imrobertcampbell

Ohhhh interesting. If I had a secondary server I would beta test that. I probably wouldnt want to use it on my own server as standard as I have my own reservations on the whole "TPM" experiment. My hardware supports and has TPM which I was requried to activate for the Windows 11 Pro install but I dont honestly think that TPM was actually built for the purpose they want Us to believe. (Puts on tinfoil hat and walks away)

I also only have smaller usb 2.0 drives that I use for booting from. The only thing I use 3.0 drives for are my portable drives (I have one with portable type apps and my personal files and I have one that I keep in my survival bag with an offline version of wikipedia and stuff like that on.) So I guess I wasnt fully aware that newer 3.X versions have continual activity. I am still confused by that term of "continual activity" because a USB can only do 1 of 2 things. Read or Write. The computer is what is doing the processing. Im not sure if anyone remembers this but some time ago I remember having to sometimes change my usb power settings to "always on" because my usbs would basically hibernate or go into sleep mode because of the lack of activity; I dont think this is much of a problem now a days though and might be the reason that 3.0's are made to do continual acitivity; Im just guessing there. In any regards I am hoping to hear back from the correct people/channels in the new few days that would solve this problem for all of Unraid users.

Free cookie to whoever can hold my hand making my VM boot correctly! Things I want. Essentially I want a VM that I can fire up when I want to play some games. Normally I would do this on my Windows 11 Pro PC but I have since ditched Windows and only have my Linux daily driver laptop. I still have the gaming pc that I used to game on but now its installed with Unraid. :) Passthrough support for my periphals like keyboard, mouse, xbox controller, etc. as if I was playing on a regular PC. Things I have tried. 1. Every video I found on Youtube that was relevant. 2. Searched and read multiple guides on the internet. Problems I mostly run into. 1. I cant get any VM's to work. I have tried the stated Windows, Steam OS, and a Linux VM and none will work on my Unraid. 2. VM creation error: internal error: Failed to start QEMU binary /usr/local/sbin/qemu for probing: Start/autostart is disabled in VM settings. I have verified that VM's are enabled etc. Who wants a cookie? Thanks!

"Some people like to edit their posts to delete their diagnostics, for example." Thats essentially what I was trying to do once my issue was resolved. Thanks

Tried to create a post which I hoped only admins could view by clicking the box on the right that says "Hide topic" however whenever I do that I get an error like this one. Error code: 2S136/1Z Thanks.

"Lime sells Unraid as an OS for secure and private self-hosting but at the same time hosts its discussions on other hosts whose privacy and security they cannot attest to." - It says at the bottom "Powered by Invision Community" You can begin Your security audit there. "They don't believe in their own product?" - Unraid's product is the Unraid OS/Software. They dont develop forums. In fact I would wager 90% of the worlds companies use forums from another company. PHPBB, Invision, Flarum, SMF, etc. For example Debian, Raspberry Pi, Gentoo, etc all use PHPBB officially; with many other companies using either one of the others I listed or another provider entirely. I dont think its because they dont believe in their own products ......... I think its because they would rather focus their resources (time, money, etc.) on Unraid and not developing their forum software. In my use it seems to live up to all of their marketing claims. - That's how an honest company operates. They tell You what You get when You pay and then give You what You paid for. I fail to see the problem. Are they not telling me about some weakness or backdoor that they know exists. - This is a multi fold question. First You would have to assume that there is or possibly could be a weakness or backdoor present. Then You would have to assume that Unraid is fully aware of it. Then You would have to assume that since Unraid knows about it they had to make a choice to fix it or leave it alone and "not tell anyone" Finally, assuming all of those things You would then have to assume that Unraid's goal is to destroy their own reputation and brand simply by not addressing those security issues and losing their customers and losing tons of money to refund request/lawsuits. I doubt that is what is going on here. In fact they have a dedicated section in the forums where they not only tell Us about the issues but keep Us up to date with post and direct interactions for You "whitehat hackers" to discuss all about it right here: https://forums.unraid.net/topic/185572-critical-security-vulnerabilies-discovered/ Finally, not many companies in the world give a FULLY FUNCTIONAL trial for 30 days (which can be extended if needed) for You to test it out and be sure that it works fully the way You want it. They even provide You the support You need to acheive this. Would I like to see a few more admins/moderators added to the team for a faster response time; Yes but this is the same for almost all companies. In fact Unraids support is the same regardless if You are on the free trial or a lifetime member. This might sound trivial but I can name several companies with much higher budgets who wont give You support at all on the Free/Trial Versions and some even make You pay for "Expert" Support seperately even after You buy the product. Unraid gives You support for Free; even if You dont appreciate it. Regards

It seems that everything is working now that I got my license fully transfered. If I run into any problems I will open a new thread. Thanks.

Both of You are correct, I was talking about the "Back to Top" like in the image but also the "Home" button (on the keyboard) does the same thing. I would like to see the "Back to top" also though because I would have never known about the "Home" button otherwise. Regards

Thanks, normally the HOME button takes You the Homepage. Edit* That is exactly what it does, I was looking for "back to top" which would bring Me back to the top of the thread. Im not looking to go to the homepage.

My license has been now transferred, everything is seemingly working fine; minus the Tailscale. I will have to figure that out myself. Regards

Understood, its impossible for a Moderator or a Community Expert to make a mistake, not know everything, or word their questions/replies in a way that makes total sense immediately. This will be my last post trying to help another member. I will only create my own post from now on asking the questions that I am too stupid to understand. My sincere apologies to anyone that was offended or was misinformed by my clearly inaccurate and unreasonable post/replies. Carry on ......................

This is what I was referring to. The 24x7 use stated here made Me assume they thought that the USB is constantly being read/written 24x7. I was commenting on that point/issue. Its ok to miss some details sometimes. Thanks

Now I understand the issue. No valid GUID make sense. The rest of it is just a coke vs pepsi scenario which is what I assumed this discussion was about after removing the "counterfit" variable. I get it now, thanks for the clarification. I genuinely didnt understand the "debate" especially the part about the failures due to "constant read/writes" which doesnt actually happen. Thanks everyone for clearing that up.

Thanks, I edited the post so its compliant with Unraid's policy. The reasoning is still the same however.

Here You go. home-server-diagnostics-20260329-2144.zip

Got it, thanks for the clarification. I just feel like its such a minimal issue that its not worth people worrying about. I guess some people though worry about every small detail. As far as I know Unraid gives You the option to backup Your USB to Your account so in theory You could buy ten for $1 each and even if they only 1 year each You got 10 years worth of USB's ready to go so its not really a big deal. I genuinely am curious to know (for my own education) if we take out the counterfit variable in this discussion what is left to be worried about?

Thanks for the clarification and it makes sense in theory but I guess my main point is USB failure isnt really a huge problem considering the easily available backup solutions both from Unraid themselves and backups You can manually make. The only scenarios/explanations I have found about it being an issue is with counterfit drives. If You are using real genuine drives then essentially this isnt really a problem. Also to be perfectly transparent I have read many threads in the past and done lots of research on different usb brands because I wanted to make a "survival" usb that contains my information, an offline wiki and self hosted apps in the event that a doomsday scenario happens where there is no internet etc so I wanted something long lasting, durable, etc. My findings are that many of these companies are buying the materials from the same place so what You are really buying is the brand name. A prime example is exactly with SanDisk. Guess who owns them? Western Digital. So the same person can say they dont like SanDisk but like Western Digital drives ........ Some people hate PNY but have no problem with Verbatim (same company) etc. Not trying to argue but we are kinda talking about the "Pepsi vs Coke" type of discussion at this point. Just my two cents I guess.

I successfully moved my drives to the new server and I also think I successfully transferred my license however I am running into these issues. I dont have the option for VM's and some of the other "PAID" features. I suspect my license didnt fully transfer; maybe I did it incorrectly. I tried to connect the new server to Tailscale and I get this error even after logging in with GitHub as I have done before. "This device needs to be logged in to Tailscale. Refresh this page after logging in to view the status. So then .... I sign in with GitHub Then I get ... Authorization failed device with nodekey:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx already exists; please log out explicitly and try logging in again." I logout/login from everything and get the same error. Is this because my license hasnt fully transferred or something different? Regards

Please add a "back to top" button on the forums. I have scrolled pages of post and having to scroll back to the top manually is ............... odd. Thanks

Hello again, I dont know if this was suppose to work or not but what I did was simply insert my SSD's into my new server, and literally just brought the USB from old server into the new server and booted it up. I ran all the verifications/checks and everything is working just fine! I didnt even need a secondary usb key. This brings Me to my next question, I have the secondary USB drive that I was originally trying to use on the new server. I am going to format it and use it for something else now that I got my new server running but my questions are. Eventhough my new server seems to be working fine how can I verify everything is working correctly before repurposing the old server and usb? How can I register the new server properly with Unraid (it says its connected however some of the paid features aren't working (like Docker for example)? I know its the weekend and I dont expect a reply right away but I am hoping someone is bored and comes across this thread. Thanks!

Im just confused by the statement of "they are just not good for the constant use unraid requires of them." What constant use? How often do You reboot Your server? Most here leave theirs on 24/7 which means that after boot the USB thumbdrive doesnt even really get used. Maybe I am totally wrong but from my understanding pretty much nothing gets saved to the USB other then the bootloader. After the server boots the USB doesnt even get used at all or not often. I was told today that the real reason that people dont recommend them is the counterfit issue. If you buy from a reputable source You shouldnt have that issue. Regardless I am working on a solutation to this as we speak. Have already sent the needed emails out but its Sunday so wont hear back until tommorrow at the earliest. Regards

Unraid doesnt store Your data on the USB. It only stores basically the "boot loader" this is the reason You can backup Your USB to Your unraid account.

Probably the wrong thread for You to be asking this but the lifetime is only $250.00/USD not $300.00/USD but regardless if You buy or upgrade Your server every 5 years (which is pretty standard from my research) then in 5 years Your license cost You only $4.17/m (rounded up) and Your data stays with You. You then just transfer Your license to the new server and continue on. No extra fees etc leaving You all Your money to do with what You want. My "one feature" selling point would just be that its Your server so You can do with it as You wish and with proper security Your data will never leave Your control, be used as advertising products/services etc. You own and control all Your data. That's the real reason I feel people self host their own servers. Just my opinion though.

I've heard tell of places called forums that started publically being web based back in like 1994. Im not sure if they ever took off or not though ....... /s

Thanks for the additional information. Mine are definately real but I will note that for the future. To the OP: "Copy the old license to the new flash drive, delete the trial key, then transfer it in Tools - Registration" Its that simple from what I just learned from a Moderator. Hope that helps!