Synology: DSM 7 Installation Archive -- Archived from main thread

[ChuckPa]

@McCluskey14

I manually installed on my new DSM 7 … I did not receive an error when installing but that it had been successful but to still check Permissions.

At this point, if it didn’t ask you to fix the permissions – is where the deviation from normal occurred. That’s a clue it didn’t detect at least the basics of a DSM 6 installation existing.

It’s not a big deal.

Now that you have the package installed, we can get your DSM 6 pulled over

1. Uninstall the DSM 7 app with ERASE option (we don’t want that empty one)

2. Manually set the permissions for the “Plex” shared folder before installing again
   – Use Scenario 2 and it will open the Plex share up so the installer can properly get in there .
   – Make absolutely certain you check the “Apply to this folder, sub-folders and files” checkbox along the way. Without this, you’ll get errors and make a mess.

Synology FAQ - Questions, Answers, and a few How-To's

FAQ 27 - Migrating an existing PMS from DSM 6 to DSM 7 Upgrading PMS from DSM 6 → DSM 7 DSM 7 no longer allows us to go find the metadata directory and use it across volumes before starting PMS (This is the lack of “root” privilege blocking). As such we require the following two conditions are met we will attempt to automatically migrate you; You have an existing DSM 6-created PMS installation and PMS is installed on the SAME STORAGE VOLUME as the “Plex” shared folder (this is critical) …

3. PMS 1.29.2 is the “Public” DSM7 download. Use it please.
   (“Synology” download choice is DSM 6, “Synology (DSM7)” is DSM 7.