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Despite being a complete 'technoilliterate' i HAVE managed to get a decent unRaid server up and running including dockers and a single Win10 vm. Credit to all the support received from members of the forum! But, i still do not, even at a basic level, understand how networking is handled across each of the component parts. I have no idea what 'host' or 'br0' or 'bridge' actually mean. Everything seems to be working locally but as i intend to do more i'm sure that i need an understanding of this. Are there any references available anywhere on the forum or any input from members? Thanks! Edit ... i've just rechecked my system and dont seem to have 'br0' in the networking dropdown, just 'eth0'. Is this a problem? Sent from my LG-D855 using Tapatalk

Ok ... thanks for that but i'm still not fully understanding. I'll have another go. Its the relationship between vm and disk timeouts thats got me. I had a vm up and running and the system shut down just as before. If that vm had overrun to lets say 120 secs the system would have 'waited' on the vm irrespective of other timers being met, yes? Sent from my LG-D855 using Tapatalk

I also found it v.useful ... but i have a question regarding the disk settings timeout. I changed mine to 420 as recommended but on a 'clean' powerdown instigated by myself the system just shut down as normal within what seemed to be the default 60secs. Is this right or should i expect every shutdown to last 420 secs minimum? Or, as seems to be the case once the disks are 'safely' unmounted the system just powers down overriding the timer setting? I'm testing an APC ups and having all sorts of probs getting the values right. Sent from my LG-D855 using Tapatalk

An answer to question 2 would interest me also ... how to migrate an EXISTING machine to vm without needing to reinstall everything. Possible? Sent from my LG-D855 using Tapatalk

Thanks to all. Just so i understand it ... i DO tick the box to passthru my UPS to each vm i build. I then need to install APC software within each vm? Sent from my LG-D855 using Tapatalk

Well now ... I've managed to set up my first Win10 vm and quite successfully it appears. My unraid server has a UPS atached but what happens to my vm in the event that it is triggered? I see that i have the option of passing through my UPS to the vm but dont understand whether this is of any use or not. When i tried this, a change now undone, i lost access intermittently to my ups while it 'negotiated'. Just wondering how to handle the ups across any vm? Sent from my LG-D855 using Tapatalk

Just reading this, can i ask will parity rebuild again be necessary after adding back the 'old' parity drive? If so, could the old drive (4TB) have been added and reassigned to a data slot in parallel with the new (8TB) drive? Sent from my LG-D855 using Tapatalk

Thanks. How is your tv folder mapped to its unraid directory? Have you added a second path to the docker image, which by default only comes with /media. Its these 'extra' paths that i cant seem to get right. Think i'll give emby another go. Sent from my LG-D855 using Tapatalk

Thanks for that. How do you map the individual folders ie movies, tv, etc or dont you separate your media? I have the initial mappings working ok but obviously need to add more containers. How do oeople have additional folders mapped? Sent from my LG-D855 using Tapatalk

Busy reading it now but it conflicts in places with how i've set mine up. I used gridrunner's video [emoji106] EG... my mount points are /mnt/user/..... the guide just mentions /mnt .. what's the current concensus? Sent from my LG-D855 using Tapatalk

Just installed Binhex plex instance and have managed to get it up and running using the basic mounts but i'm really confused over how i add further containers. Is anyone able to explain or screenshot their docker image showing how their folders are mapped to the host? Might just make things easier to understand. Cheers ... Sent from my LG-D855 using Tapatalk

Thanks again. I dont really appreciate the ins and outs of the answer but i'll try and read up a bit more. Every little bit of knowledge helps here ... Sent from my LG-D855 using Tapatalk

Thanks for that! Just out of interest why 'RW:Slave' setting? Sent from my LG-D855 using Tapatalk

Ok guys, bear with me. Just installed plex server (binhex) using gridrunner's excelent video tutorial. So .. I now have PMS running as docker on, lets say server1, and access to media appears ok, so it all hangs together. But, my main media collection is on my unraid server2 so how do i go about mapping across?? i'm totally illiterate when it comes to anything techie so hod my hand please .... any examples out there?

Surely you can attach the router to the UPS ... or is its physical location the problem? Sent from my LG-D855 using Tapatalk

Point taken. Would these cables be whats needed alongside a card? https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/StarTech-com-Internal-Serial-Attached-SCSI-Mini-SAS-Cable-SFF8087-to-4x-SFF8482/380927681504?epid=175909275&hash=item58b10f23e0:g:gwwAAOSwDk5UJSOf

Will this do? https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F132056138742 Sent from my LG-D855 using Tapatalk

Life is never that lucky for me

Hi ... i'm maxing out on the 6 onboard sata ports on my SM X38SIA-F board (old i know) and need an expansion card. But, being a complete IT illiterate, i've no idea what unRaid or the board will allow? A quick spec of the board shows available slots as ' 3 (x8) PCI-E 2.0 (1 in x16 slot), 1 (x4) PCI-E 2.0 (using x8 slot), 2 (x1) PCI-E ' ... none of which are in use but which is best to use and why? I can see me needing to add an extra 4-6 drives (seagate 4Tb nas). Any help appreciated,

Thanks! Worked a treat [emoji106] Sent from my LG-D855 using Tapatalk

... is an error i'm getting out of fix common problems plugin. It-s quite right of course but how do i fix it, it just says to refer the problem to the forum guys! So, over to you ... the share IS empty but will not delete via the tick box, just returns an message saying its a reserved name. Be nice to tidy it up though ... Sent from my LG-D855 using Tapatalk

No ... its not full as far as i know and as for size then its likely i created it at that size from the off. Just need to know how to safely move or delete it and recreate it. Who knows ... i might make it smaller. Sent from my LG-D855 using Tapatalk

[emoji2] it's 50gb alongwith a couple of vm iso images. The disk is only 250gb and i just want to repurpose it, with just the docker images and my download folders as a temporary cache disk. I'm still learning and playing around, never had a cache disk or messed with mover etc. Sent from my LG-D855 using Tapatalk

Firstly ... I know nect to nothing about linux or docker specifically but seem to have muddled through with the assistance provided bny this forum so far, thanks.. But, my problem is that my docker image file is outgrowing the disk which its currently on and i needed to move it so i ran mv /mnt/disk1 /mnt/disk2 after having stopped docker. This appeared to be going fine until i realised that i'd pointed it to disk2 instead of disk3, oops! Disk2 filled and i now have a docker image file segmented across two disks which i obviously dont want so ..... how do i sort this out? Can i just delet the docker image and recreate on the right disk and do i need to backup first. Whats the CORRECT procedure to follow? My container info is on disk3, docker image on 1 and 2. Plan is to remove docker image, reuse disk1 as cache disk this time and recreate image file. Sounds eady, is it? Dont really want to have to redo my dockers ... Sent from my LG-D855 using Tapatalk

Thanks to everyone who posted up advice. I've learned a lot in the past few days ... Sent from my LG-D855 using Tapatalk