I've been wrestling a similar problem with a new frontend as well. Everything works fine after I mounted the backends media directory into the same place on the frontend as it is on the backend. Here's the issue, the backend is usually off, it uses nvram to wake-up record then goes back off. If I turn on the frontend it uses wake-on lan to wake the backend, that works 80% of the time. Problems is that the directory that's mapped that contains all the media (videos, music, games, etc) doesn't get mapped during the frontend bootup, because the backend has not completely started yet. So I'll either have to ssh in and mount it manually, or restart the frontend. Any suggestions on how to have the mount command executed after the backend is known to be fully operational (frontend connected to backend), or try to mount in some interval until it does get mounted? The backend only takes about 30 seconds to get up. I was planning to write a script of some sort, just hadn't gotten around to it yet. Hopefully someone has had a similar issue and has found a solution.
Thanks.
Calvin
I've been wanting to have my backend shutdown when not recording/transcoding, but have been trying to figure out a resolution to exactly that problem. I was hoping there's some kind of "mount volume" command or even a "run arbitrary script" option, but haven't found one.
About the only idea I've come up with is to write a script that starts up the backend, mounts the library, then starts the frontend. Haven't tried writing it yet. Alternatively, I could move the library to a 3rd box that is always running and just leave the mount up, but I don't have the spare hardware, and I'd rather not waste the juice.
Anybody else got a silver bullet for this one?
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