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A Windows 7 machine will be used for the client but you likely will be able to easily adjust the instructions for an Apple, or Li nu x, client machine.

You will have to check and adjust if they do have one for a 32 bit OMV.

Start a root session with Putty to your OMV: cd mkdir scratch cd scratch.

Press ENTER Would you like to download the JRE and dedicate it to CrashPlan (yn) y Press ENTER to accept y defautl Press enter to read the EULA.

Press ENTER to read EULA --More--(3) Press SPACEBAR several times to get to end of EULA Do you accept and agree to be bound by the EULA (yesno) type yes and press ENTER What directory do you wish to install CrashPlan to usrlocalcrashplan Press ENTER to accept default usrlocalcrashplan does not exist.

Create usrlocalcrashplan (yn) y Press ENTER to accept default What directory do you wish to link the CrashPlan executable to usrlocalbin Press ENTER to accept default What directory do you wish to store backups in usrlocalvarcrashplan Press ENTER to accept default.

Create usrlocalvarcrashplan (yn) y Press ENTER to accept default What directory contains your SYSV init scripts etcinit.d Press ENTER to accept default What directory contains your runlevel init links etcrc2.d Press ENTER to accept default Is this correct (yn) y Press ENTER to accept default CrashPlan should be installing now.

Press ENTER to accept default Ok, now it is installed and the CrashPlan Engine is running on your OMV.

Do this to fix it.

Now reboot and make sure it started automatically with this: service crashplan status It should say running.

The first thing we will do is use Putty to create an SSH tunnel to your OMV.

The port should be 22 by default.

Leave that. In the Saved Session field put in CrashPlan so you know what this saved config is for in future sessions.

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Then below click on plus sign next to SSH and then click on Tunnels.

Now back on the tree at the left use the scrollbar and scroll to the top.

Then over on the right click on save to save the settings for future use.

Then exit. Now is a good time to to check your ssh settings in OMVs web-gui.

Go to ServicesSSH and then on the right make sure there is a checkmark on tcp forwarding (permit ssh tunneling).

If there isnt a checkmark put one there and click on save and apply.

Go to this link and download the appropriate version for Windows, 32 or 64 bit.

Install it. Once installed we need to edit a file so we can connect to the CrashPlan Engine on your OMV.

Click on START (flag icon lower left corner), click on All Programs, Scroll down and click on Accessories folder.

Once WordPad is open on the upper lefthand corner you will see the word paste then a clipboard above it.

Click on it. Then click on open.

Then slide down the scrollbar til you see Computer on the left tree.

Below computer you should see your system drive, usually the C drive.

Click on ui.properties to highlight it and then click on open.

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