This Guide will discuss how to setup CrashPlan on OMV primarily as a backup server for client machines. A Windows 7 machine will be used for the client but you likely will be able to easily adjust the instructions for an Apple, or Linux, client machine. This guide is for 64 bit OMV. I'm not sure if CrashPlan has a 32 bit package. You will have to check and adjust if they do have one for a 32 bit OMV.
Start a root session with Putty to your OMV:
cd /
mkdir scratch
cd /scratch
tar -zxvf CrashPlan_3.7.0_Linux.tgz
rm CrashPlan_3.7.0_Linux.tgz
cd ./CrashPlan-install
./install.sh
Here I give install steps and responses you should make:
Press enter to continue with installation. [Press ENTER]
Would you like to download the JRE and dedicate it to CrashPlan? (y/n) [y] [Press ENTER to accept y defautl]
Press enter to read the EULA. [Press ENTER to read EULA]
--More--(3%) [Press SPACEBAR several times to get to end of EULA]
Do you accept and agree to be bound by the EULA? (yes/no) [type "yes" and press ENTER]
What directory do you wish to install CrashPlan to? [/usr/local/crashplan] [Press ENTER to accept default]
/usr/local/crashplan does not exist. Create /usr/local/crashplan? (y/n) [y] [Press ENTER to accept default]
What directory do you wish to link the CrashPlan executable to? [/usr/local/bin] [Press ENTER to accept default]
What directory do you wish to store backups in? [/usr/local/var/crashplan] [Press ENTER to accept default. This can be changed easily later as you will see.]
/usr/local/var/crashplan does not exist. Create /usr/local/var/crashplan? (y/n) [y] [Press ENTER to accept default]
What directory contains your SYSV init scripts? [/etc/init.d] [Press ENTER to accept default]
What directory contains your runlevel init links? [/etc/rc2.d] [Press ENTER to accept default]
Is this correct? (y/n) [y] [Press ENTER to accept default]
CrashPlan should be installing now... There is one last query.
Press Enter to complete installation. [Press ENTER to accept default]
Ok, now it is installed and the CrashPlan Engine is running on your OMV. There is a problem though. On reboot the Engine will not start. Do this to fix it.
service crashplan stop
update-rc.d -f crashplan remove
insserv crashplan
service crashplan start
Now reboot and make sure it started automatically with this:
service crashplan status
It should say running. Continue to my next post.