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AMAHI NOTES
Amahi 7 and Greyhole on a HP Proliant Gen8 MicroServer
This is a headless system so all commands after the installation of Fedora, are run in a bash
terminal using puTTY.
All commands are run as Root.
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HARDWARE
HP Proliant Gen8 MicroServer
4 x 3TB Seagate NAS HDDs (Storage Drives)
1 x 120gb Samsung PRO 840 SSD (OS Drive)
PARTITIONS
ON 120GB SSD
/ 100gb
/boot 1gb
/swap 10gb
ALL FOUR 3TB DRIVES USED FOR GREYHOLE SHARES.
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INSTALL AMAHI AS PER INSTRUCTIONS ON EXPRESS CD
http://docs.amahi.org/amahi-7-express
ADD HARD DRIVES
This is for 3TB drives, for 4TB drives see the following:
https://wiki.amahi.org/index.php/Partitions_Over_2.1_TB#4TB_Hard_Drives
Do the same with all 4 storage drives, sda, sdb, sdc and sdd.
Type Yes to all sector/aligning warnings.
parted /dev/sda
(parted) mklabel gpt
(parted) unit s
(parted) mkpart primary ext4 2048 -1
(parted) quit
FORMAT THE DRIVES
Change parameters for the rest of the drives, sdb1, sdc1, sdd1.
mkfs.ext4 -T largefile /dev/sda1
mkfs.ext4 -L greyhole01 /dev/sda1
MOUNT HARD DRIVES
hda-diskmount
EDIT FSTAB FILE
Add the output from the hda-fstab command for all HDDs into the fstab file by editing it with
the "vi" command, once done use :w to write the changes and then :q to exit, if any mistakes
are done type :q! to exit without saving)
vi /etc/fstab
Example:
#
# /etc/fstab
# Created by anaconda on Mon Dec 29 16:50:13 2014
#
# Accessible filesystems, by reference, are maintained under '/dev/disk'
# See man pages fstab(5), findfs(8), mount(8) and/or blkid(8) for more info
#
# Drive1 = Seagate NAS HDD 3TB in Microserver Bay 1 from left
UUID=e4e8b1c4-8b0d-449a-93fa-a41c7b602846 /var/hda/files/drives/drive1 ext4 defaults 1 2
#
# Drive2 = Seagate NAS HDD 3TB in Microserver Bay 2 from left
UUID=0cb468a6-cbaa-42a2-b8ad-225c92b24cd1 /var/hda/files/drives/drive2 ext4 defaults 1 2
#
# Drive3 = Seagate NAS HDD 3TB in Microserver Bay 3 from left
UUID=296f9c9b-2956-47cc-93be-4345dab6fdb5 /var/hda/files/drives/drive3 ext4 defaults 1 2
#
# Drive4 = Seagate NAS HDD 3TB in Microserver Bay 4 from left
UUID=56a00dc8-7e1e-469f-ae66-25a64a3bc617 /var/hda/files/drives/drive4 ext4 defaults 1 2
#
# Drive5 = Samsung 840 SSD 120GB mounted in Optical Drive bay
UUID=15f18177-4eca-40e8-8a7f-c76fe9843d3c / ext4 defaults 1 1
UUID=efc98aea-32c9-495c-8b5b-fb28b3751a5c /boot ext4 defaults 1 2
UUID=40c736ea-c943-43eb-9f4a-f0e1535651ee swap swap defaults 0 0
(Note that all lines starting with # are for personal reference/information only, you are not
required to input any additional information, but it helps to keep things organized).
If any errors arise with this proccess, see:
https://wiki.amahi.org/index.php/Adding_a_second_hard_drive_to_your_HDA
REBOOT SERVER AND CHECK AMAHI SERVER FOR MOUNTED DRIVES
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INSTALL GREYHOLE
yum -y install amahi-greyhole
hda-create-db-and-user greyhole
mysql -u greyhole -pgreyhole greyhole < /usr/share/greyhole/schema-mysql.sql
EDIT GREYHOLE.CONF
vi /etc/greyhole.conf
Make sure both, user and pass are "greyhole".
Example:
db_user = greyhole
db_pass = greyhole
db_name = greyhole
Edit the number of copies per share to have in the storage pool.
Example:
num_copies[Bkups] = max
num_copies[Books] = 2
num_copies[Docs] = max
num_copies[Movies] = 2
num_copies[Music] = 2
num_copies[Media] = max
num_copies[Public] = 2
num_copies[Work] = max
Add your drives to the storage pool:
Example:
storage_pool_drive = /var/hda/files/drives/drive1/gh, min_free: 10gb
storage_pool_drive = /var/hda/files/drives/drive2/gh, min_free: 10gb
storage_pool_drive = /var/hda/files/drives/drive3/gh, min_free: 10gb
storage_pool_drive = /var/hda/files/drives/drive4/gh, min_free: 10gb
In the Amahi Dashboard, Shares tab add these command lines into the Extra Parameters for each
share being used with Greyhole:
(this command lines can be double checked on the smb.conf file)
dfree command = /usr/bin/greyhole-dfree
vfs objects = greyhole
Enable and Restart Greyhole and Samba:
systemctl enable amahi-greyhole.service
service smb restart
service amahi-greyhole restart
MONITOR OUTPUT ON GREYHOLE.LOG FOR STATUS AND POSSIBLE ERRORS
tail -f /var/log/greyhole.log
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PROBLEM 1
ERROR:
no metadata files could be created
NOTES:
While adding a file to one of the shares, greyhole.log gave me an error about metadata files
not being able to be created.
CHECK:
greyhole -s
If drives show up as offline it means that the gh directory wasn't created on the drives.
SOLUTION:
https://forums.amahi.org/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=5248
Execute the following command for all drives in the storage pool, then restart the service and
check for drives status again, they should show up as online.
mkdir -p /var/hda/files/drives/drive1/gh
systemctl restart amahi-greyhole.service
greyhole -s
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PROBLEM 2
ERROR:
Mismatched share names on greyhole.conf and sms.conf
NOTES:
Noticed the error on greyhole.log while greyhole tried to create copies of files added to the
storage pool.
SOLUTION:
Make sure when you set the number of copies on the "vi /etc/greyhole.conf" command, that all
[xShare] names on the file match exactly the share names on the Amahi Dashboard, delete any
shares that do not show up on the Dashboard.
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PROBLEM 3
ERROR:
LZ for one of the shares filed up and Greyhole stopped making copies of the files.
NOTES:
Added about 200GB of data to one of the shares, the LZ for it was located on the "/" partition
on the 120GB SSD (sde) used for the OS.
Moved all share's LZs to the 4th 3TB storage drive (sdd).
SOLUTION:
(This step is optional) First, you might want to wait until the Greyhole is done working on the
latest changes. You can check that by looking at /var/log/greyhole.log: look for Sleeping...
log lines. Doing so will speed up the whole process of moving your LZ.
Stop the Samba service.
Turn off the Watchdog option in the Setup > Advanced > Servers page, and then stop the service.
Stop the Greyhole service.
Turn off the Watchdog option in the Setup > Advanced > Servers page, and then stop the service.
Move the LZ from it's old path to the new path.
mv /var/hda/files/xshare /var/hda/files/drives/drive4/xshare
Edit the share path on the Amahi Dashboard, Shares tab to reflect the new path.
Repeat the last two steps for all the shares you'd like to relocate.
Restart the Greyhole service.
Turn back on the Watchdog option in the Setup > Advanced > Servers page, and then start the
service.
Restart the Samba service.
Turn back on the Watchdog option in the Setup > Advanced > Servers page, and then start the
service.
Check Greyhole for possible errors.
greyhole --fsck
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HANDY COMMANDS
vi opens a file editor
:w saves changes to an edited file
:q quits the vi editor
:q! quits he vi editor without saving changes
fdisk -l hdd's stats
df -h hdd's stats
fpaste paste file information
ls shows files and directories in the indicated path
greyhole -f pushes/forces greyhole to star copies of files in shares
greyhole -s shows drives in the storage pool
greyhole --view-queue Greyhole work queue
greyhole --debug xfile Greyhole info about a particular file in the shares
tail -f /var/log/greyhole.log monitor greyhole activity
service x restart restart a service
service x stop stop a service
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SOURCES:
HP PROLIANT GEN8 MICROSERVER
http://www.silentpcreview.com/article1377-page8.html
https://b3n.org/m1015-hba-in-the-hp-gen8-microserver/
http://shamsblog.crashcode.net/2013/09/amahi-7-and-greyhole-on-hp-proliant_5.html
AMAHI
https://wiki.amahi.org/index.php/Main_Page
https://wiki.amahi.org/index.php/Vista_Networking_Issue
https://wiki.amahi.org/index.php/Network_troubleshooting
http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=amahi
HARD DRIVES
https://wiki.amahi.org/index.php/Adding_a_second_hard_drive_to_your_HDA#Mount_the_hard_drive
https://wiki.amahi.org/index.php/Partitions_Over_2.1_TB
http://rainbow.chard.org/2013/01/30/how-to-align-partitions-for-best-performance-using-parted/
GREYHOLE
https://wiki.amahi.org/index.php/Greyhole
https://wiki.amahi.org/index.php/Amahi_7_Create_Manual_Greyhole_Setup
https://forums.amahi.org/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=5248
https://github.com/gboudreau/Greyhole/wiki/AboutLZ
https://github.com/gboudreau/Greyhole/wiki/MovingLandingZone
https://wiki.amahi.org/index.php/Greyhole_troubleshooting
Amahi 7 and Greyhole on a HP Proliant Gen8 MicroServer
This is a headless system so all commands after the installation of Fedora, are run in a bash
terminal using puTTY.
All commands are run as Root.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
HARDWARE
HP Proliant Gen8 MicroServer
4 x 3TB Seagate NAS HDDs (Storage Drives)
1 x 120gb Samsung PRO 840 SSD (OS Drive)
PARTITIONS
ON 120GB SSD
/ 100gb
/boot 1gb
/swap 10gb
ALL FOUR 3TB DRIVES USED FOR GREYHOLE SHARES.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
INSTALL AMAHI AS PER INSTRUCTIONS ON EXPRESS CD
http://docs.amahi.org/amahi-7-express
ADD HARD DRIVES
This is for 3TB drives, for 4TB drives see the following:
https://wiki.amahi.org/index.php/Partitions_Over_2.1_TB#4TB_Hard_Drives
Do the same with all 4 storage drives, sda, sdb, sdc and sdd.
Type Yes to all sector/aligning warnings.
parted /dev/sda
(parted) mklabel gpt
(parted) unit s
(parted) mkpart primary ext4 2048 -1
(parted) quit
FORMAT THE DRIVES
Change parameters for the rest of the drives, sdb1, sdc1, sdd1.
mkfs.ext4 -T largefile /dev/sda1
mkfs.ext4 -L greyhole01 /dev/sda1
MOUNT HARD DRIVES
hda-diskmount
EDIT FSTAB FILE
Add the output from the hda-fstab command for all HDDs into the fstab file by editing it with
the "vi" command, once done use :w to write the changes and then :q to exit, if any mistakes
are done type :q! to exit without saving)
vi /etc/fstab
Example:
#
# /etc/fstab
# Created by anaconda on Mon Dec 29 16:50:13 2014
#
# Accessible filesystems, by reference, are maintained under '/dev/disk'
# See man pages fstab(5), findfs(8), mount(8) and/or blkid(8) for more info
#
# Drive1 = Seagate NAS HDD 3TB in Microserver Bay 1 from left
UUID=e4e8b1c4-8b0d-449a-93fa-a41c7b602846 /var/hda/files/drives/drive1 ext4 defaults 1 2
#
# Drive2 = Seagate NAS HDD 3TB in Microserver Bay 2 from left
UUID=0cb468a6-cbaa-42a2-b8ad-225c92b24cd1 /var/hda/files/drives/drive2 ext4 defaults 1 2
#
# Drive3 = Seagate NAS HDD 3TB in Microserver Bay 3 from left
UUID=296f9c9b-2956-47cc-93be-4345dab6fdb5 /var/hda/files/drives/drive3 ext4 defaults 1 2
#
# Drive4 = Seagate NAS HDD 3TB in Microserver Bay 4 from left
UUID=56a00dc8-7e1e-469f-ae66-25a64a3bc617 /var/hda/files/drives/drive4 ext4 defaults 1 2
#
# Drive5 = Samsung 840 SSD 120GB mounted in Optical Drive bay
UUID=15f18177-4eca-40e8-8a7f-c76fe9843d3c / ext4 defaults 1 1
UUID=efc98aea-32c9-495c-8b5b-fb28b3751a5c /boot ext4 defaults 1 2
UUID=40c736ea-c943-43eb-9f4a-f0e1535651ee swap swap defaults 0 0
(Note that all lines starting with # are for personal reference/information only, you are not
required to input any additional information, but it helps to keep things organized).
If any errors arise with this proccess, see:
https://wiki.amahi.org/index.php/Adding_a_second_hard_drive_to_your_HDA
REBOOT SERVER AND CHECK AMAHI SERVER FOR MOUNTED DRIVES
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
INSTALL GREYHOLE
yum -y install amahi-greyhole
hda-create-db-and-user greyhole
mysql -u greyhole -pgreyhole greyhole < /usr/share/greyhole/schema-mysql.sql
EDIT GREYHOLE.CONF
vi /etc/greyhole.conf
Make sure both, user and pass are "greyhole".
Example:
db_user = greyhole
db_pass = greyhole
db_name = greyhole
Edit the number of copies per share to have in the storage pool.
Example:
num_copies[Bkups] = max
num_copies[Books] = 2
num_copies[Docs] = max
num_copies[Movies] = 2
num_copies[Music] = 2
num_copies[Media] = max
num_copies[Public] = 2
num_copies[Work] = max
Add your drives to the storage pool:
Example:
storage_pool_drive = /var/hda/files/drives/drive1/gh, min_free: 10gb
storage_pool_drive = /var/hda/files/drives/drive2/gh, min_free: 10gb
storage_pool_drive = /var/hda/files/drives/drive3/gh, min_free: 10gb
storage_pool_drive = /var/hda/files/drives/drive4/gh, min_free: 10gb
In the Amahi Dashboard, Shares tab add these command lines into the Extra Parameters for each
share being used with Greyhole:
(this command lines can be double checked on the smb.conf file)
dfree command = /usr/bin/greyhole-dfree
vfs objects = greyhole
Enable and Restart Greyhole and Samba:
systemctl enable amahi-greyhole.service
service smb restart
service amahi-greyhole restart
MONITOR OUTPUT ON GREYHOLE.LOG FOR STATUS AND POSSIBLE ERRORS
tail -f /var/log/greyhole.log
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
PROBLEM 1
ERROR:
no metadata files could be created
NOTES:
While adding a file to one of the shares, greyhole.log gave me an error about metadata files
not being able to be created.
CHECK:
greyhole -s
If drives show up as offline it means that the gh directory wasn't created on the drives.
SOLUTION:
https://forums.amahi.org/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=5248
Execute the following command for all drives in the storage pool, then restart the service and
check for drives status again, they should show up as online.
mkdir -p /var/hda/files/drives/drive1/gh
systemctl restart amahi-greyhole.service
greyhole -s
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
PROBLEM 2
ERROR:
Mismatched share names on greyhole.conf and sms.conf
NOTES:
Noticed the error on greyhole.log while greyhole tried to create copies of files added to the
storage pool.
SOLUTION:
Make sure when you set the number of copies on the "vi /etc/greyhole.conf" command, that all
[xShare] names on the file match exactly the share names on the Amahi Dashboard, delete any
shares that do not show up on the Dashboard.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
PROBLEM 3
ERROR:
LZ for one of the shares filed up and Greyhole stopped making copies of the files.
NOTES:
Added about 200GB of data to one of the shares, the LZ for it was located on the "/" partition
on the 120GB SSD (sde) used for the OS.
Moved all share's LZs to the 4th 3TB storage drive (sdd).
SOLUTION:
(This step is optional) First, you might want to wait until the Greyhole is done working on the
latest changes. You can check that by looking at /var/log/greyhole.log: look for Sleeping...
log lines. Doing so will speed up the whole process of moving your LZ.
Stop the Samba service.
Turn off the Watchdog option in the Setup > Advanced > Servers page, and then stop the service.
Stop the Greyhole service.
Turn off the Watchdog option in the Setup > Advanced > Servers page, and then stop the service.
Move the LZ from it's old path to the new path.
mv /var/hda/files/xshare /var/hda/files/drives/drive4/xshare
Edit the share path on the Amahi Dashboard, Shares tab to reflect the new path.
Repeat the last two steps for all the shares you'd like to relocate.
Restart the Greyhole service.
Turn back on the Watchdog option in the Setup > Advanced > Servers page, and then start the
service.
Restart the Samba service.
Turn back on the Watchdog option in the Setup > Advanced > Servers page, and then start the
service.
Check Greyhole for possible errors.
greyhole --fsck
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
HANDY COMMANDS
vi opens a file editor
:w saves changes to an edited file
:q quits the vi editor
:q! quits he vi editor without saving changes
fdisk -l hdd's stats
df -h hdd's stats
fpaste paste file information
ls shows files and directories in the indicated path
greyhole -f pushes/forces greyhole to star copies of files in shares
greyhole -s shows drives in the storage pool
greyhole --view-queue Greyhole work queue
greyhole --debug xfile Greyhole info about a particular file in the shares
tail -f /var/log/greyhole.log monitor greyhole activity
service x restart restart a service
service x stop stop a service
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SOURCES:
HP PROLIANT GEN8 MICROSERVER
http://www.silentpcreview.com/article1377-page8.html
https://b3n.org/m1015-hba-in-the-hp-gen8-microserver/
http://shamsblog.crashcode.net/2013/09/amahi-7-and-greyhole-on-hp-proliant_5.html
AMAHI
https://wiki.amahi.org/index.php/Main_Page
https://wiki.amahi.org/index.php/Vista_Networking_Issue
https://wiki.amahi.org/index.php/Network_troubleshooting
http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=amahi
HARD DRIVES
https://wiki.amahi.org/index.php/Adding_a_second_hard_drive_to_your_HDA#Mount_the_hard_drive
https://wiki.amahi.org/index.php/Partitions_Over_2.1_TB
http://rainbow.chard.org/2013/01/30/how-to-align-partitions-for-best-performance-using-parted/
GREYHOLE
https://wiki.amahi.org/index.php/Greyhole
https://wiki.amahi.org/index.php/Amahi_7_Create_Manual_Greyhole_Setup
https://forums.amahi.org/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=5248
https://github.com/gboudreau/Greyhole/wiki/AboutLZ
https://github.com/gboudreau/Greyhole/wiki/MovingLandingZone
https://wiki.amahi.org/index.php/Greyhole_troubleshooting
