shimee

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  1. Thanks I have done that now, it took 2 days lol. I have a heap of data in the Lost and Found directory. A question I have is would an alternative have been to swap the drive out and have it rebuilt from Parity? Or is the invalid rive content also reflected in parity? I've realised I've lost most of my files. It's awful. I would really like to know what has caused this and whether there is something I should do differently if it occurs again. I always thought if a data drive failed the parity drive was there to rebuild the content of that drive. In this case I did not do a drive rebuild obviously, but Im thinking I should have.
  2. I realise this situation Im facing is a bit different to past. I normally get the Red X but in this case my 6TB data drive is showing as unmountable. I note that my entire Music share is gone, which is really odd as it should span all my drives. That aside, I thought the FORMAT option might be my way out but I believe that writes the blank drive to parity so no way I want to do that. Can anyone advise any troubleshooting steps for this?
  3. ok thanks so its probably not directly contributing to my issue. Any thoughts on what the output of the check means?
  4. Thanks for both replies. I guess I should so some more digging first. I ran the reiserfsck on the disk in question and got the below output. This NAS has been out of action for a while, and I've lost track a little of the whole unRAID solution but I read elsewhere I should not be using reiserfs? Ill add diagnostics shortly. tower-diagnostics-20211226-1443.zip
  5. I did a search but didnt get the answer as most threads are very specific troubleshooting scenarios. My basic question is does the SATA port determine the drive assignment location in unRAID, or is it something specific to the HDD like a serial or UID type of thing? The reason I ask is I have either coincidental drive failures on sdi, or there is some other hardware fault in play. It's probably been 3-4 drives over 7years. I've swapped the cables out more than once, and today I have another failure on sdi with a <1year old 6TB WD Red. I'd like to simply put that drive onto another SATA port or a port on my SAS card. Both options mean swapping that port with another existing data drive. Is this risky? Thank you.
  6. Im not familiar with those terms, are they processes I should be following to obtain information? The error screen is a black screen that says "Boot Error". I'm thinking I need to just start all over again, assuming the data on my array is safe.
  7. Hi All, I recently tried to update from the GUI, from 6.8.1 to 6.8.2. Since then, I cannot boot the server. I have connected it to a monitor and can see that immediately after my SAS>SATA controller detects drives OK, the Unraid boot goes immediately to "Boot Error". Nothing else to go on. I checked the USB in a PC, and followed a couple of threads, specifically: 1. Download old version and copy bzroot, bzconfig etc 2. Copy entire contents of previous folder on Flash drive to Root. Neither of these have worked. I don't want to say this publicly, but before anyone asks, my last backup of unRAID is on my last PC backup, which is on the array. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
  8. Yeah Im just trying to replapce the ca-cert.crt bundle in /usr/share/curl . That seems to be the path set when using the command to verify the SSL connection to the site, and the cert is clearly expired. IN other words, Im winging it! Thank you for your replies too.
  9. Thanks for this. Well yes I do connect to it via my browser pretty much daily, and especially now my automation is broken. It seems odd how it coincided directly to my backup/restore of app data. Currently I'm using a Chrome addon on my main PC to send torrents from HD-Torrents site to Transmission on Unraid. Same command as shown in screenshot below from my PC on the same network is successful. SO I think its Unraid server issue?
  10. HI All, I have an issue with Jackett, I just did a cache disk swap and restored my appdata and most docker containers are working as before, however Jackett I cannot add my indexer (hd-torrents.org) I use Sonarr, Jackett, Transmission in my setup. When I add HDT and enter my username password then click OK I get an SSL failure as seen in the attached capture. I can see the certificate has expired butI find it confusing that this certificate error occurs, and where this failure is caused as it only seems to affect Jackett. I felt it might be my browser or something local to the PC I was using so tried other laptops and its the same error. So, I'm pretty confused and am hoping someone can help me. I think I need to somehow renew the certificates on my Unraid server. Thank you in advance. This is the log - https://pastebin.com/HpFjmmw5
  11. Thanks Guys, I've just changed the port and Ill go through the process of bringing the disk back to health, and monitor. I didnt realise the card had issues with comparability, it certainly worked faultlessly for 5 or so years but so much has changed in the software since you are probably right. I will look into a hardware refresh. I was surprised to see I'm not running latest - I used to get notification of new versions in the bottom bar of the console, seems that's not there anymore. Thanks again
  12. Hi All, Seeking advice on a recurring drive failure in my unRAID server. Disk 6 seems to fail after a period of time - normally days. I have replaced it twice with brand new drives and thought it was resolved but then the dreaded Red X appears. The drive is one of 4 connected to Port 1 of my SAS>SATA card. I replaced the SAS>SATA cable and replaced the drive (with same new replacement drive) and rebuilt from Parity. I thought it was ok but has failed again. To further isolate it, I want to change ports on the card. Does anyone know if I simply change the Port on the SAS card to port 2, will that change be picked up by unRAID and will it cause issues with the drive assignment etc? Also curious, if I just run the NAS with Disk 6 in the storage emulated mode for a long period of time, what is the implication? Risk of loss of data on disk 6, or total loss of data due to the invalid state of the array and parity? I think its the latter but as I can't seem to resolve this issue I need to know. EDIT: The card is a Supermicro AOC-SASLP-MV8 Thank you tower-diagnostics-20180909-1137.zip
  13. Hi All, I am experiencing repeated failures of Disk 6 in my array. Initially I thought it was a one off, and several months back replaced the drive. Been running OK for almost 2 months on the new drive then it also failed. I replaced it with a new 6TB WD Red about 2 weeks ago, precleared and installed and was all ok but now it also displays the Red X. This particular drive is one of 4 Connected to my Supermicro SAS>SATA Card. Along the way I have checked and replaced the cable, now I'm thinking it must be the Card that is at fault. Seems a little bit odd, before I try swapping that out, could there be anything software related in unRAID that I should be checking first? I attached a diagnostics from prior to the drive failing and also one from now that it has failed. Thanks all tower-diagnostics-20180208-2105.zip tower-diagnostics-20180203-1034.zip
  14. Aah ok, aside from the misunderstanding of the way parity works, I was mostly worried that the parity swap would do a parity rebuild. Thank you for the help, now the long journey begins....preclear has started
  15. Thanks trurl, I guess Im not doing exactly what that process speaks of, in that im not re-using the old parity as a data disk. I think if I was there would be no issue as the new parity drive is larger than the old one. I assume, probably incorrectly, that when a disk says Contents Emulated, it means the data on the parity drive is being referenced as the data for that disk? If so, I am assuming when the parity is rebuild from disk data, I'd lose my faulty disk data.
  16. Hi Guys, Ive just read the process online for this (https://wiki.lime-technology.com/The_parity_swap_procedure), I just have a question before I take the plunge. I currently have a failed data disk (3TB) and am taking the opportunity to upgrade the parity to 6TB and replace the faulty data disk with a 6TB also. As the existing data disk is faulty and says 'Contents Emulated', am I at risk of losing all of the disks data if I go about this process in the wrong order? ie if I swap out the parity, it will rebuild from the data drives, but drive 6 is faulty. So do I need to do the disk replace first, but unable to use the 6TB? Apologies if this is a stupid question I just dont want to risk the data loss. Thanks
  17. Hi guys, I have just noticed I have a hard disk out. It is relatively new drive (WD RED 3.0TB) and the most recent drive I added, it was about 3months ago. Anyway it has a red x on it and says 'Disabled - Contents Emulated'. I have checked all the connections, restarted the array and the server itself but the drive still appears offline. My question is how do I get additional details on the failure? Do I just accept it is a dead drive and replace it? Are there some troubleshooting steps I can go through. I notice the status of the array is 'Started -Array Unprotected'. This concerns me, I didn't think the array would be unprotected so long as the parity was ok? Unfortunately (or perhaps in a way fortunately) in over 20 years of computing I haven't had a drive fail, and for that reason I haven't kept proof of purchase, so I am really hoping this drive is ok. Unraid 6.2.1 (will update once I solve this) I've attached the diagnostics archive. Thanks for your help. EDIT: the disk in question is sdi - WDC_WD30EFRX-68EUZN0_WD-WCC4N6USTZ0N - 3 TB (sdi) tower-diagnostics-20161106-1027.zip
  18. Hi there, do you mean no one uses easy-rsa? I don't know if it comes as a container but it used to be a part of the openvpn install by default. If there is another way to achieve certificate based authentication via openvpn I'd more than happy to go with that? Cheers
  19. Hi All, Can anyone please tell me how to get easy-rsa installed to suport my openvpn-as install? I have the vpn working fine with login credientials but want to move to certificate based authentication. Also for my understanding, are the certs in the WEB SERVER menu of openvpn specifically relating to the Web UI and not related to Server/Client certificates for VPN users? I need to be able to issue certs for VPN users on mobile devices. Cannot seem to get easy-rsa working. THanks Simon
  20. Hi All, A terribly bad question I'm sure but Im trying to setup OpenVPN and wish to set it up as a CA. I've installed the container, and can access the admin page. I am following the OpenVPN setup guide here - https://openvpn.net/index.php/open-source/documentation/howto.html#install - but am unable to locate the easy-rsa directory in my Unraid server. I assume as it is installed as a docker container the instructions on the setup guide are probably not 100% accuate but I cannot seem to find any easy-rsa directory and hence cannot proceed with generating certificates etc, Can anyone point me in the right directions please? The version installed is 2.0.20, so I *think* easy-rsa should be included. Thanks
  21. Thanks for the reply - I should have mentioned I have searched google and the forums I guess. There are a few other threads about this or similar things from this process but nothing conclusive (most are unanswered). I'm trying to figure out how zerconf or bonjour could be applicable. I do not have the AFP service enabled in unraid. I do not use any apple devices, though my gf has an ipad. It would probably help me if it was reporting an IP address in the log file, but 'server.c' has me scratching my head. I guess more likely is it isnt exclusively related to zeroconf or bonjour but wider DNS/Discovery functions. The question remains, do I need to worry about this and how to resolve it?
  22. Hi All, Just checking my syslog and noticing this line frequently appears, and it seems to be followed by a spindown shortly after. I worry that whatever this is it's bringing my drives up unnecessarily. My server is running fine but I feel this might be a potential problem. Im on 6.0.1 Jan 17 11:24:54 Tower avahi-daemon[2479]: server.c: Packet too short or invalid while reading response record. (Maybe a UTF-8 problem?) Does anyone know what this is and if I need to fix this? Thanks syslog.txt
  23. Since I upgraded to v6 I also get this, the pattern for me has been after periods of inactivity, for example if I go away for a weekend. The server becomes unresponsive to telndt/SSH, gui etc, however it does respond to ping. As yet I can't find anything in logs to diagnose it. It's happened maybe 4 times in 3 months.
  24. Thanks dirtysanchez, Until the first set-inform command was issued the AP did not show in the Unifi controller. Once the command was run it appeared and I clicked Adopt. Unfortunately after about a minute (maybe longer, the log file shows the exact timing) it would simply fail and show as 'Disconnected' in the Unifi controller. The status of the AP obtained via ssh at that point was "Server Rejected". This is what I mean by 'failed outright', it never got beyond 'Adopting'. I do agree - in fact after running set-inform the first time it tells you in the terminal to run it again after adoption. The way I read that is running it a second time assumes successful adoption of the AP first. Maybe something that hasn't been documented clearly is that it needs to be run again at a specific time, such as when the AP changes from adopting (orange) to Provisioning (green), though mine simply went straight to disconnected (red) several times. In any case my keyboard mashing method did seem to hit it at the right moment. Please note I am not debating anything here just exploring the issue. Thanks for your input.
  25. Hi All, I have done quite a bit of searching and reading prior to posting. What I am looking for is an SNMP manager that can be run on unRAID, preferably in Docker rather than as a plugin. I have seen heaps of threads where people are seeking to enable SNMP data from unRAID to a manager such as PRTG, but I want to run the manager on unRAID to monitor all the other devices in my LAN. Does such a thing exist? Apologies if my question contains some fundamental flaws, I haven't used SNMP before so am just starting to explore this. Thanks