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Installation of Synology Nas in Vmware Workstation 15 Pro

The document provides steps to install and configure Synology NAS in VMware Workstation 15 Pro virtual machine. It demonstrates downloading the Synology NAS files, setting up the virtual machine in VMware with adjusted memory and processors, powering on the VM, finding the IP address using Synology tools, accessing the web console to complete installation and configuration, including setting up the administrator account, updating DSM, creating a RAID group with two disks in RAID 1 configuration, making a volume group from the RAID group, creating a shared folder, and adding a user. The process shows how to install and get a basic Synology NAS server running virtually for testing and evaluation purposes.

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Installation of Synology Nas in Vmware Workstation 15 Pro

The document provides steps to install and configure Synology NAS in VMware Workstation 15 Pro virtual machine. It demonstrates downloading the Synology NAS files, setting up the virtual machine in VMware with adjusted memory and processors, powering on the VM, finding the IP address using Synology tools, accessing the web console to complete installation and configuration, including setting up the administrator account, updating DSM, creating a RAID group with two disks in RAID 1 configuration, making a volume group from the RAID group, creating a shared folder, and adding a user. The process shows how to install and get a basic Synology NAS server running virtually for testing and evaluation purposes.

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INTRODUCTION

In this Document, we will


demonstrate how to install,
configure Synology NAS in
VMware Workstation. Synology is
one of the Market Leading NAS in
this Industry. We can also see
different NAS Vendor (QNAP,
Zyxel) in production environment.
There are also Synology
Distributors, System Integrators in
local. Love to use Synology
because it is user friendly and easy
INSTALLATION OF SYNOLOGY NAS IN to manage & maintain.
VMWARE WORKSTATION 15 PRO
11211-VIBE
Installation of Synology NAS in VMware Workstation 15 Pro
Hello All! Good day to you! We are here to install Synology NAS in VMware workstation 15 Pro.
For this Lab, we just created Download Link for Synology NAS to test. Just Click the below!
Link - https://mega.nz/#!edUjRRhD!r-jBC-PTM0GMfDcxTiWsCcb6V9fbC_Iyg6zZQKSQcLg
After Downloading, you will see a folder called “DSM6”. So in this folder you will see VM files
such as Boot.vmdk, DSM 6.nvram & etc.

As per label, DSM 6.vmx that is the file we need to double click. Before we start to do lab, make
sure you have VMware workstation. So for those who have not installed it yet, we will inset the
download link & license key.
Download Link - https://www.vmware.com/products/workstation-pro/workstation-pro-evaluation.html

License Key - FU512-2DG1H-M85QZ-U7Z5T-PY8ZD


After clicking right-click on .vmx file, the below screen show up. This is the initial setting for
Network, Storage Size, Memory and Processor.
Here, I upgrade my memory to 2
GB and Processors to 4 Cores.

For RAID 1, I created additional


5 Hard disk. Make sure your hard
disk type should be “SATA”.

We need to Change Network


Adapter “NAT” mode to
“Bridged”.

After changing setting, click “Power on this Virtual Machine”. After that you will see a dialog box
that contains “if you don’t know, answer “I copied it”. So we just click on “I Copied It”.
This is the screen after you click “I Copied It’. So from now on, we just need to find the IP
Address of this Virtual Machine where Synology DSM installed. We can find Synology’s device
IP with Synology Web Assistance & Synology Assistant (like IP Scanning tools but this only
scan for Synology Device.)

Please open the Browser and type find.synology in search bar. (Sometimes it may take up to 3 or
4 times to see this DiskStation. Below picture is how you will see if you find Synology NAS in
your Network.

Here my IP Address is 192.168.99.254/24. Status is in Ready state. We will configure from web
console by using this IP Address otherwise just click “Connect”.
First of all, we will set up Administrator Account. After that, Click Next.

To complete the installation steps, click Next button.


For DSM (Disk Station Manager) Update & Maintenance, we can give installation schedule and
chose options whatever you want.

Now installation of Complete. Ready to run! System Health is Good.


In Control Panel, we can create Users and User Group, shared folder and also File Services
(NFS/AFP/SMB) for file sharing
Creating RAID Group
Click Main Menu > Storage Manager > RAID Group and then click on RAID Group for single
volume or iSCSI (Block Level) then Click Next.

For this Lab, we are doing RAID 1. (We recommend to do RAID 5 or 6 for disk failover and
data redundancy.)

By dragging Disks to RAID Group, it will create and then next. If warning box occurs, click Ok.
Preview and Confirm Settings, after that click Apply.

Before using storage on RAID Groups, we have to create Volume Group first. Now creating
RAID Group is ok.
Creating Volume Group
RAID Group 1 is that we created recently and file system is currently support Btrfs & ext4. Now
we are choosing ext4.
Creating Shared Folder
Click Control Panel > Shared Folder> then Create.
For Advanced, we can enable quota limit. Also User Permission like No access, Read/Write, Read
Only, Custom.

Testing from my PC, it is ok and accessable.

UNC Path – \\192.168.99.254\qc


Creating User
Click Control Panel > User > Create.

We can set password manually and also generate password from its built-in Password Generator.
After user created, it will ask you to select group for user. After that, shard folders will show up if
you want some users not to access some shared folders, you can set deny permission for that user
so the user will no longer access that folder.

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