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Djboss, thanks for you answer, yeah I picked up the hooks. I was simply wondering if it could be done more automatically. bad habbits dies hard, I have a full process (with my own scripted part) which does already everything, but I used to run it on a workstation, and now I am considering moving all the processing part to my unraid which is (now) more powerfull.. I was just being lazy.. lol If you will conisder the second idea though my concept could make sense (depending on how you implement it) : imagine having multiple conversion preset (linked to independent folders), it would be amazing to have the file renamed based on the name of the preset, thus granting us clear vision on what is happening. anyway, I have been playing around with your docker over the week end and it has yet to fail me ,so again thank you Cheers, R

first of all thanks for this docker, I really like it. The GUI works flawlessly and I use it when I want to tune something specific.. for the automated part I am only missing one thing, but maybe I am the one doing something wrong. I would love the result file to be renamed upon completion. in the remaining part of my process I use a flag to process the files and I would love to avoid having to go and manually add it. it would be something pretty simple abce.2x10.fghij.mkv ---> abce .2x10.fghij (flag).mkv in fact an exceptional added feature would be to have multiple watch folders, allowing us to have a specific preset/config applied per folder (for example I require less quality for some show than some action movies) but seriously thank you for your work. Cheers, R

dgaschk, thanks. I will keep that in mind. R

Joe L. thanks for taking the time to answer. I am aware of the reasons that could lead to a disk_dsbl red ball. that's why I am not worried. unfortunately I could not provide a smartctl prior rebooting because it would simply fail and I was too stupid to think of saving my syslog (( I am running 4.7 the hardware is pretty common for an unraid build norco 4224 supermicro sil8f 2 mv8 with a few wd20ears for data, 1x2GB seagate for parity, and a 500GB seagate for cache. nothing much running on my 4.7 except unmenu. I was wondering whether I should RMA the disk or not. I know the procedure to replace the disk (which I already did) and my array will be fine. fortunately I had run a parity check a couple of days ago so my data can be considered as safe/valid (discussion on this type of statement have been ongoing ) I was sharing my report hoping it would raise an obvious reason to the failure so I could RMA the disk. but from your answer I guess that I will have to be more patient on that. I guess (if you or someone else does not advise me otherwise) that I will preclear it and add it to my array. I will then watch it for futur failure. thank you again for your time, it is highly appreciated. Cheers, R

hello everyone. I am having a problem with one of my drive. I have a spare drive to replace it. but before unplugging it I managed to run a smartcrl report. one detail that might be of use. I had to reboot my unraid before I could run the report. I would really appreciate if someone could comment on the results. Thanks for your help R smartresults.txt

Tyrindor, if you want to go cheap take a look at http://wiki.eth-0.nl/index.php/LackRack it is an ikea hack... I have my doubt about have two 4224.. but it might give you some ideas. R

just a quick feedback. I ordered 3 cards to be shipped to France. just received them thank you Seanant...

spl147, I am really interested in getting a couple of m1015 once question though, do you agree in shipping to europe ? France to be more specifically. if the answer is yes could you give me a heads up on the shipping price ? thanks in advance, R

why does no one offer this kind of card in EU ?? I think I am going to cry R

100% agreed. unfortunately with the 5.0 being just released I am pretty sure people will forget about that. anyhow I will simply test on a w2k8r2 just to educate myself.. and I will share the results with you R

Johnm, I should have a little bit of available time next week. do you want me to test the export from 4.1 restore to 5.0 ? I would be more than happy to help if it can save you some work.. this way you can focus on documenting the backup/restore procedure. without worrying about compatibility. name the type of VM you want to test... I could also look into the inventory restore (which I could document) some people may feel safer to have their config backed up even though I do not feel it is necessary in a 1 server config.. Cheers, R

pantner, I cannot talk for Johnm, and as a matter of fact I would love to read his answer on that. but if this can help... you are totally right there is no visible backup process on the ESX itself. I am going to widen the subject and bring a few things I can think of on the table. I believe backing up the datastore as an entity would not make sense as per say because quite a few files are useless and would not need backup (namely all the swap files) Backing up the ESX installation. could make sense, although you have to keep in mind that a clean esx installation takes only a few seconds, specially in our scenarios were we are not building very complex system... it would only be a matter of reconnecting the drives with the datastore after the install (remember Johnm's comment on unplugging all the drives before installing ESX) and then add the VMs from the datastore to the inventory if your setup is more complex you can look into a vmware fling called inventory snapshot... http://labs.vmware.com/flings/inventorysnapshot.. it works pretty well. for VMs backup many options are available, but you first have to define what and how you want to backup things. 1. full machine backup -- it means you would backup all the disk (system + data) -- solutions like that goes two ways : ----- a. snapshot / backup vmdk files ----- b. turn off the machine / backup vmdk files ---------if you are a free tool user and do not mind doing some reading look for ghettovcb ---------it is a script which is being worked on by the vmware community for nearly three years.. but you have to be able to handle a few command lines... (http://communities.vmware.com/docs/DOC-8760) -- one thing is important : some services/application do not support snapshot.. this option can work as a miracle, but make sure you test it first 2. data only -- you can then rely on any backup system Cheers, R

As promised a little while back. really sorry for the delay... I am really bad at documentation / layout... so feel free to take my procedure and reformat it. This is a very quick procedure to update your ESX(i) installation. [glow=yellow,2,300] be careful : - during the installation the server will be switched to maintenance mode - after the installation the machine will need to be rebooted this means that all your machine must be off before applying the patches. (or moved to another host if you have a cluster) not following this basic rule might lead to unwanted results.[/glow] preparation phase : 1. if not done yet install vSphere remote command line (aka as vSphere cli) - do not confuse it with the powercli - browse to : http:\\esx_ip - on the right side under For Administrators download windows version. - install it. 2. download the packages you want to install - from VMWARE .... go to http://www.vmware.com/patchmgr/download.portal .... select the ESX or ESXi version you want to update. (make sure you are downloading the correct version.. I spent 2 days wondering why packages were not applied because I downloaded the ESX version instead of the ESXi !!!) .... save the package on your HD - from any other provider .... any other zip package provided to you can be installed this way. .... if you have a doubt simply open the zip file... if it contains a .vib file + a metadata.zip you are fine. 3. run the cli and set a couple of variables - run the cli from your start menu. - a the command prompt enter all this (hint : copy paste does work in the cli) . . obviously you need to edit and enter the the information related to your system... . . be careful with the IP.. you do not want to mess with the wrong ESX host. . . I advise you to have a simple path... with no space or any special character..(i.e. d:\downloads\patches_ESX) set VI_SERVER=esx_ip set VI_USERNAME=root set VI_PASSWORD=password set VI_PATCH_PATH=path_were_the_patches_are_saved 4. Check the connectivity and the variables . before going further I like to run this command to check if the values I entered are right - in the cli enter : vicfg-hostops.pl --operation info . check the results... and if you are happy move on. otherwise check the variables [glow=red,2,300]WARNING WARNING WARNING You should shutdown all your VMs before proceeding to the next step WARNING WARNING WARNING [/glow] 5. entering the maintenance mode - in the cli enter : vicfg-hostops.pl --operation enter . you should get a success message 6. the update itself - in the cli enter : vihostupdate.pl -i -b %VI_PATCH_PATH%\patchfilename.zip . the update is applied . at the time of the writing the latest patch for ESXi 4.1 is : update-from-esxi4.1-4.1_update02.zip (aka build 502767) . the cli line would then be : vihostupdate.pl -i -b %VI_PATCH_PATH%\update-from-esxi4.1-4.1_update02.zip - you can chain the updates - if you have multiple updates you can put them all in the patch folder and run this command in the cli : . .... for /f %f in ('dir /b /ogen %VI_PATCH_PATH%\*.zip') do vihostupdate.pl -i -b %VI_PATCH_PATH%\%f 7. reboot the ESX host - in the cli enter : vicfg-hostops.pl --operation reboot 8. after the reboot you need to exit the maintenance mode prior to starting any VM - if your cli is still open simply run : vicfg-hostops.pl --operation exit - otherwise in the vSphere client right-click on the host / exit maintenance mode that's it you are done with the update. I hope this helps someone, Cheers, R

about update. I wrote a quick esx setup (NTP) and update (patches) running only through the cli, so it is pretty simple. do you want me to post it here so you can include it ? Cheers, R anything that you feel that can help others. even I come back to the build notes when I forget something ok.. I did not want to hijack your topic. I will setup a clean computer and another esx and will come up with some upgrade path for the esx by monday. I will try to make as many screenshot as possible. Cheers, R

about update. I wrote a quick esx setup (NTP) and update (patches) running only through the cli, so it is pretty simple. do you want me to post it here so you can include it ? Cheers, R