Documentation for managing storage volumes across the homelab, including how media disks are passed to OpenMediaVault, exported via NFS, and mounted persistently on other VMs.
| Disk | Proxmox mapping | Device | Mounted In OMV | Use |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5TB HDD | scsi1 | /dev/disk/by-partuuid/f544664d-b5bf-7349-8fd7-59c989bd01bf |
/srv/dev-disk-by-uuid-48a0a980-c6c4-4cee-a2bb-1e67569e1498 |
Primary media storage |
| 250GB SSD | scsi2 | /dev/disk/by-partuuid/e87556d0-169d-2f46-9a70-93a4217a0e9d |
/srv/dev-disk-by-uuid-3261187d-f554-418d-ab67-d22d15e24741 |
Auxiliary/overflow media |
In OpenMediaVault (on VM open-media-vault):
Exports are configured via the OMV NFS plugin.
| NFS Share / Export Path | Underlying Disk Mount in OMV |
|---|---|
/export/wd-media |
/srv/dev-disk-by-uuid-48a0a980-c6c4-4cee-a2bb-1e67569e1498 |
/export/media-2 |
/srv/dev-disk-by-uuid-3261187d-f554-418d-ab67-d22d15e24741 |
Mounted in both debian-docker and plex VMs using /etc/fstab:
192.168.1.203:/export/wd-media /mnt/wd-media nfs defaults,sync 0 0
192.168.1.203:/export/media-2 /mnt/media-2 nfs defaults,sync 0 0
To apply without rebooting:
sudo mount -a
Ensure mount points exist first:
sudo mkdir -p /mnt/wd-media /mnt/media-2
Use static IP for OMV (192.168.1.203) to avoid NFS mount failures
Avoid NFS mounts over Wi-Fi – Ethernet preferred
Use sync to ensure safer writes at the cost of some performance
Always run mount -a after fstab changes to validate
To verify share availability from a client:
showmount -e 192.168.1.203
To test mount manually (bypassing fstab):
sudo mount -t nfs 192.168.1.203:/export/wd-media /mnt/wd-media
Check logs on client VM if mount fails:
journalctl -xe