HP Media Vault - Manual (Page 21)

Using the NetBIOS name instead of the IP address
Some Linux installations, such as Ubuntu®, may not be able to find the media vault by name without additional
configuration. The default NetBIOS name for the HP Media Vault is HPMediaVault. To use the NetBIOS name,
take the following steps:
1. First, check if the Linux system can already resolve the NetBIOS name of the media vault.
a. Open a terminal session.
b. Enter ping hpmediavault
2. If pinging fails, edit the nsswitch.conf file, as follows:
a. Become root.
b. In a terminal session, edit the /etc/nsswitch.conf file.
c. In the nsswitch.conf file, add wins to the following line:
hosts: files dns
so it reads
hosts: wins files dns
3. Install winbind, which provides Name Service Switch capability.
4. To ensure that the installation works, ping the media vault:
ping hpmediavault
It is now much easier to mount volumes or access configuration screens because the IP address does not have to
be known.
Connecting to HP Media Vault using Samba command lines
The method described here is not persistent. To have the Linux system automatically connect to the media vault
every time it is rebooted, see the documentation or man pages for the Linux distribution.
Take the following steps to connect a Linux system to the media vault:
1. Open a Terminal session.
2. Become root.
3. If necessary install the Samba plugin.
4. Create a directory for the shared files.
Example: mkdir /mnt/sharefiles
5. Mount the media vault Shared Folder to the Linux computer, using the following syntax:
mount -t smbfs //hpmediavault/sharename /mountpoint/sharedirectory
NetBIOS name example: mount -t smbfs //hpmediavault/FileShare /mnt/sharefiles
IP address example: mount -t smbfs //192.168.1.102/FileShare /mnt/sharefiles
Note: FileShare is one of the default Shared Folders on the Media Vault.