ChefSpanky

found the solution - didn't search on the actual error..

I hadn't see this one in my research.. Error: Unable to set up server: sqlite3_statement_backend::loadOne: database disk image is malformed (N4soci10soci_errorE) No material changes to the server (other than possible DVR recordings) - I was in Florida this weekend visiting friends and was showing him my library on my iPhone while driving to the airport. All of a sudden cannot access the server. Came home, unraid is fine, all of my content is there, all drives are healthy, tried to restart the Plex container and get this error. tower-diagnostics-20230814-1504.zip

Thanks for the tips - I think I am closer now. I reconfigured plex to use a tmp folder for transcoding in the array - previously it was on my NVME - even though it had 990GB free, as soon as I set the temp to a different directory it actually showed it recording, But not at the end of the show it says "Could not move recorded media to destination". The folder that I have set is where my TV Shows reside and the share is set to pubic. I would be interested in how you can use RAM to do the session captures - I have 32GB in the server and barely use any ram with Unraid PROGRESS! :)

I successfully managed to convert my Plex server to unraid and am very happy. Performance is excellent. I have a really weird situation that I have been struggling with for a few days (I like to do my research before I ask for help). I have an HD Homerun setup and can view live TV through my server. However, I am unable to record via the DVR. After I setup the HD Homerun and configured the channels, I when through and setup to record shows. I took the top level directory approach with Plex so my share is at the /usr/mnt level, allowing me to point to multiple directories. I have a share called downloads and can point to it from Plex. The share is set to pubic. My first attempts to record shows had an unusual result: The show name, season successfully created folders, but when I went into the folder, I had upwards of 200 to over 1000 zero byte files... showname(1), showname(2), showname(3), etc.. Longer shows had more zero byte files. Plex reported that there was not enough free disk space to start the recording. I have 42TB capacity with only 21TB actually used, and the 2 disks that are setup for this share have 31% and 2% utilization. There is space. I had them set to prefer cache and changed that to no. with no change in results. I cleared everything out and set a different directory for recording (as a troubleshooting measure) and started to record a single show. I went into MC and noticed that the showname folder had been created, and then a Season subfolder, and a zero byte file with the episode name. The timestamp by MC was 8am when it was 10am. (just an observation). Anyway, It appeared to be recording, but when the show ended, the zero byte file remained. Attempting to record the subsequent show yields the "not enough space message" and NO FOLDERS WERE created. A real head scratcher - nothing is being written to the Plex log for the container. Plex is working flawlessly otherwise. I would appreciate any guidance on what to try next..