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By the way how exactly do i rebuild. Sorry i am a newbie Sent from my A0001 using Tapatalk

So you are saying i will not loose data even if i rebuild, i am really scared here man Sent from my A0001 using Tapatalk

But i will loose all data right? Sent from my A0001 using Tapatalk

Rebuild the whole thing? Sent from my A0001 using Tapatalk

Guys, Suddenly getting the error message, any idea, what to do? Please see the attached diagnostics tower-diagnostics-20160504-2106.zip

Could you point me to your plugin please?

Thanks I will try that.

ok dainoj thanks again. I will try to do that preclear the disk again and then telnet to the system. Thanks again champ

Here are all the details Model: Custom M/B: Supermicro - X9SCL/X9SCM CPU: Intel® Core™ i3-3240 CPU @ 3.40GHz HVM: Enabled IOMMU: Disabled Cache: 128 kB, 512 kB, 3072 kB Memory: 32776 MB (max. installable capacity 64 GB)*

Well this time it paused after 5 mins so turning of Hibernation and other thing didn't help.

I just tried to start the VM and seems like whole unRaid is frozen. So frustrating

OK I will try that now. Thanks heaps.

Hi Guys, I am having no luck with this unRaid. Anyway my problem is VM pauses itself after a certain period of time. Don't know what to upload. So I am uploading Digonosis and please see VM logs and I pasted XML as well. Any help will be appreciated. VM Logs 2016-03-05 07:35:54.606+0000: starting up libvirt version: 1.2.18, qemu version: 2.3.0 Domain id=1 is tainted: high-privileges Domain id=1 is tainted: host-cpu char device redirected to /dev/pts/0 (label charserial0) qemu: terminating on signal 15 from pid 11610 2016-03-05 08:08:18.840+0000: shutting down 2016-03-05 08:08:29.086+0000: starting up libvirt version: 1.2.18, qemu version: 2.3.0 Domain id=2 is tainted: high-privileges Domain id=2 is tainted: host-cpu char device redirected to /dev/pts/0 (label charserial0) qemu: terminating on signal 15 from pid 11610 2016-03-05 08:10:35.427+0000: shutting down 2016-03-05 08:11:00.491+0000: starting up libvirt version: 1.2.18, qemu version: 2.3.0 Domain id=3 is tainted: high-privileges Domain id=3 is tainted: host-cpu char device redirected to /dev/pts/0 (label charserial0) XML <domain type='kvm' id='3'> <name>Windows10</name> <uuid>34c10366-9ea5-5a1e-3cda-639e74bd427d</uuid> <metadata> <vmtemplate name="Custom" icon="windows.png" os="windows"/> </metadata> <memory unit='KiB'>11010048</memory> <currentMemory unit='KiB'>8388608</currentMemory> <memoryBacking> <nosharepages/> <locked/> </memoryBacking> <vcpu placement='static'>2</vcpu> <cputune> <vcpupin vcpu='0' cpuset='1'/> <vcpupin vcpu='1' cpuset='2'/> </cputune> <resource> <partition>/machine</partition> </resource> <os> <type arch='x86_64' machine='pc-i440fx-2.3'>hvm</type> </os> <features> <acpi/> <apic/> <hyperv> <relaxed state='on'/> <vapic state='on'/> <spinlocks state='on' retries='8191'/> </hyperv> </features> <cpu mode='host-passthrough'> <topology sockets='1' cores='2' threads='1'/> </cpu> <clock offset='localtime'> <timer name='hypervclock' present='yes'/> <timer name='hpet' present='no'/> </clock> <on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff> <on_reboot>restart</on_reboot> <on_crash>restart</on_crash> <devices> <emulator>/usr/bin/qemu-system-x86_64</emulator> <disk type='file' device='disk'> <driver name='qemu' type='raw' cache='writeback'/> <source file='/mnt/cache/VMwares/Windows10/vdisk1.img'/> <backingStore/> <target dev='hdb' bus='virtio'/> <boot order='1'/> <alias name='virtio-disk1'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x05' function='0x0'/> </disk> <disk type='file' device='disk'> <driver name='qemu' type='raw' cache='writeback'/> <source file='/mnt/user/VMwares/Windows10/vdisk2.img'/> <backingStore/> <target dev='hdc' bus='virtio'/> <alias name='virtio-disk2'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x06' function='0x0'/> </disk> <disk type='file' device='cdrom'> <driver name='qemu' type='raw'/> <source file='mnt/user/Softwares/Softwares/WinDows10_Virtio.iso'/> <backingStore/> <target dev='hda' bus='ide'/> <readonly/> <boot order='2'/> <alias name='ide0-0-0'/> <address type='drive' controller='0' bus='0' target='0' unit='0'/> </disk> <controller type='usb' index='0'> <alias name='usb'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x2'/> </controller> <controller type='pci' index='0' model='pci-root'> <alias name='pci.0'/> </controller> <controller type='ide' index='0'> <alias name='ide'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x1'/> </controller> <controller type='virtio-serial' index='0'> <alias name='virtio-serial0'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x04' function='0x0'/> </controller> <interface type='bridge'> <mac address='52:54:00:1b:37:8f'/> <source bridge='virbr0'/> <target dev='vnet0'/> <model type='virtio'/> <alias name='net0'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x03' function='0x0'/> </interface> <serial type='pty'> <source path='/dev/pts/0'/> <target port='0'/> <alias name='serial0'/> </serial> <console type='pty' tty='/dev/pts/0'> <source path='/dev/pts/0'/> <target type='serial' port='0'/> <alias name='serial0'/> </console> <channel type='unix'> <source mode='bind' path='/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/channel/target/Windows10.org.qemu.guest_agent.0'/> <target type='virtio' name='org.qemu.guest_agent.0' state='disconnected'/> <alias name='channel0'/> <address type='virtio-serial' controller='0' bus='0' port='1'/> </channel> <input type='tablet' bus='usb'> <alias name='input0'/> </input> <input type='mouse' bus='ps2'/> <input type='keyboard' bus='ps2'/> <graphics type='vnc' port='5900' autoport='yes' websocket='5700' listen='0.0.0.0' keymap='en-us'> <listen type='address' address='0.0.0.0'/> </graphics> <video> <model type='vmvga' vram='16384' heads='1'/> <alias name='video0'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x02' function='0x0'/> </video> <memballoon model='virtio'> <alias name='balloon0'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x07' function='0x0'/> </memballoon> </devices> </domain> tower-diagnostics-20160306-0910.zip

Win10 thanks mate. And I am using this one http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=2817.0

It is really embracing, you to my rescue again. Lol anyway I have no idea how to do Telnet

Hi guys, I just added a few HDD and was trying to preclear them. After preclear runs about 3/4%, I cant access the system anymore. Can some one please have a look at my diagnosis please. tower-diagnostics-20160304-2127.zip

NO luck, may be my Antivirus/Firewall isn't allowing.

Thanks again, do I have to install a client in my VM Windows?

Hi just to let you know. I followed your instruction and it took me only about 5 mins to install Windows 10 By the way one thing I can't seem to do is connect via VNC, all it says is connecting but never connects.

No performance issue that it seems like takes for ever to do parity check. I will have a look at that Case. THANKS again. I don't think there is anything wrong with that disk for Parity. Is there any performance issue you are experiencing that makes you think it is not suitable? What specific model is it? As for your H/W choices: I used a Fractal Design R5. Great Cooling and Great HDD Capacity (8 - 3.5" HDD positions (can also accommodate 2.5" units); 2 - 2.5" dedicated SSD unit positions (mounted behind the mobo pane - e.g. for Cache Pool); 2 - 5.25" bays (removable) which can accommodate 2 3.5" HDD's too: http://www.fractal-design.com/home/product/cases/define-series/define-r5-black You can also add a Caselabs Internal Caddy (http://www.caselabs-store.com/hdd-cage-assy-standard/) to this setup to add support for 4 more drives => That's 14 3.5" disks plus 2 2.5". If you choose this case and use the Caddy then you're limiting your ability to use a FULL size Video Card. This might be an issue if you want to use VM's and PCIe pass-through. You'll be limited to a SFF Video Card like an R9 Nano (https://www.asus.com/Graphics-Cards/R9NANO-4G/). Anyway - depending on what you want - I feel the case is excellent. Great build quality, great cooling (as I noted) and very quiet.

Mate, Could I ask you a few more question. My Parity is 4tb and I am using a basic Seagate HDD. Can you recommend best HDD for Parity. And I need a very good case which will keep my HDDs cool. Just for your info, I am using 3 (5 bays) Icy Box, which can hold up to 15 HDDs.

You are a genius. I will give that a go tonight.

Yes sorry I was talking about WEB Gui, I will look at the XML. Do you have any instruction on how to use VNC client? Or is it just matter of using my Tower ip and using port 5900/5901?

By the way danioj, any idea where to increase VM screen session, mine seems to time out after 2/3 mins inactivity.

Hi danioj, That is a brilliant piece of advice. I will reinstall it and use my Cahce, which is a SSD. Thanks heaps mate. Ah, I thought that might be the case. In truth, you should not use your array at all for disk images when running parity. You should run it on a disk outside the array (either a cache disk or a disk outside the array using the unassigned devices plug-in: https://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=45807.0). All still works fine and dandy using this method. The easiest is to use a cache disk as this is the "supported" method in unRAID however MANY of us do run them from disks outside the array and they work perfect. You will get even better performance from your VM if your Cache disk and / or Unassigned Device is an SSD not to mention better Array Write Speeds (just ensure that the "mover" executes at a interval you're happy with as if you're not using a BTRFS RAID-1 Cache Pool you have NO redundancy for that data). If you decide to do what I mention above then remember when you're setting up the share for the VM disks (On either the Cache or Unassigned Device) be sure to set it at cache only or it will be moved to the array by the mover. Like I mention, if you use a Cache device and want redundancy for the data / VM Files then you will have to use a BTRFS RAID-1 Cache Pool (2 or more disks). Currently there is no method for mounting a RAID-1 Pool of Disks via Unassigned Devices so to protect you're data you will have to schedule regular backups that you are comfortable with. Also note, that the above advice relates to the vdisk which the OS resides on. It belongs on a disk that is not on the Array HOWEVER if you want to create a vdisk on the array to store generic files or even things like games, that's probably ok (Reference Jonp). It's the random IO that is generated by an OS which causes such a bad experience when the storage for it is on the parity protected array. Hope you're having fun!