uldise

you can use one of the workarounds mentioned early on this thread.. for example, attach second usb drive or your UPS usb cable(in this case you should start apcupsd).. both worked for me on 6.1.x early releases.. i had not tested how this work with 6.2, but you can try

looks like no more physical CPU and RAM restrictions on ESXi 6.. see here for example: https://communities.vmware.com/thread/535228?start=0&tstart=0

looks like he have a cache pool.. can you read temps from those drives too?

i'm still in the same boat with you - just wait for unRAID version upgrades with kernel changes.. for me early 6.1.x versions had issue, but it was gone on 6.1.9 if i remember correctly...

So, just wanted to contribute back to this thread with info that might help (and offer a chance for someone to correct me!). A few years back I had virtualized unRAID via PLOP and could first-hand attest to the slooooowww boot time and issues with that; so much so that I had gone baremetal. With a new build, I decided I'd revisit virtualizing unRAID under ESX, and ran across plopkexec (actually mentioned elsewhere on this forum for a different purpose). I can say that this drastically cuts down on the boot time (for all perceived purposes, same as bare metal). With passed through M1015, I now have effectively the same config as my prior bare metal (and even moved it over seamlessly) without the hassles I recall of the AIO solutions prior. Granted, this is now a day in, so still waiting for the other shoe to drop... I am still running plop as I could not figure out how to get kexec to work. Can you share? i'm running plopKExec on my offsite server - just download plopKexec iso image, add it to your unRAID VM, and thats all.. plopKexec boots, then it scans flash drives, finds unRAID flash, then automatically boots first boot choice of the flash..

Personally, I don't think so. I use a 200MB VMDK. It boots insanely fast, and only reads the config from the flash drive. The only "gotcha" is you have to copy the updated unraid files over to the VMDK when you upgrade. Unassigned Devices makes this VERY easy! @Steven FYI, latest plopKexec boots automatically too - it just selects first available boot option.. and works very fast too.. @cjm187 about boot from vmdk - read there for example: http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=26639.0 - there are lot of pre-built images too.. but you can always build it yourself..

i'm using plopKexec on my test server and it works just fine. original plop is very slow, so on my production server i'm using boot from vmdk method.

and this looks very similar to your case: http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=51715.0

run diagnostics from unRAID console, and post it here. and an IP is showing on console just few lines above Login.

if you open console from vSphere Client for unRAID VM, can you login to unRAID? then you can run diagnostics from console and post it here - may be then someone with better knowledge can look at it.

according to this: ftp://europe.asrock.com/Manual/Z77%20Pro4-M.pdf PCI ROM Priority maybe - manual have no other option described, so you can try..

are there an option on your motherboard BIOS to disable ROM's for particular slots? if Yes, you can try to disable them..

i think, this should be written in one line ?

First, thanks TheOne for a great plugin.. seen this one long before, but installed it today for first time.. looks like all devices are displayed ok.. some questions: - i'm running unRAID on top of ESXi. it will be cool to manage all server hdd's in this cool plugin - so, are there an easy way to add devices manually? - my cache drive is RAID1 array and occupies 2 slots. any ideas how to add one device to two slots or maybe another idea ? thanks again for plugin! Uldise

found it here: https://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=47408.0 and search for "nested virtualization". and i'm not tried it - i'm on esxi on my hosts..

if i remember correctly, newest unRAID 6.2 have this feature - nested virtualization..

This gem was hidden a few pages back. I had "reset high-speed" errors with 6.1.9 and 6.2 RC1, simply creating a new VM with Ubuntu Linux (x64) compatibility fixed my issue. (I use PLOP and Host USB device passthrough) Hi, tested some more combinations with no luck: - changed Guest Operating System to "Ubuntu Linux (64 bit)", tried some other linux x64 with no luck - added second USB controller, still no luck - created new VM from scratch and used PLOP, still no luck.. looks like it's something hardware dependent.. as i wrote, with 6.1.9 no usb resets. this resets was on 6.0/6.1 early versions too..

Hi, i just upgraded my test server from 6.1.9 to 6.2RC1 and this issue is back again no changes on test server hardware/host software.. and looks like workaround with second USB/UPS on USB is still working.

hi, i just upgraded my test server from 6.1.3 to 6.1.9 and my system are running about an hour without this issue. i'm on esxi ESXi-5.5.0-20140902001-standard. i plugged in my UPS too, then removed it from unRAID VM, still no issue anymore..

I have about 3 years old Norco4224, and each backplane have 2 Molex - its for redundant power supply as mentioned already. i'm using seasonic PSU, so i'm wondering about your problem with cables - mine comes with 1to3 Molex cables - so for all 6 backplanes i need 2 wires connected to PSU.

Good point if your devices use DLNA! If the devices run Plex apps, they should request the right stream types automatically. sounds good about Plex app, good to know. But my device is really old, so no option for me

As others have said, a single unRAID box running Plex in an Docker that streams to Roku/xbox/etc would be ideal. You'll need a CPU with a passmark of 2000 for every concurrent 1080p stream you want to transcode: https://support.plex.tv/hc/en-us/articles/201774043-What-kind-of-CPU-do-I-need-for-my-Server-computer- keep in mind that you can use appropriate Plex Profiles for each of your target device to add more info to plex about your device capabilities to avoid tanscoding when it not needed. for example, i have and WD TV Live player - when i played movie through DNLA with stock settings of plex, a lot of transcoding accours - all 4 CPU cores assigned to Plex was at 100% utilization. when i added Plex profile, then no problems with CPU usage at all. more info here for example: https://forums.plex.tv/discussion/154652/transcoding-when-playing-to-wdtv-live

please describe, what you tried ? and give us some info about your setup..

i have some negative experience with port Multiplier - i have Enermax 3203 which by spec is a port multiplier too when configured as no raid mode. both my supermicro boards and IBM 1015 HBA dont recognize both disks but only single one.. as mentioned already, you should find sata port which supports port multiplier. Intel ICH wont support it.

not sure i'm understand you correctly, but one of tests it worked for me was add UPS USB device and setup apcupsd in unRAID.. - then you have two USB devices - unRAID USB key and UPS USB. can you try different USB ports? and please post some info about your hardware, at least mobo.. one more thing to give it a try - boot from VMDK.