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A shame that as backups are handled so badly by UnRAID one can only assume that LimeTech don't consider them important! We really do need a GUI interface for an easy backup solution, direct from an UnRaid box to an internal and/or external drive(s). Should be easy to set when and what is backed up and how. The fact that we don't have any sort of interface right now had lead me to consider other solutions many times, and is really the only area of UnRaid for which I am distinctly unhappy. Command line simply doesn't cut it for backups - we need a clear, easy to use interface that encourages them. I've tried many a time to get something up and running using existing command line magic, but never succeeded. My array remains without backup, not through lack of trying. I cannot be the only one?

Anyone ever got lmsensors working with a HP Microserver? I've attempted to get it working several times, but always given up without success. Googled lmsensors and followed various instructions, but always without success. If anyone has got it working i would be most grateful for some pointers.

A quick update - a few weeks ago Joe very kindly helped diagnosing a faulty HDD I had just purchased. The replacement drive has finally turned up, and precleared without any errors.

Thanks- thought that looked a bit high for "passed"! I'll ring up for a DOA return tomorrow (7pm here) as the drive is only two days old. Appreciate the help.

Hi Joe, I've been a total idiot. Those smart reports I copied above are dated February 2012, so are for my old drive! If you forgive me for wasting your time, I'll attach the three smart reports produced so far. Currently it is on the post read, still spitting out errors. Regards, Adam. smart_mid_after_zero1_sda.txt smart_mid_preread1_sda.txt smart_start_sda.txt

Thanks Joe. I really appreciate the swift reply. It is now on stage 2 so I'll see what it reports and post result here, if that's ok.

Hi all, - please be gentle! I have a HP Microserver running two Samsung f2 1.5tb drives fine. Trying to add a new Seagate Green 1.5TB and having problems with preclear. Still stuck on cycle 1 of 1: = unRAID server Pre-Clear disk /dev/sda = cycle 1 of 1, partition start on sector 64 = Disk Pre-Read in progress: 34% complete = ( 516,547,584,000 bytes of 1,500,301,910,016 read ) = Disk Temperature: 34C, Elapsed Time: 2:54:23 Note: elapsed time is wrong. Been running well over four hours now. % and time not increasing! Loads of errors filling the syslog: -- Syslog snippit -- Oct 2 21:15:52 Tower kernel: Descriptor sense data with sense descriptors (in hex): Oct 2 21:15:52 Tower kernel: 72 03 11 04 00 00 00 0c 00 0a 80 00 00 00 00 00 Oct 2 21:15:52 Tower kernel: 3c 44 27 20 Oct 2 21:15:52 Tower kernel: sd 2:0:0:0: [sda] ASC=0x11 ASCQ=0x4 Oct 2 21:15:52 Tower kernel: sd 2:0:0:0: [sda] CDB: cdb[0]=0x28: 28 00 3c 44 27 20 00 00 08 00 Oct 2 21:15:52 Tower kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 1011099424 Oct 2 21:15:52 Tower kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sda, logical block 126387428 Oct 2 21:15:52 Tower kernel: ata2: EH complete Oct 2 21:15:55 Tower kernel: ata2.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x1 SErr 0x0 action 0x0 Oct 2 21:15:55 Tower kernel: ata2.00: irq_stat 0x40000008 Oct 2 21:15:55 Tower kernel: ata2.00: failed command: READ FPDMA QUEUED Oct 2 21:15:55 Tower kernel: ata2.00: cmd 60/08:00:48:6c:44/00:00:3c:00:00/40 tag 0 ncq 4096 in Oct 2 21:15:55 Tower kernel: res 41/40:08:48:6c:44/00:00:3c:00:00/00 Emask 0x409 (media error) <F> Oct 2 21:15:55 Tower kernel: ata2.00: status: { DRDY ERR } Oct 2 21:15:55 Tower kernel: ata2.00: error: { UNC } Oct 2 21:15:56 Tower kernel: ata2.00: configured for UDMA/133 Oct 2 21:15:56 Tower kernel: ata2: EH complete Oct 2 21:15:59 Tower kernel: ata2.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x1 SErr 0x0 action 0x0 Oct 2 21:15:59 Tower kernel: ata2.00: irq_stat 0x40000008 Oct 2 21:15:59 Tower kernel: ata2.00: failed command: READ FPDMA QUEUED Oct 2 21:15:59 Tower kernel: ata2.00: cmd 60/08:00:48:6c:44/00:00:3c:00:00/40 tag 0 ncq 4096 in Oct 2 21:15:59 Tower kernel: res 41/40:08:48:6c:44/00:00:3c:00:00/00 Emask 0x409 (media error) <F> Oct 2 21:15:59 Tower kernel: ata2.00: status: { DRDY ERR } Oct 2 21:15:59 Tower kernel: ata2.00: error: { UNC } Oct 2 21:15:59 Tower kernel: ata2.00: configured for UDMA/133 Oct 2 21:15:59 Tower kernel: ata2: EH complete Oct 2 21:16:02 Tower kernel: ata2.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x1 SErr 0x0 action 0x0 Oct 2 21:16:02 Tower kernel: ata2.00: irq_stat 0x40000008 Oct 2 21:16:02 Tower kernel: ata2.00: failed command: READ FPDMA QUEUED Oct 2 21:16:02 Tower kernel: ata2.00: cmd 60/08:00:48:6c:44/00:00:3c:00:00/40 tag 0 ncq 4096 in Oct 2 21:16:02 Tower kernel: res 41/40:08:48:6c:44/00:00:3c:00:00/00 Emask 0x409 (media error) <F> Oct 2 21:16:02 Tower kernel: ata2.00: status: { DRDY ERR } Oct 2 21:16:02 Tower kernel: ata2.00: error: { UNC } Oct 2 21:16:02 Tower kernel: ata2.00: configured for UDMA/133 Oct 2 21:16:02 Tower kernel: ata2: EH complete --- ends --- SMART REPORTS SMART Preclear Start Disk: /dev/sdb smartctl 5.40 2010-10-16 r3189 [i486-slackware-linux-gnu] (local build) Copyright (C) 2002-10 by Bruce Allen, http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net === START OF INFORMATION SECTION === Device Model: VB0250EAVER Serial Number: W2A4LK0R Firmware Version: HPG7 User Capacity: 250,059,350,016 bytes Device is: Not in smartctl database [for details use: -P showall] ATA Version is: 8 ATA Standard is: ATA-8-ACS revision 6 Local Time is: Sat Feb 4 16:25:55 2012 GMT SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability. SMART support is: Enabled === START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION === SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: PASSED General SMART Values: Offline data collection status: (0x82) Offline data collection activity was completed without error. Auto Offline Data Collection: Enabled. Self-test execution status: ( 0) The previous self-test routine completed without error or no self-test has ever been run. Total time to complete Offline data collection: ( 625) seconds. Offline data collection capabilities: (0x5b) SMART execute Offline immediate. Auto Offline data collection on/off support. Suspend Offline collection upon new command. Offline surface scan supported. Self-test supported. No Conveyance Self-test supported. Selective Self-test supported. SMART capabilities: (0x0003) Saves SMART data before entering power-saving mode. Supports SMART auto save timer. Error logging capability: (0x01) Error logging supported. General Purpose Logging supported. Short self-test routine recommended polling time: ( 2) minutes. Extended self-test routine recommended polling time: ( 45) minutes. SCT capabilities: (0x1039) SCT Status supported. SCT Error Recovery Control supported. SCT Feature Control supported. SCT Data Table supported. SMART Attributes Data Structure revision number: 10 Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds: ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME FLAG VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE UPDATED WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE 1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate 0x002f 117 100 006 Pre-fail Always - 136856044 3 Spin_Up_Time 0x0023 097 097 000 Pre-fail Always - 0 4 Start_Stop_Count 0x0032 100 100 020 Old_age Always - 48 5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct 0x0033 100 100 036 Pre-fail Always - 39 7 Seek_Error_Rate 0x002f 100 253 030 Pre-fail Always - 392797 9 Power_On_Hours 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 72 10 Spin_Retry_Count 0x0033 100 100 097 Pre-fail Always - 0 12 Power_Cycle_Count 0x0032 100 100 020 Old_age Always - 23 180 Unused_Rsvd_Blk_Cnt_Tot 0x002b 100 100 000 Pre-fail Always - 1033259290 183 Runtime_Bad_Block 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0 184 End-to-End_Error 0x0032 100 100 097 Old_age Always - 0 187 Reported_Uncorrect 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0 188 Command_Timeout 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0 189 High_Fly_Writes 0x003a 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0 190 Airflow_Temperature_Cel 0x0022 067 065 045 Old_age Always - 33 (Min/Max 25/33) 194 Temperature_Celsius 0x0022 033 040 000 Old_age Always - 33 (0 15 0 0) 195 Hardware_ECC_Recovered 0x003a 066 053 000 Old_age Always - 136856044 196 Reallocated_Event_Count 0x0032 100 100 036 Old_age Always - 39 197 Current_Pending_Sector 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0 198 Offline_Uncorrectable 0x0030 100 100 000 Old_age Offline - 0 199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count 0x0032 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 0 SMART Error Log Version: 1 No Errors Logged SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1 No self-tests have been logged. [To run self-tests, use: smartctl -t] SMART Selective self-test log data structure revision number 1 SPAN MIN_LBA MAX_LBA CURRENT_TEST_STATUS 1 0 0 Not_testing 2 0 0 Not_testing 3 0 0 Not_testing 4 0 0 Not_testing 5 0 0 Not_testing Selective self-test flags (0x0): After scanning selected spans, do NOT read-scan remainder of disk. If Selective self-test is pending on power-up, resume after 0 minute delay. Preclear Finish Disk: /dev/sdb smartctl 5.40 2010-10-16 r3189 [i486-slackware-linux-gnu] (local build) Copyright (C) 2002-10 by Bruce Allen, http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net === START OF INFORMATION SECTION === Device Model: VB0250EAVER Serial Number: W2A4LK0R Firmware Version: HPG7 User Capacity: 250,059,350,016 bytes Device is: Not in smartctl database [for details use: -P showall] ATA Version is: 8 ATA Standard is: ATA-8-ACS revision 6 Local Time is: Sat Feb 4 17:15:56 2012 GMT SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability. SMART support is: Enabled === START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION === SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: PASSED General SMART Values: Offline data collection status: (0x82) Offline data collection activity was completed without error. Auto Offline Data Collection: Enabled. Self-test execution status: ( 0) The previous self-test routine completed without error or no self-test has ever been run. Total time to complete Offline data collection: ( 625) seconds. Offline data collection capabilities: (0x5b) SMART execute Offline immediate. Auto Offline data collection on/off support. Suspend Offline collection upon new command. Offline surface scan supported. Self-test supported. No Conveyance Self-test supported. Selective Self-test supported. SMART capabilities: (0x0003) Saves SMART data before entering power-saving mode. Supports SMART auto save timer. Error logging capability: (0x01) Error logging supported. General Purpose Logging supported. Short self-test routine recommended polling time: ( 2) minutes. Extended self-test routine recommended polling time: ( 45) minutes. SCT capabilities: (0x1039) SCT Status supported. SCT Error Recovery Control supported. SCT Feature Control supported. SCT Data Table supported. SMART Attributes Data Structure revision number: 10 Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds: ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME FLAG VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE UPDATED WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE 1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate 0x002f 117 100 006 Pre-fail Always - 136884121 3 Spin_Up_Time 0x0023 097 097 000 Pre-fail Always - 0 4 Start_Stop_Count 0x0032 100 100 020 Old_age Always - 48 5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct 0x0033 099 099 036 Pre-fail Always - 63 7 Seek_Error_Rate 0x002f 100 253 030 Pre-fail Always - 477913 9 Power_On_Hours 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 72 10 Spin_Retry_Count 0x0033 100 100 097 Pre-fail Always - 0 12 Power_Cycle_Count 0x0032 100 100 020 Old_age Always - 23 180 Unused_Rsvd_Blk_Cnt_Tot 0x002b 100 100 000 Pre-fail Always - 1521664575 183 Runtime_Bad_Block 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0 184 End-to-End_Error 0x0032 100 100 097 Old_age Always - 0 187 Reported_Uncorrect 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0 188 Command_Timeout 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0 189 High_Fly_Writes 0x003a 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0 190 Airflow_Temperature_Cel 0x0022 065 065 045 Old_age Always - 35 (Min/Max 25/35) 194 Temperature_Celsius 0x0022 035 040 000 Old_age Always - 35 (0 15 0 0) 195 Hardware_ECC_Recovered 0x003a 066 053 000 Old_age Always - 136884121 196 Reallocated_Event_Count 0x0032 099 099 036 Old_age Always - 63 197 Current_Pending_Sector 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0 198 Offline_Uncorrectable 0x0030 100 100 000 Old_age Offline - 0 199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count 0x0032 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 0 SMART Error Log Version: 1 No Errors Logged SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1 No self-tests have been logged. [To run self-tests, use: smartctl -t] SMART Selective self-test log data structure revision number 1 SPAN MIN_LBA MAX_LBA CURRENT_TEST_STATUS 1 0 0 Not_testing 2 0 0 Not_testing 3 0 0 Not_testing 4 0 0 Not_testing 5 0 0 Not_testing Selective self-test flags (0x0): After scanning selected spans, do NOT read-scan remainder of disk. If Selective self-test is pending on power-up, resume after 0 minute delay. Preclear has been running around 4 hours, and is still spurting out errors. Do I leave it and see what happens, or is this a faulty drive? Advice very much appreciated!