Add shared folder on 2nd Synology 918+

[Hollymoon]

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I have PMS running successfully on my DS918+ holding my films/TV.
After adding a second DS918+ for other media and security cameras, I moved my music to this NAS to free space on the first.
How do I now add the music folder on the new NAS to PMS on the original. I don’t see the second NAS when I browse for the folder in library set up.
Both Synology are running the current release of DSM7 release 3.
PMS is 1.29.2.6364-7000

I have been scratching my head on this for days. Any help to fix would be great.

[MrWaxWeazle]

It’s two different devices, so… As far as I’m aware, you can’t add folders from 1 NAS to another NAS’ Plex setup. You have to install the plex service on there and have a separate device in the list.

[ChuckPa]

@Hollymoon

You can connect one Syno holding data to another Syno holding data and where PMS lives.

To explain how this works, let’s name these:

1. Primary (where PMS lives)
2. Secondary (where only data lives)

Where we stand:

1. Primary PMS is fully configured and running
2. Want to add the data from Seconday to PMS on Primary

How we do it: Please adapt the folders to suit your need

On both machines:

• Enable NFS service if not already enabled.
  
  

On Secondary:

1. Select the shared folder you want to use on the Primary NAS
   – FIleStation → Left Panel
   – Right-Click the folder you want to use on Primary
   – Properties → Permissions tab

2. Add permission for “Everybody” to “Read only” (allows all files over the network)
   – “Apply to this folder sub-folders and files” (important)

On Primary:

1. Create a shared folder for the other syno: (Good practice but NOT required)

2. Optionally create a sub-folder to mount to if a conflict arises. (DSM creates sub-folders for you based on remote shared folder name)

3. Open FileStation
   – Tools → Mount Remote Folder → NFS
   

   

4. FIll out the mount spec
   

   

5. Check “Mount Automatically on startup”

6. Mount

[Hollymoon]

Many thanks for this, very helpful. Followed it but when I try and mount the remote nfs folder,I get an error saying that nfs is not enabled.

[tom80H]

Did you enable NFS on both machines as described in Chuck’s post (“On both machines”)?

[Hollymoon]

Tom, thanks for the reply, yes I believe I did, been through then process step by step more than once. I am wondering if there are other settings which may cause a problem

[ChuckPa]

I forgot one step. I am sorry.

On the synology which is exporting (Secondary) create the NFS rule:

Here is how it looks exporting the “Animated” shared folder on ‘/volume1’

Export to IP: * (Any host on my LAN)
Permission: Read/Write or ‘Read Only’
Squash: “no mapping”
Security: “sys”

Check the 3 boxes to allow access to subfolders.

Now the mount will succeed

[Hollymoon]

Chuck, many thanks that fixed it