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Jul 08, 2015

CrashPlan Cheat Sheet and Tweaks

lBelow are Command Codes, Tweaks and info on CrashPlan. If you need me to add any more or if something changes feel free to let me know and I will adjust it. #As of CrashPlan 4.2, CrashPlan wil...

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chriscena

Aspirant

Oct 05, 2015

I managed to get Crashplan 4.4.1 up and running on my NAS (ReadyNAS Ultra 4). All I had to do was to swap out the x64 JRE package with the 586 version instead, after completing the usual install. The install.defaults file contains the URL for the correct file, so just download that one:

(I'm doing all of this in ~/crashplan-install/)

wget http://download.code42.com/installs/proserver/jre/jre-7-linux-i586.tgz

then unpack and swap the x64 version with the 586 version:

tar -zxf jre-7-linux-i586.tgz

mv /usr/local/crashplan/jre/ /usr/local/crashplan/jre-x64

mv ~/crashplan-install/jre /usr/local/crashplan/jre

then start the Crashplan service. Voila!

Obviously, the installer picks the wrong architecture for the NAS. Hope this helps.

StephenB

Guru - Experienced User

Oct 05, 2015

chriscena wrote:

Obviously, the installer picks the wrong architecture for the NAS. Hope this helps.

That wasn't really my problem. The upgrade failed right away because the java version was 1.6. Crashplan did not attempt to update java.

Wed Sep 23 20:39:17 EDT 2015 : JAVACOMMON is set: /usr/bin/java
Wed Sep 23 20:39:17 EDT 2015 : Current Java Version: 1.6
Wed Sep 23 20:39:17 EDT 2015 : This client requires one of these JREs: 1.7 1.8. Exiting upgrade

Installing jre 1.8 (and changing JAVACOMMON to point to it) solved the problem.

scootle
Aspirant
Oct 06, 2015
StephenB wrote:
chriscena wrote:
Obviously, the installer picks the wrong architecture for the NAS. Hope this helps.

That wasn't really my problem. The upgrade failed right away because the java version was 1.6. Crashplan did not attempt to update java.

Wed Sep 23 20:39:17 EDT 2015 : JAVACOMMON is set: /usr/bin/java
Wed Sep 23 20:39:17 EDT 2015 : Current Java Version: 1.6
Wed Sep 23 20:39:17 EDT 2015 : This client requires one of these JREs: 1.7 1.8. Exiting upgrade

Installing jre 1.8 (and changing JAVACOMMON to point to it) solved the problem.
How did you go about installing JRE 1.8 directly on your ReadyNAS? I tried to find an apt-get repository that worked, but that failed. I only have a working version of JRE 1.6 (when Java was still Sun) that was installed directly via apt-get (Debian archive).

The EJRE installer add-on for the ReadyNAS failed to even install for me.
- StephenB
  Guru - Experienced User
  Oct 06, 2015
  The add-on installer worked for me with no issues
  - scootle
    Aspirant
    Oct 06, 2015
    StephenB wrote:
    The add-on installer worked for me with no issues
    Since you mentioned it worked, I tried it again just now and it worked fine to get JRE 1.8 installed... based on my notes, my previous attempt with 1.7 failed for some reason that I never sorted out. Go figure!
    
    For those who have no idea what we are talking about: http://minimserver.com/ejre-installer.html
    
    Follow the instructions *exactly* for best results... especially the file naming if you download using Chrome.