Rich

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  1. Hi All, I'm not sure if this is just me, or a fault, but i've just upgraded from beta15 to RC3 and passthrough no longer works. I decided to rebuild my VM at the same time (after migrating primary functions to Docker) and when it comes to editing the XML i now get the following error... The pic-stub entry is still in my syslinux.cfg and is correct. I have rebooted the server and VM and tried again, but the same error still pops up. The VM, other than this, is working perfectly though. Any thoughts? Thank you, Rich My xml is, <domain type='kvm' id='2'> <name>Windows7</name> <uuid>f5e24f09-9368-4f38-0799-15f418716cf7</uuid> <metadata> <vmtemplate name="Custom" icon="windows7.png" os="windows7"/> </metadata> <memory unit='KiB'>4194304</memory> <currentMemory unit='KiB'>4194304</currentMemory> <memoryBacking> <nosharepages/> <locked/> </memoryBacking> <vcpu placement='static'>2</vcpu> <cputune> <vcpupin vcpu='0' cpuset='0'/> <vcpupin vcpu='1' cpuset='1'/> </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='none' io='native'/> <source file='/mnt/disk/VMs/Windows7/vdisk1.img'/> <backingStore/> <target dev='hdc' bus='virtio'/> <boot order='1'/> <alias name='virtio-disk2'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x05' function='0x0'/> </disk> <controller type='usb' index='0'> <alias name='usb0'/> <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='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='52:54:00:1e:f3:a1'/> <source bridge='br0'/> <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/Windows7.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-gb'> <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> <hostdev mode='subsystem' type='usb' managed='yes'> <source> <vendor id='0x050d'/> <product id='0x0912'/> <address bus='1' device='2'/> </source> <alias name='hostdev0'/> </hostdev> <memballoon model='virtio'> <alias name='balloon0'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x06' function='0x0'/> </memballoon> </devices> </domain>
  2. No, I only have the one wireless router, which is the default hardware provided by sky.
  3. There's definitely no duplicate IPs. As for isolating the router, unRAID and a Mac, i wont be able to do that until the weekend, but i will give it a go. Good idea! Router settings attached (I took out the majority of IP reservations, but left two in as an example)...
  4. My network setting are attached, but aren't anything out of the ordinary. I've already dismissed editing my hosts file, as i'd prefer to try and identify the cause of the problem.
  5. Hi trurl, Yeah all machines are on the same workgroup. Trying to make a direct IP connection to unRAID suffers from the same issue as trying to access a share via finder (unless the OSX machine has a static IP and DNS assigned). I don't really want to edit the host file, i'd prefer to find the cause of the problem and correct / replace it, if possible. But thank you for the suggestion.
  6. Its an older router issued by Sky... Whats really strange to me, is that there aren't any other apparent symptoms. If it was either unRAID or the router, or anything that significant for that matter, you'd think there would be a wider knock-on. This is a really specific problem and i cant get my head around how, if its a router issue, it could only effect OSX trying to connect to SMB unRAID shares? Surely a router IP / DNS issue would effect Windows machines as well, let alone everything else on the network? That's why i thought it could be the unRAID side of things, not necessarily a bug / defect, but maybe a setting or config that needed changing? Unfortunately these theories are only based on me trying to apply logic and common sense and no technical or tangible evidence
  7. As I understand it, the OP has already done this! The issue ppaers to be that unless the Mac explicitly has a static IP allocated (the same as the one DHCP would allocate) then problems are being encountered. I must admit I cannot think what might cause symptom like that. It feels as if it must be something on the Mac causing this behaviour. itimpi has it right. As i stated earlier, all my machines have a reserved IP on the router, which makes no difference to the problem as its not about the OSX machines having the same or a consistent IP / DNS address, its that they need to have their IP and DNS set to a static address within network preferences. It doesn't matter what (as long as its the correct range), they just need to be set to static addresses. As far as diagnosis is concerned, the only things i can logically think may be responsible, are my router or unRAID, otherwise 4 OSX machines all suffer from the same problem? I'm open to trying things to eliminate or incriminate tho. I'll give the DNS flush a try, however i built an OSX VM yesterday, which was a fresh build of Yosemite and that suffered from the same problem straight away, so i'm not hopeful The DNS is already set to the address of the router, that is one of the things required to connect to a share.
  8. I'm afraid i don't understand the purpose of your post? All my machines do the same too, with reserved addresses set on my router. What i'm saying though, is that unless my OSX machines are set to have a static IP and DNS, they are unable to connect to an unRAID SMB share. If your post is simply showing that you don't suffer from the same problem, then that's a positive and i'm happy for you I'm struggling to think what the cause could be, if its not unRAID related? The only common denominators are the server and the router
  9. Thanks for the reply. I've already set up my router to reserve IPs for all the Macs and unRAID, but that doesn't make difference unfortunately. Its definitely a strange one! I've reloaded unRAID on the flash drive from scratch as well, to see if that made any difference, but sadly not. Even my Yosemite VM (KVM on unRAID) has the same problem
  10. Hi All, This is a problem I’ve experienced for as long as I can remember, over versions 5.X and 6 betas / RCs, but has never really been an issue until now, which is why I’ve not raised it before. My server is set up for SMB only shares (local master), both AFP and NFS are disabled. The Windows machines that connect to the shares, do so, first time and as they should, however I have an iMac and a Mac mini that don’t connect unless they have a static IP/DNS assigned. The assigned addresses are exactly what my router DHCP assigns them, but unless they’re input as static the ‘Finder’ in OSX (multiple versions) simply keeps trying to connect to the share, with no luck. As above, until recently, this wasn’t really an issue, neither the iMac nor the Mac mini ever change locations and definitely never leave the house, so assigning them a static address is no problem. However I’ve just received a Mac Book Pro for work, which is in and out the house daily and having to assign and then un-assign a static address whenever I want to access an unRAID share is getting a little frustrating. I know I could enable AFP and that would act as a work around (all Macs connect to shares with DHCP via AFP), ideally though, I don’t want to do that, I only need unRAID shares broadcasted onto the network once and as far as I’m aware, OSX shouldn’t have problems like this connecting to a SMB network. Plus I’d like to get to the bottom of it and solve the issue if possible and not simply come up with a work around. Any help is much appreciated Rich
  11. I'm not sure if this is just me, or a fault, but i've just upgraded from beta15 to RC3 and passthrough no longer works. I decided to rebuild my VM at the same time (after migrating primary functions to Docker) and when it comes to editing the XML i now get the following error... The pic-stub entry is still in my syslinux.cfg and is correct. I have rebooted the server and VM and tried again, but the same error still pops up. The VM, other than this, is working perfectly though. Any thoughts? Thank you, Rich
  12. Thank you once again jonp, that solved it. The power button setting was set to 'do nothing', so I changed it to 'shutdown' and now both the reboot and shutdown buttons work as well as the virsh commands, via telnet. Much appreciated
  13. Sorry, missed that out Its Windows 7
  14. Hi All, I've just migrated my VM from Xen to KVM (6.0-beta15), successfully so far, and am loving the VM manager. The only thing i'm having trouble with is both the restart and shutdown buttons on the VM Manager page and also the 'virsh shutdown / reboot' commands via telnet, don't do anything. However, both the start and force shutdown buttons and telnet commands work as expected. Is this likely to be a result of the migration from Xen (I followed the 'Converting VMs from Xen to KVM' guide posted here http://lime-technology.com/wiki/index.php/UnRAID_Manual_6#Converting_VMs_from_Xen_to_KVM), instead of creating a new VM native to KVM, or have i missed something in the setup process? Your help is appreciated, Thank you, Rich
  15. Sure, Its partly to do with having VPN host software installed on the VM which my Windows 7 and Xen combo didn't like (BSD), so just stuck with it for KVM as well. Also i have the VM going into a different VLAN to unRAID, which wasn't the initial reason for the passthrough, but has subsequently allowed me to make some helpful network changes.
  16. THANK YOU SOOOO MUCH FOR THIS! I decided to migrate from Xen this weekend and started to think i wasn't going to find a thread on how to passthrough my NIC (like i did with Xen). Perfect timing and works perfectly for me
  17. This thread helped me too, so thank you all.
  18. I would very much like 2 separate cache drives to be supported officially, or at lease a cache drive and a 'non array (app?) drive'... 1 SSD running my VM and then a HDD to actually function as the cache drive was intended. Thank you, Rich
  19. Rich

    System Crash

    Cool, thank you all. I guess I'll find out in the next few days
  20. Rich

    System Crash

    Right, the tunable settings are attached. What do you reckon?
  21. Rich

    System Crash

    Thank you for the quick reply. Coincidentally i'm just in the process of migrating to XFS and am currently swapping data from drive to drive. Unfortunately the GUI has crashed again, so as soon as the data transfer finishes, i'll reboot and check the tunable settings. Rich
  22. Hi all, I've experienced this twice now over the last week, the first time i put down to 'one of those things', but twice was enough to concern me. I'm running 6.14b with a Win7 Xen VM and have been for a while now with no apparent trouble. I first noticed this 'issue' when the web gui would not respond, however my Win7 VM was still running, i then couldn't get PLEX to play anything (server running on the VM), so i assumed the disk shares were also not responding. I decided to restart the array via telnet, so i logged in and executed 'shutdown -r now' which telnet verified was shutting down the system, like it should. But nothing. The system stayed exactly how it was, resulting in me having to manually power off, by holding the power button down :'( I'd really appreciate some help, my syslog link is below, with some entries i have definitely not seen before. Hopefully its something that can be sorted out. https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/26618776/syslog.txt Thank you, Rich