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Hi Squid... An external drive is not been seen in unassigned unless it's in the usb 3 port. It is a usb 3 drive. Thanks T

Hi - is there an easy way to work out if my USB 3 ports are supported by Unraid or not ? It is a new mobo and it is only the USB 3 ports not working where as the USB 2 ones are. My device config is: Thanks Terran diagnostics-20191121-2135.zip

Hi all... Does any one have best practices on setting the later versions of Unraid as a domain controller ? I did a search and found this old article... ... Not sure if it still applied or there are better ways now ? Thanks Terran

Hi... I think you've have had some good feed back there but I'll just add my experience based on coming from Windows. First duplicati needs work... It's no where near as good as windows backup up especially bare metal restores. I looked at cloudberry and that had promise but seems to have a 5tb limit ? I ended up writing my own rsync backup and restore script but I'm still not happy as that is a straight copy rather than one I can restore from a specific time. There is one advantage though not been on windows and that is (in theory) it's a lot harder to get hit by malware so it does have its plus points. I'm in the process of building a new server and I'm pretty sure I'll be back to this topic again hence the interest in this thread and the outcome. Terran

Just a quick note to say thank you. I had a bit of a rough start coming from Windows but I have to say I love Unraid and its approach so much so I have told others too. I love the development you guys do to keep moving (not just patches) and the community here make it even more special. Thanks Terran

Hi. Does any one else have problems been able to click the hyperlink to edit a script in Android / Google Chrome ? Works fine on a PC but on a tablet or phone the dialogue will not appear ? It would be handy some times but it's not the end of the world. Thanks Terran

A copy of my syslog for ref syslog.txt

Hi all, I think I have a bit of an odd one. Once I replaced my faulty usb many of my stability issues went away how ever after updating every so often I seem to loose my shares but every thing else seems to be working. Ie Dockers seem fine and dispite the attached image I know Emby is running as I am watching it right now. I can not get the syslog to show any thing (it is a blank page) and diags will not generate. Any thoughts ie is the the RC or another issue ? Thanks T Edit. Managed to get access to the syslog once I rebooted. That reboot had to be done from the console as it would not work from the web interface. Crfs uninitialised was in the log towards the end so I will have a look in the forum.

Hi and thanks for responding. It was 5 files about 200mb each (duplicati created). In short any operations realting to transfer files to my usb 3 connected drive is far too slow. Eg duplicati reports it's copying in bytes and not mega bytes speed. Script copies seem to be as slow too. These are drives that used to backup ok under windows server as well so I'm relatively happy the hard ware is ok. I've checked lsusb and the correct drivers and speed seem to be in place. Terran

So first off I believe the issue is usb as I have mostly speed issues non!after what docker or script I use. It's beyond frustrating as after 3 months of moving to unraid I still do not have a working backup. I put in a usb 3 card but that does seem to act about the same as using the on board host. I've tried xfs ...NTFS.... Etc I've tried new cables and PSU s I've tried using a cache drive for temp files to prevent parity slowing backups After many hours of researching and going down multiple routes including caching I'm out of ideas. Ps to those that have helped me elsewhere thank you but I think usb transfer speeds is the core of the issue. tbmaindoma-diagnostics-20190310-1720.zip

Hi - I've set a script up but its slow on mine as it is duplicati. I need to do some further investigation but I'd say USB 3 is just slow even with the PCI E card I now have. Re the scripts them selves this is what I ended up with as I have 2 disks I switch... #!/bin/bash #disk1 rsync -aqv --progress --delete --log-file="/mnt/disks/backup1/Backup share log" /mnt/user/ "/mnt/disks/backup1/usershares" rsync -aqv --progress --delete --log-file="/mnt/disks/backup1/flash log" /etc/libvirt/ "/mnt/disks/backup1/libvirt" #disk2 rsync -aqv --progress --delete --log-file="/mnt/disks/backup2/Backup share log" /mnt/user/ "/mnt/disks/backup2/usershares" rsync -aqv --progress --delete --log-file="/mnt/disks/backup2/flash log" /etc/libvirt/ "/mnt/disks/backup2/libvirt" T

Hi all... new key is in and the system feels smoother (placebo affect I guess) how ever the key thing is that its not fallen over since. The good news is that I also got my money back after I shared the logs above so thank you every one who has helped. It does show though that it is possible to get a new USB that actually fails out of the box. Terran

I also got this.... Annoying if so as its not very old this key. Thanks for the feed back so far... Terran SyslogCatchAll-2019-03-03.txt EDIT: I've ordered a new key... heres hoping its not another dud

...and its gone again after rebooting 3 hrs ago. I disabled the spin down so I would say that is not linked. Very frustrating though even more so than Windows. Terran

For discussion and sharing experiences... Havingspent some time now with Unraid and coming from Windows server I'm surprised there are not more really good backup options to local usb storage. Duplicati seems to be the best but I have found it slow and not as polished as any other backup app in the windows world. I like cloudberry but reading there seems to be a 5tb limit (correct me if I am wrong please). If I want to do just a file level then I could use rsync etc but that's more a copy than a back up. If love to see native bare metal backup support in Unraid but I suspect that may not be even considered at this time. So what are people's experiences when it comes to backing up large amounts of data to a local usb drive and not the cloud. Are there any best practices or left feild suggestions ? Terran

And again... 2 out of the 3 data drives are spun down. I'm thinking a new usb key is required how ever it's disappointing as this was new not long back. I've got the key going direct in to a usb 2 port now. I did try and put a usb 4 port card in in case it was a bus issue but unraid does not want to play. I have also changed to a legacy boot mode. If any one could confirm my findings it would be appreciated. T tbmaindoma-diagnostics-20190303-1718.zip

Hi Squid. Box has been spot on all day how ever I just ran the appdata backup for the first time and it occured again. Diags attached. If it's a faulty usb I can put up with that I just can't tell at the moment. tbmaindoma-diagnostics-20190302-2230.zip

The UX is partly working but certain elements don't. I'll see if I can get a screen shot as it's strange plus I'm not sure but I think the dockers are still running. I'll grab the diags when I'm able to and I've had a remote syslog running to capture any thing as well. Thanks Terran

Hi all... My server is running in the latest RC and seems to be great except I think the usb key is been fully dismounted when the drives spin down by them selves. It does not seem to be an issue if I have backups running or copying data on / off only when the machine is idle. Manually spinning down does not seem to do it but if I leave the server alone for a few hours I find the UX crashed and the flash drive no longer mounted. I have put the key in a usb hub and direct in to a port with no change. I do not think it's the RC as I had the same problem before hand but for the last few weeks the server had been busy reloading my data. Has anyone come across this ? Are there any hidden power settings relating to the usb ports or drives or do I need to disable spining down (I'd prefer not to tbh). Is there a way to see if the drive is included in a spin down group ? I'm going though my logs and when back home I'll post any thing relevant. Thanks in advance Terran

Hi all... I'm getting 16 bytes through put backing up to a usb 3 drive and no where near 640 MBps. I have have made /mnt/disks available so I could navigate to the drive. Every thing else is now running spot on with low latency and I have even added a dedicated sata card, added swap and moved app data to a new cache drive I have installed. I'm not sure where to go now with this. Thanks in advance Terran

Hi. One of the first things I tried. Thanks Terran

Hi... Just updated as I could not get openvpn started with out errors even using the fix above and I've had to eat the image and folder again as I got connection refused after the update completed. Are there any logs I can share here that would be any help ? Thanks Terran

Hi, I tried this with no luck (connection refused) but oddly I'm having the same problem with Plex (connection refused). I've tried different combinations of settings including other builds and can see port mappings and unlike other dockers on the machine (CA Advisor, emby, duplicati) which just seem to work I'm getting no where. The other strange thing was that Plex (which may be a red hearning) was working. I'm on 6.7.0-rc4 Thanks Terran Edit .... Plex aside I've got openvpn back but had to remove the docker and then the appdata folder then reinstall. Some thing must have gone screwy T

For any one following - I THINK the above relates to Duplicati (Emby unobody 2645 2642 0 16:35 ? 00:00:00 mono Duplicati.Server.exe --webservice-interface=any --server-datafolder=/configses it too)... nobody 2645 2642 0 16:35 ? 00:00:00 mono Duplicati.Server.exe --webservice-interface=any --server-datafolder=/config I hope that helps any one else following with the same question in relation to Unraid specifically. Terran