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I can't find this: this is what my appdata share settings look like (see pic)

just guessing but shouldn't this be something like this? mkdir /mnt/whatever mount servername:/sharename mnt/whatever mount remote share as local share

Tower login: root Password: Linux 3.16.3-unRAID. root@Tower:~# mount 192.168.1.5:/mnt/user/Movies2 mount: can't find 192.168.1.5:/mnt/user/Movies2 in /etc/fstab or /etc/mtab root@Tower:~# | ps: jonp yes i saw it after I posted.

no joy Tower login: root Password: Linux 3.16.3-unRAID. root@Tower:~# mkdir /mnt/Movies2 root@Tower:~# mount tower2:/mnt/user/Movies2 mount: can't find tower2:/mnt/user/Movies2 in /etc/fstab or /etc/mtab root@Tower:~# mount TOWER2:/mnt/user/Movies2 mount: can't find TOWER2:/mnt/user/Movies2 in /etc/fstab or /etc/mtab root@Tower:~# mount TOWER2:/Movies2 mount: can't find TOWER2:/Movies2 in /etc/fstab or /etc/mtab root@Tower:~# share on Tower2 is named Movies2

In short, yes. What you can do is mount an NFS or SMB share to your server and then pass that mount point through to the container as a volume mapping. What kind of network protocol did you want to use for this? I am using SMB for everything so unless there is a pressing reason to do it differently? From my reading of related posts, I will need to unmount them (there are 5 "remote" shares I need to add) before I try and stop the array? I ran into that yesterday when I didn't stop Plex before attempting to stop it. Resulted in having to shut down using power switch (which resulted in 8 hr parity check). Is it possible to automate this mount/unmount process? Yes. I have always used NFS because it has always just worked for me but some report getting stale file handles. And FYI, array will shutdown OK with NFS still mounted. Its not like a disk mount. I'll post instructions on this soon. this is the missing piece for me to complete this upgrade. Anxiously awaiting your instructions.

"appdata" ended up on disk1. I don't see anywhere to change that. Cache disk only has docker.img on it. Its disk1 that won't sleep. all 12 of the others do.

Up and running smooth (much better perf with transcoding that the laptop had). Only thing I might want to change is where Plex runs all its stuff. I have the docker on cache disk but it looks like I setup the user shares wrong? Disk1 never sleeps.

have not seen this again through numerous reboots so it must have been a fluke.

No more console errors and Movie Library survives a reboot. It seems that not only are Shares advisable, they are required for Plex to work. Once I turned on shares and created "Movies1" it all fell into place and works great. Now to test the transcoding to see if the CPU upgrade was worthwhile old = i5 dual core on windows laptop new = FX 6300 6-core on unRaid

All movies scanned and loaded using "Movies1" share. Successfully stopped the array without having to stop docker or anything else. So it seems that using Shares with Plex is not only advisable, but is actually required Thank you dlandon for helping me find my way

I have enabled Shares (that was what I needed to stop array for originally) and created Movie share. Plex sees it and is indexing. Will see how it behaves once its done.

I have hit my wall in expertise. I don't know where to find this file/folder location. I installed a cache drive yesterday to use for Plex. The docker img file I can see on that drive. Other than that I am lost. I really appreciate your help with this.

error on console screen... Error response from daemon: Cannot start container PlexMediaServer : setup mount namespace bind mounts stat /mnt/user/appdata/plexmediaserver : no such file or directory 2014/10/03 13:45:13 Error: failed to start one or more containers

log from last powerdown -r syslog-20141003-135410.zip

error on console screen... Error response from daemon: Cannot start container PlexMediaServer : setup mount namespace bind mounts stat /mnt/user/appdata/plexmediaserver : no such file or directory 2014/10/03 13:45:13 Error: failed to start one or more containers

with fresh Plex docker installed (nothing more than install using defaults done), tried to stop the array with it running, it hangs as before. Ran your command "/etc/rc.d/rc.docker stop" at console (have kvm connected to both towers), it returned to the prompt with no message. WebGUI still hung... Run it before you try to shut down using the webgui. Will probably work just fine. The issue is that docker needs to stop before the shares are stopped. did not work. The docker is not starting up on its own when I boot. With it not running, I can stop the array. I can only start the docker by refreshing the settings (normal "start" button has no effect) essentially resetting it I believe. Once it is running, I did your command via telnet got message that it shut down but webgui still hangs when I try and stop the array. Will Powerdown and post new log.

yes. plain vanilla install only still hangs the webgui.

with fresh Plex docker installed (nothing more than install using defaults done), tried to stop the array with it running, it hangs as before. Ran your command "/etc/rc.d/rc.docker stop" at console (have kvm connected to both towers), it returned to the prompt with no message. WebGUI still hung...

as suspected, I can now stop the array after having removed the docker. Will try reinstalling to see if magically fixes itself

going to try deleting plex docker and see if I can stop the array via webgui. see if it is the offender.

no xen or vms. just plex docker and it is having problems of its own (doesn't persist between boots)

that is what I did. restarted and no p.check (that alone is helpful) new log in previous post

trying to stop the array again and it hangs with: "Stop AVAHI...Stop SMB...Spinning up all drives...Sync filesystems...Retry unmounting user share(s)...Retry unmounting user share(s)...Retry unmounting user share(s)...Retry unmounting user share(s)...Retry unmounting user share(s)...Retry unmounting user share(s)...Retry unmounting user share(s)..." will try powerdown to get it cleared again but really need to be able to stop the array latest log attached syslog-20141003-130831.txt

My Plex docker is not restarting on reboot. Also Movie Library is not retained through a reboot.

success! reboot was clean with no parity check. Log attached. syslog.zip