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Thanks. I have removed AdBlocker and will try again with Chrome.

Hi, Thanks for the quick response. attached are the two most recent attaempts. The first one failed and the second worked (obviously) As I said in my EDIT, when I set it up using Chrome browser it fails and when I use Microsoft Edge it works?? Dec 9 05:37:20 Tower sSMTP[27501]: Creating SSL connection to host Dec 9 05:37:20 Tower sSMTP[27501]: SSL connection using ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 Dec 9 05:37:24 Tower sSMTP[27501]: Authorization failed (535 5.7.0 (#MBR1212) Incorrect username or password.) Dec 9 05:37:43 Tower php: /usr/local/emhttp/plugins/dynamix/scripts/notify 'smtp-init' Dec 9 05:38:00 Tower sSMTP[27823]: Creating SSL connection to host Dec 9 05:38:01 Tower sSMTP[27823]: SSL connection using ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 Dec 9 05:38:05 Tower sSMTP[27823]: Sent mail for *********@yahoo.com.au (221 Service Closing transmission) uid=0 username=root outbytes=668 thanks for helping.

Hi, I have set up notifications but when I select the Test button I get Authorization failed. I am using unRaid 6.16 Notification settings are: Preset Yahoo AU/NZ Sending email address [email protected] Email recipients [email protected] Mail server port 465 Mail server smtp.mail.yahoo.com.au Use SSL/TLS Yes Use STARTTLS No Define a TLS certificate No Authentication method Login Username myusername (the yahoo one) Password mypassword (the Yahoo one) The only thing I notice is that when I select the Apply button the first time it does not enable the Test button. I have to select Apply a second time and then the Test button is enabled? Any ideas are most welcome. EDIT I was using Chrome browser and tried Microsoft Edge. It works with Edge??

Can't see why not. I would just did one at a time. It's not a race.

Hi, I recently sought advice on changing my 60GB SSD Cache from RFS to XFS. Many thanks to bjp999 and ronj for their advice. The conversion is complete and it seems to be working but some quirky things happened during the process. I thought I might describe the process so that wiser people than I may be able to help others learn from this, or maybe I have created and underlying problem not yet obvious. I have Docker running with one Container for Plex On the 60GB cache drive I had a 10GB Docker image and a cache only share "apps" to store the Plex library. I should say that I was doing this to avoid having to recreate the Plex library. This was the process employed: Create ‘t’ folder on disk 1. (This was used to store the cache data whilst the Cache disk is reformatted) Stop Plex. Navigate to Docker tab. Click on Plex Media Server icon, select Stop. Stop Docker. Navigate to Settings tab. Click on System Settings>Docker. Set Enable Docker to No. Delete Docker image file. Click on the checkbox next to Docker image that says Delete Image File. Click the Delete button after clicking the checkbox to delete the image. Logon to the sever. I use Telnet Open a screen session Copy the existing cache only share which contains the Plex library to the previously created “t” folder on disk1. (I use rsync to copy files) Test copy first rsync –navPX /mnt/cache/ /mnt/disk1/t Copy (remove –n option) rsync –avPX /mnt/cache/ /mnt/disk1/t Check copy worked rsync -nrcvPX /mnt/cache /mnt/disk1/t At this point I got the first unexpected message. Many, many instances of 'skipping non-regular" file Googling revealed that this was likely due to the files being symbolic links and that these could be moved by adding a -l option to the rysnc command. Undaunted or perhaps unwisely I continued and added the - l option to correct the errored files. Corrected with this rsync -lrcvPX /mnt/cache /mnt/disk1/t That seemed to work and moved the files. STOP the ARRAY Second unexpected problem. unRAID just hung. After a very long wait I decided to press and hold the Power Button to power off the server. (I know but what else?) Powered up the server again and of course it came up as stopped but otherwise looked fine. Still undaunted or perhaps even less wisely I decided to continue. With array stopped, changed the filesystem on cache to XFS Started the array, the Cache disk showed unformatted, all the other disks were formatted. The server initiated a Parity Check - no doubt due to the improper shutdown. I elected to Format the unformatted cache disk with XFS Restore the stored [disk1/t] cache only share which contains the Plex library to the Cache disk. This time I included the -l option Test copy first rsync –lnavPX /mnt/ disk1/t /mnt/ cache No errors Copy (remove –n option) rsync –lavPX /mnt/ disk1/t /mnt/ cache Check copy worked rsync -lnrcvPX /mnt/dik1/t /mnt/cache No errors Delete the disk1/t folder Re enable Docker. Navigate to Settings tab. Click on System Settings>Docker Set Enable Docker to Yes Image size 10Gb Docker image /mnt/cache/docker.img With Docker restarted I re-downloaded Plex (needo) Volume Mappings /config /mnt/cache/apps/Plex/ (as before) unraid_media /mnt/user/media (as before) All seems to work fine. Parity Check still running. Have I created any unknown problems? Who knows. Would I do this again? Nope. I would just format the Cache disk and resinstall Docker, Plex and rebuild the library. Might take a few hours but the process I used scares me. Very interested in your views.

Hi, Much smarter people than I have been helping you, but here is my bit. Before Docker or Plex you need to get all your data onto the server. It seems you have started that. Data should be stored in Shares not Disks. i.e. you create a share called, say, "media' when you create the share you get an option of which disk to include. Select "All" You then need to select an Allocation Method. This determines how UNRAID fills the available disks you have selected. I use High Water Having created the media share you can then create sub-folders from Windows e.g. Pictures, Movies, Videos, Music. You then move your data to the appropriate folder. Once the data is loaded you can follow the previous instructions. In summary 1. create a share called "appdata" on the cache disk. Set the share to "cache only" (You need an SSD cache for Plex as it continually chats to the server and won't let a normal drive spin down. 2. Create a Docker Image (i.e. Install Docker) 3. Install a container for Plex. I used needos 4. Configure the container I have two container volumes /config which is pointed to /mnt/cache/appdata/Plex/ (this is where the Plex library will be stored) (I can't remember if you have to create the Plex sub-directory or if it was created during the install or by Plex. Create it from Windows. It won't do any harm if not needed) /unraid_media which is pointed to /mnt/user/media/ (This is where you have copied your data) You can then map to media sub-folders from within Plex. Hope this helps.

Thank you. Yes I did mean 1TB. I was intending to stop Plex but will look at the Docker ideas and link you provided. Will do this in the next day or so and let you know how I go. I am keen to convert the cache to XFS as RFS does not seem to support FSTRIM on the SSD.

Could I have some help please with instructions for converting my 60G SSD Cache drive from RFS to XFS. My sever: Parity 3TB Disk1 1TB Disk2 1TB Disk3 3TB Disk4 1TB Disk5 3TB Cache 60Gb SSD I am in the process of moving my data drives from RFS to XFS (Many thanks to RobJ and bjp999 for their very good instructions and hints.) So far all is going well. Took about 8 hours to move the first 1G of data The Cache has a docker.img file and a "cache only" apps share that contains Plex Media Server data.

You might want to verify that the copy to Disk2/t worked before you format Disk1. This will show any errors rsync -nrcvPX /mnt/disk1 /mnt/disk2/t If you get errors they can be corrected by removing the -n option rsync -rcvPX /mnt/disk1 /mnt/disk2/t For copying files I do a dry run first, then do the copy. I use this command (I believe the '-a' option includes the'-r'. worked for me. rsync -navPX /mnt/disk1 /mntdisk2/t Then if that looks OK, remove the -n option rsync -avPX /mnt/disk1 /mntdisk2/t

Thanks for the replies gentlemen. I was not in any way questioning the process. Simply, I was trying to further understand UNRAID and how it works. Regards

Hi thanks for this. So easy to follow. I am about to start converting. Could you please help me understand the necessity for creating the "T" folder if I am copying from Disk to Disk. I do have user shares? Regards

Crikey. What a dill I am!!! Thanks so much.

I am trying to upgrade my parity drive from 1TB to a new 3TB drive and I get a red button on the parity drive when I select either of the two newly installed 3TB drives. I am following the instructions I found on the unRAID unofficial manual. I stopped the array, powered down the server, installed 2 new 3TB drives. Then powered up the server and assigned one of the new drives as the parity drive in lieu of the existing 1TB drive. I expected to get a green button on the parity drive and then be able to start the array and wait for parity to rebuild. I have done a parity check on the existing server. It is running 5.0.6 and has two 1TB data drives, one 1TB parity drive and a 60GB cache disk. I have attached a screenshot of the web interface. It shows a red button on the parity drive with the words "wrong" below it. It also shows the array as stopped and the Start button is greyed. It does say "upgrading parity" which is not what I expected and not what the instructions say. I am wondering if I should just be waiting?