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Have you had a chance to play with this yet? I'm still running in a VM which is mostly ok, but causes the occassional problem when my VM sometimes doesn't start DVBlink properly after an overnight backup. I'd also prefer to run in a docker as I'm assuming I'd get slightly less stutter - not a major problem currently as it's not enough for the family to notice, but I can see stutter sometimes if I look hard enough

I've got the supermicro AOC-SGP-I2 card - it's one that pfsense sell themselves https://store.pfsense.org/AOC-SGP-I2/ but I got it for £60 on eBay. There's nothing special in my VM - I just located the card in System Devices, stubbed it and then selected the adapters in the VM: <domain type='kvm' id='1'> <name>Baymax</name> <uuid>dfbe0db8-84b8-f5a8-217b-be2d6b160dbd</uuid> <metadata> <vmtemplate xmlns="unraid" name="FreeBSD" icon="freebsd.png" os="freebsd"/> </metadata> <memory unit='KiB'>8388608</memory> <currentMemory unit='KiB'>8388608</currentMemory> <memoryBacking> <nosharepages/> </memoryBacking> <vcpu placement='static'>2</vcpu> <cputune> <vcpupin vcpu='0' cpuset='1'/> <vcpupin vcpu='1' cpuset='15'/> </cputune> <resource> <partition>/machine</partition> </resource> <os> <type arch='x86_64' machine='pc-q35-2.7'>hvm</type> </os> <features> <acpi/> <apic/> </features> <cpu mode='host-passthrough'> <topology sockets='1' cores='1' threads='2'/> </cpu> <clock offset='utc'> <timer name='rtc' tickpolicy='catchup'/> <timer name='pit' tickpolicy='delay'/> <timer name='hpet' present='no'/> </clock> <on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff> <on_reboot>restart</on_reboot> <on_crash>restart</on_crash> <devices> <emulator>/usr/local/sbin/qemu</emulator> <disk type='file' device='disk'> <driver name='qemu' type='raw' cache='writeback'/> <source file='/mnt/disks/sm961/domains/Baymax/vdisk1.img'/> <backingStore/> <target dev='hdc' bus='virtio'/> <boot order='1'/> <alias name='virtio-disk2'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x02' slot='0x03' function='0x0'/> </disk> <disk type='file' device='cdrom'> <driver name='qemu' type='raw'/> <source file='/mnt/disks/sm961/isos/pfSense-CE-2.3.3-RELEASE-amd64.iso'/> <backingStore/> <target dev='hda' bus='sata'/> <readonly/> <boot order='2'/> <alias name='sata0-0-0'/> <address type='drive' controller='0' bus='0' target='0' unit='0'/> </disk> <controller type='usb' index='0' model='ich9-ehci1'> <alias name='usb'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x07' function='0x7'/> </controller> <controller type='usb' index='0' model='ich9-uhci1'> <alias name='usb'/> <master startport='0'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x07' function='0x0' multifunction='on'/> </controller> <controller type='usb' index='0' model='ich9-uhci2'> <alias name='usb'/> <master startport='2'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x07' function='0x1'/> </controller> <controller type='usb' index='0' model='ich9-uhci3'> <alias name='usb'/> <master startport='4'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x07' function='0x2'/> </controller> <controller type='sata' index='0'> <alias name='ide'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x1f' function='0x2'/> </controller> <controller type='pci' index='0' model='pcie-root'> <alias name='pcie.0'/> </controller> <controller type='pci' index='1' model='dmi-to-pci-bridge'> <model name='i82801b11-bridge'/> <alias name='pci.1'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x1e' function='0x0'/> </controller> <controller type='pci' index='2' model='pci-bridge'> <model name='pci-bridge'/> <target chassisNr='2'/> <alias name='pci.2'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x01' slot='0x00' function='0x0'/> </controller> <controller type='virtio-serial' index='0'> <alias name='virtio-serial0'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x02' slot='0x02' function='0x0'/> </controller> <interface type='bridge'> <mac address='52:54:00:0f:10:40'/> <source bridge='br0'/> <target dev='vnet0'/> <model type='virtio'/> <alias name='net0'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x02' slot='0x01' 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/domain-1-Baymax/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'/> <address type='usb' bus='0' port='1'/> </input> <input type='mouse' bus='ps2'> <alias name='input1'/> </input> <input type='keyboard' bus='ps2'> <alias name='input2'/> </input> <graphics type='vnc' port='5900' autoport='yes' websocket='5700' listen='0.0.0.0' keymap='en-gb'> <listen type='address' address='0.0.0.0'/> </graphics> <video> <model type='qxl' ram='65536' vram='65536' vgamem='16384' heads='1' primary='yes'/> <alias name='video0'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x0'/> </video> <hostdev mode='subsystem' type='pci' managed='yes'> <driver name='vfio'/> <source> <address domain='0x0000' bus='0x0b' slot='0x00' function='0x0'/> </source> <alias name='hostdev0'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x02' slot='0x04' function='0x0'/> </hostdev> <hostdev mode='subsystem' type='pci' managed='yes'> <driver name='vfio'/> <source> <address domain='0x0000' bus='0x0b' slot='0x00' function='0x1'/> </source> <alias name='hostdev1'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x02' slot='0x05' function='0x0'/> </hostdev> <memballoon model='virtio'> <alias name='balloon0'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x02' slot='0x06' function='0x0'/> </memballoon> </devices> <seclabel type='none' model='none'/> <seclabel type='dynamic' model='dac' relabel='yes'> <label>+0:+100</label> <imagelabel>+0:+100</imagelabel> </seclabel> </domain> Might have overdone it with Ram and HDD space, but I wasn't sure how much I'd need and luckily I've got enough to spare at the moment

Thanks - I got a new dual nic card that's working fine and I'm setting up pfsense. so far so good :-)

Curious, does this apply just to Windows VM or would a pfsense/freebsd VM benefit from adding emulator pin? Also, should you always use the first core? I now have 4 VMs running and I'm wondering if i should 'load balance'?

Thanks - i couldn't find any incoming ext4, which made me suspect xfs was right

Bump

I'm wondering if I'm having the same reboot problems - did your card become unusable when rebooted? I think i know how to do what you did - did you create a bridge for each nic in network settings? Why did you do this way rather than passing through? Thanks

Just VMs. My machine kept crashing and I've just removed all the files from it and removed it from the machine, and so far so good. I'm checking at the moment my new cache pool isn't the problem (had some problems adding the 500gb which used to have my VMs to the pool) my doing a move all files to the array and back again. Thinking the sm961 might be faulty, xfs was the wrong option or the sm961 doesn't like the recycle bin plugin (only other option i can come up with)

I have an sm961 nvme that I think is giving me problems - should this be formatted as xfs, ext4 or btrfs? Thanks

Thanks that worked. I'd been booting and setting the array to not start to do the same, but i guess doing in safe mode was needed

Hi I'm having similar problems passing a nice through to pfsense. Am i understanding this correctly and you created two virtual nics, and managed to get all wan traffic going through pfsense with one nic?

ok, I'm not quite there. My new cache pool isn't assigned when the server boots. I've tried running 'new config' but it doesn't work - I have to assign the drives on each boot. Basically I went from 2x250GB cache pool & 1x500GB unassigned to all 3 SSDs now in the cache pool. When I assign and then start array all is fine. how do I fix please? i've tried moving all files to the array and creating the pool from fresh. highlander-diagnostics-20170311-0032.zip

I tried docker exec -it DVBLink bash dpkg -i dvblink-server-pc-linux-ubuntu-64bit.deb but it didn't work for me. It pulled down files to my appdata so an improvement, but the docker won't start.

Update: all files seem to be recovered. I've put my backups in a safe place just in case. Thanks for the help

OK it seems to be qorking - lots of 'trying another mirror' entries but it seems to be working, although I got a 'we seem to be looping a lot' message on one of my PST files. I'm assuming this is because they are large?

Thanks. I didn't check the FAQ but I did do a few searches first and this is the one that gave me the confidence to go ahead: Admittedly your next post did say read the FAQ, but I didn't get that far. I tried the command but got the following error: Should I try this? Asking first this time btrfs restore -v /dev/sdf1 /mnt/disk2/restore

Thx will save this for the future

I'm trying to remove 1 of 2 cache pool drives, but I'm now stuck with an unmountable cache. What I did: rebalanced stopped array unallocated 2nd drive started - server froze and then read on forums need to remove drive to start removed unwanted drive and then started array starts but cache unmountable Fix common problems says and suggests but I can't find the option. What am I doing wrong? Thanks PS I'm praying I can fix as I was so confident I was doing the right thing I formatted rather than removed the surplus drive as this was stated as a way to restart the array, so if I can't recover the remaining drive I might have lost some files..... highlander-diagnostics-20170307-1702.zip

Agree, as I'd already pre-cleared 3 SSDs in the past. Thankfully I found this info in time

I have a new m.2 drive I'm trying to clear nvme0n1 but it doesn't like that the drive name is more than 3 characters - how do I preclear? Thanks

When you get a chance can you check what firmware the TBS open source drivers are using please. Thanks

I'm struggling to passthrough my cards to a pfSense VM: At first the cards were shown in separate groups, now they are in the same group and the device ID changed (??). I'm not sure if this is the problem though as when pfSense boots it says: pci2: <network, ethernet> at device 5.0 (no driver attached) pci2: <network, ethernet> at device 6.0 (no driver attached) any ideas? Thanks

Hi are you still working on adding max backups to keep? I have 3 50GB VMs now so I have to remember every couple of days to delete the old backups, otherwise they start taking up a lot of space

I switched from Openelec to Crazycat (see a bit earlier) as also had problems, but I hadn't tried the TBS Open Source. Before I do, where do I see the syslog errors to see if I'm having the same problems? Other than the lack of errors, do your tuners perform better in any way?

It isnt. Running in a VM (can configure over network). Got over the problem of having to log a user in automatically to run in background by creating a Windows child account using parental controls that isn't an admin, can't access shares, browsers etc