with " Dell R510" i'm getting if the network does not work you can try my extra.lzma (driver extension) 3.2 it contains a new tigon3 driver for broadcom cards, if network is your problem it might fix it Thanks for the reply, to be honest I'm not sure what the cause is. I tried different configuration and I can get as far as "booting kernel" on the boot screen but when I go to another machine to try and login based on find.synology.com or the Ip I get nothing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IG-88 Posted September 23, 2017 Share #80 Posted September 23, 2017 (edited) 2 hours ago, imran said: I am using "synoboot.img" as the boot loader and "synoboot.vmdk" as the only SCSI hard disk. No other disks. synoboot.img is like the usb stick on baremetal (just the bootloader to install dsm) and virtual scsi disks are the HDD's where dsm installed to and wehe your data will be (like when creating a raid set from at least 2 disks Edited September 23, 2017 by IG-88 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IG-88 Posted September 23, 2017 Share #81 Posted September 23, 2017 1 hour ago, AMeggs said: Thanks for the reply, to be honest I'm not sure what the cause is. I tried different configuration and I can get as far as "booting kernel" on the boot screen but when I go to another machine to try and login based on find.synology.com or the Ip I get nothing. if not found in lan, likely a problem with the notwork driver in jun 1.02b (not supported hardware) the specs for the server say broadcom 5709 and at least two people had success unsig my extra.lzma so try it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMeggs Posted September 23, 2017 Share #82 Posted September 23, 2017 1 hour ago, IG-88 said: if not found in lan, likely a problem with the notwork driver in jun 1.02b (not supported hardware) the specs for the server say broadcom 5709 and at least two people had success unsig my extra.lzma so try it Yeah I'm afraid this is over my head of expertise....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IG-88 Posted September 23, 2017 Share #83 Posted September 23, 2017 (edited) 14 minutes ago, AMeggs said: Yeah I'm afraid this is over my head of expertise....... its part of the tutorial, 1st post in in the thread, the part about osfmount If you need to replace the extra.lzma ramdisk with the custom ramdisk provided above then you will also need to mount partition 1 (the one that is 30 MB). if you use windows 10, since creators update (spring, now mandatory for all), you simply connect the usb stick and you will see 2 partitions (drive letters), the second contains the extra.lzma, just backup the original and overwrite with the new one, that it Edited September 23, 2017 by IG-88 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IG-88 Posted September 23, 2017 Share #84 Posted September 23, 2017 3 hours ago, IG-88 said: synoboot.img is like the usb stick on baremetal (just the bootloader to install dsm) and virtual scsi disks are the HDD's where dsm installed to and wehe your data will be (like when creating a raid set from at least 2 disks here someone with esxi postes a picure where you see the configuration Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeannotmer Posted September 23, 2017 Share #85 Posted September 23, 2017 Hello thanks for this new tuto I'm on HP proliant microserver gen 8 i have tried few week ago to migrate from 5.2 to 6.0 but i had an issue I retest today with this new tuto and loader but i'm still have the same issue Synoassistant or url find syno find my server but they ask me to install and not to migrate With this messsage I have 2 Ethernet port and 2 mac adresse i have try on both and i have the same message !! Someone can help me ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMeggs Posted September 23, 2017 Share #86 Posted September 23, 2017 6 hours ago, IG-88 said: its part of the tutorial, 1st post in in the thread, the part about osfmount If you need to replace the extra.lzma ramdisk with the custom ramdisk provided above then you will also need to mount partition 1 (the one that is 30 MB). if you use windows 10, since creators update (spring, now mandatory for all), you simply connect the usb stick and you will see 2 partitions (drive letters), the second contains the extra.lzma, just backup the original and overwrite with the new one, that it Thank you for your help, it appears to be working and Diskstation is installing now. Thanks again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeannotmer Posted September 23, 2017 Share #87 Posted September 23, 2017 OK in fact the french translation is not correct "installation d'un tout nouveau dsm" in english from syno tuto : https://www.synology.com/_images/tutorials/migrate_dsm5/diff_find_02.jpg "installing a newer dsm" But if you have this clic Yes and after you can choose "migration" My migration is still in progress but i pass this message Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imran Posted September 24, 2017 Share #88 Posted September 24, 2017 15 hours ago, IG-88 said: here someone with esxi postes a picure where you see the configuration Thanks IG-88. I'll keep trying! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skyx_99 Posted September 24, 2017 Share #89 Posted September 24, 2017 (edited) Hi all, I'm an absolute Beginner when it comes to DSM... and even Server Config in general. I got a ProLiant 8Gen machine yesterday and plan to install 6.1 following the tutorial... I successfully generated a SN and registered at Synology... Changes that are required in the grub.cfg are vid, pid, sn and mac "Change mac1=0011322CA785 to mac1=[your NIC MAC address #1]" Question: Am I supposed/is there anything to consider using the real MAC adress of the Server machine ?? Many thanks for any input BR Edited September 24, 2017 by Polanskiman removed unnecessary big font Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Polanskiman Posted September 24, 2017 Author Share #90 Posted September 24, 2017 11 minutes ago, Skyx_99 said: Hi all, I'm an absolute Beginner when it comes to DSM... and even Server Config in general. I got a ProLiant 8Gen machine yesterday and plan to install 6.1 following the tutorial... I successfully generated a SN and registered at Synology... Changes that are required in the grub.cfg are vid, pid, sn and mac "Change mac1=0011322CA785 to mac1=[your NIC MAC address #1]" Question: Am I supposed/is there anything to consider using the real MAC adress of the Server machine ?? Many thanks for any input BR Hello and welcome, I moved your post here as it was in direct relation to the tutorial. Being a beginner I would first suggest reading the rules. There is no need for big fonts. To answer to your post, first I do not recommend you register an account with Synology. There is no need for that. As a reminder this is XPEnology and by registering an account with Synology with a generated serial you are simply raising red flags. As for the MAC, no there is nothing to consider about that. Simply use your Gen8 real MAC address. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Polanskiman Posted September 24, 2017 Author Share #91 Posted September 24, 2017 13 hours ago, jeannotmer said: Hello thanks for this new tuto I'm on HP proliant microserver gen 8 i have tried few week ago to migrate from 5.2 to 6.0 but i had an issue I retest today with this new tuto and loader but i'm still have the same issue Synoassistant or url find syno find my server but they ask me to install and not to migrate With this messsage I have 2 Ethernet port and 2 mac adresse i have try on both and i have the same message !! Someone can help me ? 13 hours ago, jeannotmer said: OK in fact the french translation is not correct "installation d'un tout nouveau dsm" in english from syno tuto : https://www.synology.com/_images/tutorials/migrate_dsm5/diff_find_02.jpg "installing a newer dsm" But if you have this clic Yes and after you can choose "migration" My migration is still in progress but i pass this message You need to click Install. The migration option will come after. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skyx_99 Posted September 24, 2017 Share #92 Posted September 24, 2017 Hi Polanskiman, sorry for the capital letters, I simply copy/pasted the Headline of the post and the editor made it bold and capital. Many thanks for your answer. I'm not sure where, but I read somewhere to register with Synology to confirm the SN is valid for the right product... I wondered about exactly the same (raising a flag) but I thought I'd follow the instructions by the letter. I will delete the registered SN at Synology now. BR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Polanskiman Posted September 24, 2017 Author Share #93 Posted September 24, 2017 In reality you don't even need a valid SN for DSM to work but starting from DSM 6.1 Synoloy integrated some checks for some proprietary apps to fully works. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exxtreme Posted September 25, 2017 Share #94 Posted September 25, 2017 Hi guys! I'm currently running DSM 6.0.2-8451 (DS3615xs) on my HP Microserver Gen8... Which would be the right approach for me to update to the latest version? Thanks in advance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kim82 Posted September 25, 2017 Share #95 Posted September 25, 2017 (edited) On 2017-09-23 at 0:05 PM, imran said: I am using "synoboot.img" as the boot loader and "synoboot.vmdk" as the only SCSI hard disk. No other disks. Hello imran! how is it going? so if I understand it correctly, you have created new harddrive(in esxi for the vm?) ----for install of dsm? and created existing harddrive for the vmdk file right? do you have a SAS controller with passthrough in esxi or just adding software discs images in esxi for dsm install? regards K Edited September 25, 2017 by kim82 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skyx_99 Posted September 25, 2017 Share #96 Posted September 25, 2017 Works like a charm on my Gen8. Many many thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imran Posted September 26, 2017 Share #97 Posted September 26, 2017 On 9/25/2017 at 8:23 PM, kim82 said: Hello imran! how is it going? so if I understand it correctly, you have created new harddrive(in esxi for the vm?) ----for install of dsm? and created existing harddrive for the vmdk file right? do you have a SAS controller with passthrough in esxi or just adding software discs images in esxi for dsm install? regards K Hi Kim, Thank you for making suggestions. I just added the existing hard drive for the vmdk file. I didn't make any changes in terms of SAS controller with passthrough as you have suggested. How do I do that if it's required? Sorry but I am unable to find these settings. I tried below as attached but that does not seem to have made any difference. Hope you are able to advise. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SayonaRRa Posted September 26, 2017 Share #98 Posted September 26, 2017 My 5.2 runs well in a W10_64bit VM, but When I updated to 6.xx it broke down. I guess I need a new loader, I cant seem to find the ISO type of loader so i can boot the VM off of. Does anyone have any suggestions how to make that USB image into an ISO ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kim82 Posted September 27, 2017 Share #99 Posted September 27, 2017 18 hours ago, imran said: Hi Kim, Thank you for making suggestions. I just added the existing hard drive for the vmdk file. I didn't make any changes in terms of SAS controller with passthrough as you have suggested. How do I do that if it's required? Sorry but I am unable to find these settings. I tried below as attached but that does not seem to have made any difference. Hope you are able to advise. Thanks. Hey! here is a guide you can follow for pass through https://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1010789 do you actually have your physical disk connected to a sas controller ? If not you don’t need passthrough for dsm. If you are using virtual discs then just add new hard disk before you can install dsm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imran Posted September 27, 2017 Share #100 Posted September 27, 2017 21 minutes ago, kim82 said: Hey! here is a guide you can follow for pass through https://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1010789 do you actually have your physical disk connected to a sas controller ? If not you don’t need passthrough for dsm. If you are using virtual discs then just add new hard disk before you can install dsm. Thanks Kim. I don't have any physical disks connected to a sas controller. I am only using virtual disks and I have tried different options but every time I get the error i.e. unable to format the disk (35). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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