# PLEX using OMV as an NAS **URL:** \ **Category:** Plex Media Server\ **Tags:** openmediavault\ **Created:** [April 2, 2023, 12:49am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-using-omv-as-an-nas/836457 "2023-04-02T00:49:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dwdonnelly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e79b87/32.png) [@dwdonnelly](https://forums.plex.tv/u/dwdonnelly)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2023, 12:49am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-using-omv-as-an-nas/836457/1 "2023-04-02T00:49:40Z")
I have a PLEX Media Server (PMS) running on an RPI4 4GB model and was attached to an RPI4 that was configured manually as a NAS. The old RPI finally stopped working so an excellent to upgrade to OMV. But - I am confused. I “thought” I could point my PMS to the OMV as it is an NAS. But…I am at a loss to understand how. All my research states that PMS or PLEX needs to be installed on / in OMV. Any help to help this newbie would be appreciated. ---
**Author:** ![fallenczar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ec9cab/32.png) [@fallenczar](https://forums.plex.tv/u/fallenczar)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2023, 4:55am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-using-omv-as-an-nas/836457/2 "2023-04-02T04:55:04Z")
1. You can point your existing PMS install to shared folders on OMV. Check OMV wiki/faq to see how you can make shared folders 2. You could install PMS on OMV. This could be done via portainer /docker P.S have you read the new user guide `https://wiki.omv-extras.org/doku.php?id=omv6:new_user_guide` ---
**Author:** ![dwdonnelly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e79b87/32.png) [@dwdonnelly](https://forums.plex.tv/u/dwdonnelly)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2023, 6:54pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-using-omv-as-an-nas/836457/3 "2023-04-02T18:54:18Z")
Have read the OMV FAQs, they did not address my question. They did hold a couple of other data points for me though - thanks! I also read the new user guide (again - as the first time was pretty quick - just to make sure I did not miss anything.) And it does not address my question. Well - not directly. It does present how to establish and connect your Windows PC - and I have completed that. What I now need to do is connect my PLEX RPi4 to the OMV. I think I need to update (point) my PLEX RPi4 via the fstab file to the OMV. But how? Having switched from my old RPi4 NAS to OMV, I used the following command in fstab: [//192.168.0.38/share](https://192.168.0.38/share) /mnt cifs rw,credentials=/home/pi/.smbcredentials,forceuid,uid=1000,forcegid,gid=1000,x-systemd.automount 0 0 Ok - this is where I am now confused. I have two drives on the OMV. The shared folders are pi\_1 on one drive and pi\_2 on another drive. Do I need to make two entries: [//192.168.0.32/pi\_1](https://192.168.0.32/pi_1) /mnt cifs rw,credentials=/home/pi/.smbcredentials,forceuid,uid=1000,forcegid,gid=1000,x-systemd.automount 0 0 [//192.168.0.32/pi\_2](https://192.168.0.32/pi_2) /mnt cifs rw,credentials=/home/pi/.smbcredentials,forceuid,uid=1000,forcegid,gid=1000,x-systemd.automount 0 0 but - what goes in place of “/mnt”? Its a different ?mnt" folder in OMV. ---
**Author:** ![fallenczar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ec9cab/32.png) [@fallenczar](https://forums.plex.tv/u/fallenczar)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2023, 1:39am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-using-omv-as-an-nas/836457/4 "2023-05-27T01:39:48Z")
1.you need to make two entries for pi\_1 and pi\_2 in your fstab. 2. the /home/pi parts needs to be different for both these entries, you could use pi1 and pi2 for eg. 3. the exact path of the smb share will depend on OMV, a quick google search shows this is likely to e [//192.168.0.32/pi\_2](https://192.168.0.32/pi_2) (unless you have a folder /mnt in this share that you want to mount) - if this does not work, ask in the OMV forums. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2023, 1:40am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-using-omv-as-an-nas/836457/5 "2023-08-25T01:40:41Z")
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