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Thanks for the quick reply! Ah, that's unfortunate. I'm going to try to reseat them all to see if that helps. I also have more RAM than I need for this machine so I could remove any that have failed. Also, the CPU utilization is screaming at 100% even though VMs and Docker is disabled for now.

Hi, I posted this Saturday and thought all was good, but I've been experiencing additional issues that are odd: I am in the process of preclearing a new replacement disk for the one that is failing. I've turned VMs and Docker off so that there are no additional resources being used elsewhere and to not stress out the parity drive that would e emulating the disabled disk. The problem is, after a period of time, the server becomes unresponsive with no gui loading nor am I ale to SSH in. Even sending an orderly shutdown via IPMI fails. So I have to power cycle via IPMI. It also runs extremely slowly now even after a reboot. I was on an older version (6.12.6) and updated to 6.12.8 to see if that was the issue. I ran a smart test on the new drive to see if it was the issue but it came back no errors. Can anyone tell me idf they see something awry from the diagnostics file I pulled just now after a restart and pre-clear start? It also took the diagnostics almost 20 minutes to generate. Thanks! tower-diagnostics-20240311-1035.zip

Haha. Nice. Too bad I have half a dozen of these to do this with now. Thanks!

Hi all. I have a disabled disk and am wondering if it looks like it is going bad or if something else is happening here. I already purchased a new drive that is pre-clearing in case it is bad but want to know for sure to avoid throwing it out. Unraid version 6.12.6 Thanks! tower-diagnostics-20240309-1403.zip

Thanks, it had already been replaced but I figured I’d see what the preclear plug-in said about it. She gone.

Only the cache pool; however, it is only CRC Error Count issues which I have read could be due to bad sata cables. I ordered replacement ones in which will hopefully help. I am rebuilding the dead drive with a replacement now. I was wrong about the dead drive being a Seagate barracuda by the way. It’s a Seagate ironwolf which should be better quality than a barracuda. Also, I ran a pre clear on the dead drive for fun and it just finished. Here’s the finished status preview: #################################################################################################### # Unraid Server Preclear of disk Z730W84C # # Cycle 1 of 1, partition start on sector 64. # # # # Step 1 of 6 - Pre-read verification: [6:27:17 @ 129 MB/s] SUCCESS # # Step 2 of 6 - Erasing the disk: [6:21:54 @ 130 MB/s] SUCCESS # # Step 3 of 6 - Zeroing the disk: [5:48:43 @ 143 MB/s] SUCCESS # # Step 4 of 6 - Writing Unraid's Preclear signature: SUCCESS # # Step 5 of 6 - Verifying Unraid's Preclear signature: SUCCESS # # Step 6 of 6 - Post-Read verification: FAIL # # # # # #################################################################################################### # Cycle elapsed time: 18:38:14 | Total elapsed time: 18:38:14 # #################################################################################################### #################################################################################################### # S.M.A.R.T. Status (device type: default) # # # # ATTRIBUTE INITIAL STATUS # # Reallocated_Sector_Ct 1000 - # # Power_On_Hours 33334 - # # End-to-End_Error 0 - # # Reported_Uncorrect 37 - # # Airflow_Temperature_Cel 36 - ->Failed in Past<- # # Current_Pending_Sector 800 - # # Offline_Uncorrectable 800 - # # UDMA_CRC_Error_Count 0 - # # # #################################################################################################### # # #################################################################################################### In case that is hard to read, here’s a screenshot: and here are the errors from the log: preclear_disk_Z730W84C_25180.txt looks like it’s a goner. After only 3 years.

Thanks Kilrah. Wondering if the diagnostic files show anything else that may be going on that I can address prior to doing a rebuild.

And here are the attributes for the failing drive.

I wanted to pull the diagnostics file before updating to 11.1. Here's the one I just pulled after updating. tower-diagnostics-20221007-0725.zip

Thanks Truro! I had no idea you responded until now. I used to get emails for responses and even marked this as follow. Attached is my diagnostics file. I greatly appreciate the help. tower-diagnostics-20221007-0648.zip

Hi there, Apologies for my ignorance. Is it safe to assume that the attached smart report for a disabled drive is a dead drive that should be replaced? Also, what part of it should I be looking at to tell that it is a bad drive? Lastly, I probably bought this drive along with quite a few other of the exact brand and size (Seagate Barracuda 3TB) over the course of maybe 1 year around 3 or 4 years ago and this is the 2nd that I've had issues with. Am I ignorant to assume that they should last longer? I switched to buying 8TB WD Elements/MyBook for the last bunch of drives since they started coming down in price a few years ago. I also believe that they are higher quality WD White drives than the desktop based Barracudas. Anyways, Thanks in advance for any help with the above questions! tower-smart-20221004-0900.zip

macOS Big Sur 11.2.3 is 071-14766. Bear in mind, it does take awhile to download though. check the logs in: mnt/user/appdata/macinabox/macinabox/macinabox_BigSur.log

Hi. I am not sure what is happening here. I upgraded through the gui and rebooted. Monitor shows kernel panic. I can boot in safe mode but I'm not sure what's going on here. Diagnostics attached. Thanks so much for your help in advance! tower-diagnostics-20210306-2347.zip

So I kind of figured it out. Under "Local tunnel firewall" I entered my lan subnet and "Deny". The only problem is that my UnRAID server is in that subnet and I still have access to it. Even if I put the UnRAID IP in there, it still allows it through. Obviously because that's the tunnel address. I assume there's a way to do this that I'm just not seeing. Any help would be greatly appreciated. (I'm trying to provide my family with a remote PiHole but don't want them to have access to my UnRAID IP). Thanks!

This is great! Is it possible to create a client who has remote tunnel access to the internet but no LAN access? ie. Same public IP?

Ever figure this out? I'm in the same situation right now.

Yup, flash disk is definitely corrupt. Took it out and put it in a separate machine and it gives me errors when trying to copy over certain files. Also checked some of the xml files that the ui complained was corrupted against an older backup and it looks like they are: I went ahead and made an order for a new flash drive but in the meantime, I plan to format the corrupted one I'm using and try it again until I receive the new one (to keep uptime and to avoid the "changing flash drives too often" UnRAID rule). Would there be any issue with using a backup from June 28? Unfortunately, I only backed up the "config" directory. If no issue with an old backup of only config, am I correct in saying that I only need to re-make the usb, replace the new config directory with my old one, execute the proper "make_bootable" file (mac), then insert and boot? Thanks again.

Yes, I noticed that too. Something about IPMI. May just disable the sensors. Thanks again!

Yes, it's the port on the motherboard. I'll try to put it on an external port and see if that helps. Besides that, is there anything else that may be causing issues that you may have noticed in my diagnostics? Thanks!

Hi, I am having an issue with my instance of UnRAID. I'm running 6.7.0. Firstly, I haven't really had time recently to play with it (UnRAID, not my peter ) so I've been sitting on 6.7.0. I hope to update soon when nobody is using the server. The UI has gone a bit crazy and is showing me this, which is different than the usual dark mode: I assume it has to do with this: Which is also leading to this?: Also, it says that VM and Docker is down but my containers and VMs are working fine (as far as I can tell). Just wondering if my fix is to buy a new USB stick or is there something else in the diagnostics file that says otherwise? tower-diagnostics-20190725-1402.zip If USB is it, I hear this one is great: https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B006W8U2WU/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_U_8UBoDbETEF34F Further info: - My SATA controller is a Marvell 88SE9215 which I hear is not the worst offender of Marvells. - I have been seeing crc error counts every once in awhile. Since I can't read diagnostics files well, I was wondering if it looks like that problems have been resolved (I think my SATA cable was just loose the last time I saw it. Around the end of June.) Thanks so much for the support here everyone. Probably the best community for getting incredible and friendly help when you're tech savvy enough to want to play around with this cool software/hardware but not savvy enough to understand the inner workings. It is truly appreciated.

I put the USB in my workstation and downloaded the diagnostics file. You may be right though as I invoked the boot menu and unraid booted up fine. Weird because in the bios, the first option is the USB. It is on a Marvell controller but supposedly, it's chipset is not one with the issues? It's 88SE9215. https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B00AZ9T3OU/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1 On boot, I see a "crc error count is 8" on the SSD connected to the Marvell controller so I will try to re connect the cables just in case.

Hi, I was away on vacation and noticed my server went down. Now, I get "this is not a bootable disk please insert a bootable floppy and try again" when I try to boot. I had an issue at the end of May where this also happened after an unclean shutdown so I have a feeling that my USB drive might be the issue. It's a 16GB USB 3.0 drive (I know, 2.0 is best). The diagnostics are attached: tower-diagnostics-20190620-1956.zip Thanks!

1024 MB is only 1 GB. Not sure if it's a typo but 60000 MB is only about 58.6 GB.

I'm still on 6.6.5 and was looking to update to 6.7.0. Figure I'd read through this thread first. Although I have a SAS2008 card for my HDDs, I am using a Marvell 88SE9215 card for my SSD Cache Pool... that I just bought too due to lack of SATAIII ports on my motherboard (and some issues I read about re: TRIM on SSDs on a SAS controller). This is what I see under Tools > System Devices. Can't tell if it's one of the problematic cards or not: `IOMMU group 18:[1b4b:9215] 06:00.0 SATA controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. Device 9215 (rev 11)` Would anyone know if this may cause me issues? Does anyone who has this card upgrade with/out problems? Would prefer to get feedback before trying to upgrade. Also, if there are problems with this card (or if I *should* eventually replace it), what card would be recommended for SSDs? Thanks for the awesome work Limetech team!

This is great! Thanks John for the easy write up. My Time Machine External HD just crashed at 12:01 on April 1. I guess it was trying to tell me it wasn't an April Fools joke: Anyways, I set it up the way you wrote it up with a few changes and have my backup running right now. Fingers crossed. The only thing I did differently was leave Minimum Free Space to 0 and am using all disks for now until I buy some dedicated TM drives. Not enough space unfortunately. Also, although I didn't do it, wouldn't setting Use Cache Disk to Yes be beneficial once the initial backup is done? For speed? Maybe even for the initial backup with a bunch of manual Mover invoking? Not sure if I'm over thinking that. On a separate note, I was looking at Carbon Copy Cloner for some time and just bit the bullet and bought it. I know that it's best used when cloning to an external HD/SSD; however, I was hoping to make CCC backups of only my Hackintosh 250 GB SSD to my UnRAID server; and in the case of a failure, be able to just buy another SSD, put the CCC backup on it and replace the old one. I've been reading about sparse bundles, sparseimages, and other CCC & UnRAID related stuff here and on the CCC help pages, but I'm confused. Would it be best to make an SMB User Share with Enhanced OSX Operability or should I make another AFP share and export without the Time Machine option? And once that's done, what's the best way to set CCC to perform the backups? Sparse Bundle? Sparse Image? Lastly, my Hackintosh is currently running El Capitan but I am planning to do an update as soon as I can get a good CCC cloned drive and the Nvidia drivers are updated for Mojave (or I buy a compatible gpu). I remember reading that pre Sierra machines may not work well with SMB in this use case? Not sure. Thanks for the help! P.S. OSX offers an option to back up to multiple locations with disk rotation. When I went to select the UnRAID share, it asked if I wanted to replace the disk or backup to both. Could be a good option.