Install Xpenology 6.2.x on Proxmox 6.2-x
For the most part, this guide: https://www.uxora.com/other/virtualization/55-install-xpenology-dsm-6-2-x-on-proxmox can be followed, but some tweaks have to be made before starting.
- Create the VM and modify the configuration as instructed in the Uxora article.
- BEFORE booting the VM, edit the grub.cfg inside the synoboot image:
- To mount the GRUB partition: mount -o offset=$((512*2048)) synoboot.img /mnt/syno
- Then edit parts of /mnt/syno/grub/grub.cfg according to this guide: https://xpenology.com/forum/topic/7973-tutorial-installmigrate-dsm-52-to-61x-juns-loader/
- The vid=0x46f4 OR 0xf400
- The pid=0x0001 OR 0xf400
- Reference: https://xpenology.com/forum/topic/23999-proxmox-60-7-jun-103b-ds3617xs-dsm-622-24922-4-kernel-panic/?tab=comments#comment-129273
- Then boot the VM, and you should be able to install using the automated installer.
- Follow the post install steps in the Uxora article.
- Add a new volume in Proxmox and create a storage in Storage Manager
- DONE!
How to activate Active Backup features
Note: Must change admin user password to something without any special characters.
Visit the URLs in order:
https://synology.unixfy.net/webapi/auth.cgi?api=SYNO.API.Auth&method=Login&version=1&account=yourusername&passwd=yourpassword
https://synology.unixfy.net/webapi/entry.cgi?api=SYNO.ActiveBackup.Activation&method=set&version=1&activated=true&serial_number="yoursn"
https://synology.unixfy.net/webapi/entry.cgi?api=SYNO.ActiveBackup.Activation&method=get&version=1