Everything posted by vj
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Unraid server is dead - what would be the best way to proceed?
Great! I thought I had to update my license before I upgraded. Thanks! I went ahead and upgraded and it went very smoothly. I am now able to access all my files. I am unable to download new apps/plugins. I seem to have lost those during my upgrade. But, i will look into that later. At this time, what I need was my files. Thank you all very much for all the support.
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Unraid server is dead - what would be the best way to proceed?
Thank you @JorgeB. Since I am on version 6.2 and have the legacy Plus license, do I need to upgrade my license before continuing? Or will I automatically get the free 30 days before deciding which license to purchase. I plan to follow steps using - https://docs.unraid.net/unraid-os/manual/upgrade-instructions/#manual-upgrade-from-the-unraid-command-line
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Unraid server is dead - what would be the best way to proceed?
Here is the diagnostics. My timezone is America/Chicago and I also noticed that the date when I login is 5 hours behind. So, if I login at 11 pm, typing date command brings back 6 pm. I went through the posts regarding "Device eth0 does not exist". I deleted my network.cfg, ensured that Bridging is enabled. I also bought a separate NIC and tried to use it, but no luck. I still get the same message and I cannot connect to the server over my network. tower-diagnostics-20240426-1833.zip
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Unraid server is dead - what would be the best way to proceed?
Update: Ok. I got my new hardware (I had to get Crucial memory instead of Mushkin because they said it would take 10 days to get that memory). The MB has some issues, the first 2 memory slots doesn't work (A1,A2), but B1/B2 works, so at this time, I only have single channel memory. Asrock recommended I replace the motherboard, so waiting for new one. It will come next week. But, the system still works. I connected all my drives and was able to start my Unraid server. It recognized all my drives and I was able to run a parity check and it came back with no issues. Phew! But, I am now getting "Device eth0 does not exist" message, so I am unable to get to unraid from my laptop etc. I am seeing a few posts on these forums on how to fix it, so will look into it.
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Unraid server is dead - what would be the best way to proceed?
Thank you @Rajahal. Unfortunately, I haven't had a chance to work on my system due to vacation with family. But, I am back now and ready to get started. I am planning to build my new system using (based on this post๐ ASRock Z690 Pro RS LGA 1700 (14th,13th,12th Gen) Intel Z690 SATA 6Gb/s DDR4 ATX Intel Motherboard Intel Core i5-12400 - Core i5 12th Gen Alder Lake 6-Core 2.5 GHz LGA 1700 65W Intel UHD Graphics 730 Desktop Processor - BX8071512400 Mushkin 16GB(1X16GB) Essentials DDR4 PC4-3200 3200MHz Desktop Memory Model MES4U320NF16G I am looking at this power supply - Thermaltake Toughpower GF A3 650W 80+ Gold See any issues with this configuration? Thanks!
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Unraid server is dead - what would be the best way to proceed?
I have been using Unraid for many years (since 2010) and last upgraded in 2016. Since then, it has been running and I scarcely looked at it. I primarily used it for photos, document storage and plex. And usage has been pretty low for the last 2 years, so would rarely look at it until my wife asked me for some old photos. -I was surprised to see that my Unraid server was down and wouldn't start up. So, I started to troubleshoot. I thought that my power supply was bad, but ruled taht out using a power supply tester that I had. So, I am guessing the MB is down and I will need a new one. The USB drive is still working, I was able to view the files in on the drive. I found from a file in the root folder called changes, that the version of unraid is 6.2 from 2016 (snippet from the changes file at the bottom). I have a parity drive, cache drive, and 5 drives. But, I am not sure which one is the parity drive. I tried to look up at the files in the config folder, but the disk.cfg did not have the details of the drives (i was hoping to find the drive name or some serial number to identify the drive). Of course, I want to rebuild my server, but what is the best way to go about doing it without losing my data? My goal is to first get it running with the current version and then upgrade it. My thoughts are: build a new server --> I haven't looked at motherboards or CPUs for the last 10 years, so will need to start all over again. try rebooting just using the USB drive and see if the drive is working fine --> Should I even do this step or skip. I am worried that it will overwrite some the config if it does not find any drives connect the hard drives start the server --> In the past, when I had to replace a bad drive or moved drives, they was some additional steps to be done in the UI. I am still assuming that will require to be done and it should be good. Keeping my fingers crossed that all hard drives are working. I just wanted to make sure that I haven't forgotten any steps, hence this post. Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks! unRAID Server OS Change Log =========================== Version 6.2 2016-09-15 ---------------------- - stable release version Version 6.2.0-rc5 2016-09-04 ---------------------------- Base distro: - gnupg: version 1.4.21 (CVE-2016-6313) - libgcrypt: version 1.7.3 (CVE-2016-6313) Linux kernel: - version 4.4.19