PCRx

You only need the one disk not two. It's volume label should be UNRAID. All files, including 'config' dir, should be on that one disk. As long as the volume label is UNRAID there won't be any complaints from the system. There's probably a bunch of ways to do it but I just setup a second drive on a Win XP VM. I only made it 512 megs since my datastore is low on space and I don't use any unRaid plugins. Install unRaid to that second drive following the same method you would for a USB install. The only difference is you'd edit the .bat file to include the -f option when making the disk bootable. In VSphere, edit the unRaid settings and remove the hard drive(s) associated. Then Add a new hard drive but tell it to use an existing drive, browse to the VMDK you just installed unRaid on. You can copy/move the VMDK to the unRaid VM folder beforehand using the datastore browser or just leave it in the WinXP VM folder. If you leave it be sure to detach it from the XP VM so only one VM is accessing it at a time. It will be named something like Windows XP_1.vmdk. You can't change the name, I didn't care. You probably could create the drive in the unRaid VM first which would give it a name associated with unRaid. Then attach it to the XP VM to do the install followed but reattaching it to the unRaid VM. If I were to do it again I'd try doing it this way. Boot the unRaid VM.

Yes, you can setup the free version in a VM without a flash drive as long as you set the virtual disk volume name to "UNRAID". If it's named anything else the VM won't boot and you'll probably see a "waiting for USB subsystem" error repeating down the screen. If that's the case just attach the VMDK as a second drive to another VM (i.e. Windows XP) and change the volume label to "UNRAID". Shutdown the VM and reattach the VMDK to your unRaid VM and it should boot just fine. If you want to use the features of the Plus or Pro version you will need the USB flash key installed with the license in the config folder. In that case the flash key volume must be named "UNRAID" with the VMDK volume named anything else. This will make a hybrid boot (which is very fast BTW). After it boots from the VMDK it will find the "UNRAID" volume on the flash key and use the license/config files from there. In fact the only thing you need on the flash key is the config folder. All the other stock files can reside on the VMDK.

I've been getting buffering issues with all HD content in Eden, Frodo, VLC. Turns out all my network settings in Windows were screwed. Went here and downloaded this app to straighten things out.. http://www.speedguide.net/downloads.php Download TCPOptimzer.exe Run it as Admin and select the Optimal radio button, click apply. Reboot machine. Now everything works full bore. It's improved my overall unRaid transfer speeds as well. The transfer "peaks and valleys" are gone, where it used to pause frequently for a few seconds during transfers.

I don't see that, did you mean: ESXi510-201210001 ?

It's normal. If there were outstanding writes when the system went down, in most cases, the file system will correct itself when restarted. However, the file system won't update the parity drive so if a drive should fail you'd loose data. That's why a corrective check is kicked off immediately - to maintain parity with any data corrected by the file system.

In the update_scripts directory run: $ php optimise_db.php true Might look like it's hung, just wait awhile for it to complete.

No need to create the share directories, it'll happen as needed.

Parity drive should be the same size or larger than the largest data drive. So I'd make the parity the first one swapped just in case you do use the array later on while it's rebuilding the other drives.

Parity speed is aligned with the slowest [involved] drive in your array. SSD's, as fast as they are, will still just sit there waiting on data from your slow spinners. -edited for clarity-

From within the Vsphere Client, yes. Pick a VM and edit it's settings. Press the Add button. Select Hard Drive. Setup the new hard drive with the settings you want. When I did mine I added it as a second drive on a XP guest. Started the guest, right clicked "My Computer -> Manage -> Storage". Setup the partition and formatted. Install unRaid following the instructions given a few posts back. When you're done turn off the guest and create your unRaid guest. Browse to your datastore and copy the vmdk you just installed unRaid on over to the unRaid datastore directory. Check the file size to be sure you are copying the right one!. Edit the unRaid VM and remove the current boot drive. Then add a new drive only this time select 'Reuse previously configured virtual disk. Point it at the VM's vmdk you just created and copied over. Finish making any other changes you want and boot the unRaid VM. Remember you need the USB key to be named UNRAID and the vmdk volume something else.

When you say "all on the same network" I'm assuming you meant unRaid is assigned to the same "workgroup" as the others. Try opening a command window and type: ping tower Does it reply with it's IP? What about: arp -a Is the Tower IP and MAC listed? Try doing: ipconfig /flushdns then: arp -d * Do the above ping again and see if it shows.

Make sure unRaid is in that same workgroup.

This seems to be related to what you want to do: http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=14784.0

Would it be possible to partition a 256 gig SSD with one partition at 64 gigs used for a datastore with all VM guests and the second partition accessible by one of those VM guests (Win 7) as a drive?

Sorry, brain fart on my part. Yes, that method won't work if you have the drive installed in your Ubuntu machine. Here's what I think you are wanting to do: http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=5194.0 -PCRx

Chillpill, It looks to me like that's exactly what Dase has just explained to you. Do everything he says from your Ubuntu box not unRaid.

Johnm, When you "power down" does that mean you are only powering down the unRaid VM? Or are you powering down all your VM guests and the ESXi host before making changes, swapping drives, etc. to unRaid?

You can try going back to an earlier beta, 11 perhaps. I seem to recall reading about LSI issues in the newer betas.

Yes, that's the correct one. I went with the .75m one myself to have some extra play for better cable management. -PCRx

I understand your issue but have you tested with another OS as requested? If it doesn't work with another OS, it probably rules out unRaid begin the problem. My guess is you have some issue with your motherboards NIC or your router. Maybe your router is flushing it's ARP table and forgetting where your unRaid server is. Try setting a static IP address for your unRaid server in your router. -PCRx

It won't matter which WOL app you use. They all send the same "magic packet" out to the network. Only their UI's will differ. Suspend-To-RAM is S3. Make sure that is enabled in BIOS. Sounds like your board settings are capable of WOL. I have a different MB but the same settings. I'd try testing with a different OS to see if it works. When you go to Standby and can't wake it, are the LAN card status lights still on and occasionally blinking? On the subject of Mocha Telnet Lite, I've tweaked my method so it's even easier now. Here's what I did: In an unRaid telnet session type: passwd -d root This will remove the password prompt from unRaid when connecting via Telnet. (where you normally press ENTER on a stock unRaid) In the MTL Configure Settings there's an option to Automatically Connect when the app starts. Set that to ON. Now when you start MTL it will auto login and you only need to press the Macro button to Standby unRaid. [glow=green,2,300]Update: Success! I've figured out how to make unRaid standby with one touch![/glow] First, do as mentioned above to remove the unRaid password prompt and set MTL to Automatically Connect. Second, in MTL Configure Settings, change the "Search for password" string to: "# " (That is just a number sign followed by a white space, NO QUOTES.) Finally, in MTL set the password to: echo 3 > /proc/acpi/sleep Type carefully as the iPhone will obscure the text you enter. Also, don't put the #R as mentioned in my earlier post, that's only if using a macro. Since we aren't using a macro it's not needed. Now when you tap on the MTL app it will automatically connect and send the standby code. MTL thinks the code is your password and since we have unRaid go straight to the prompt (# ), it will execute the code. -PCRx

I think you answered your own question there. You'd need to free up enough space to store it as a whole.

I wanted to do this as well. I built an unRaid for a relative and they never use it because it's "always off". They just got an iPhone so that seemed like the most convenient method to wake the unRaid from sleep mode. After trying a couple Wake on Lan apps I settled on NetAwake. It's free and was the cleanest, simplest. Simply enter the MAC address of your unRaid. From then on just press the name of the server then press Wake and it starts. It's a bit trickyer to put it back to sleep. As I recall there was much discussion last year about the best approach. Seems there was no true method to determine when it was safe to turn off automatically after inactivity. Maybe that's changed in newer versions I don't know. My workaround was to use another iPhone app called Mocha Telnet Lite. Also free. Configure it to log on via telnet to your unRaid box. Under the Macro button create a macro with the following code: echo 3 > /proc/acpi/sleep#R That's it. To put your server to sleep just open MTL > Connect > unRaid server > Enter (or unRaid password if you set one) > Menu > Macro 0 > Menu > Disconnect It seems like a lot of steps, I wish it was just one button, but it's really easy after doing it a couple times.

Compass, My GO script matches yours, the PS3 part does anyway, and it works fine for me as well. But having worked privately with the OP on this issue he claims it doesn't work for him. The next idea was to just use: ./PMS.sh & He says that works and he can get the Tower prompt but occasionally it will send an alive message. He's fine with that.

This will start the process in the background so the status messages won't appear. echo "./PMS.sh" | at now + 1 minute