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  1. I don't; this whole past month has been trying to expand my array so I can support a full backup (r620's 2.5" drives just aren't big enough to give me what I need, so all this work has been to give me the extra capacity from an MD1200 and a bunch of 6TB drives.

     

    I have come to terms with the idea of the loss of the current disk (a few movies, and maybe a VM - but nothing life essential), but afaict the disk should be intact. We'll see.

     

    Big lessons (re)learned - diagnostics always first, and only do one thing at a time

  2. Thanks very much, I will try to get UD installed offline this afternoon.

    If not, I'll do the new pool and use UnBalanced to copy the data to the new/bigger disk.

    Either way I'll post back with findings, thanks for the help  - I am trying to increase my understanding of exactly how parity ops work; I'm starting to think that if I had just left everything for a bit after preclear/assigning the new drive, it would have worked smoothly.

  3. Ok, when i tried to assign the old disk to a new slot, unraid said it would start the Disk-clear proces, which i think will lose some data?

     

    i don't have Unassigned Devices and don't have Internet (pfsense vm is acting up) but i think i can download from github to a thumb drive and install.

     

    Could i create a new config with the old disk assignments (unassign the new drive, assign the old drive in its original place, then preserve everything and create a new config)?

  4. I was trying to replace a 450gb drive with a 900gb one. (Just did this successfully a few days ago.)


    I precleared the new drive in an empty slot, stopped the array, but when i assigned the new drive and restarted the array, it said "unmountable". Parity sync didn't start to write emulated data to the new drive (that i could see).

     

    so I stopped the array, and tried to add the old disk back (which is unchanged). Now that one said "unmountable" too.

     

    now i started to freak out a bit. i added the new drive and tried "format", but the array never rebuilt data to the new drive, and i just have an extra empty drive. Now i can't replace the old drive bc unraid says it's too small, but i think it still has all the data on it.

     

    What to do?

     

    I'm one of those dummies who has my pfsense in a vm (i know i know) so i cant download diagnostics, but heres a pic of the History - looks like parity should still be valid from the old drive.

     

    IMG_20240130_184133488_HDR_AE.jpg

  5. Thanks for your help so far - I'm still stumped!

    1. I flashed BIOS to the HBA, but during boot sequence it's still not recognized (BIOS is enabled in the R620, I followed this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggdbgjm8cRQ) -- but unraid sees the device in PCIe settings (lspci and sas2flash both confirm, and device messages show in unraid system logs)

    2. I tried using a known good drive (part of my array) and a new drive (which appears in Tools>Preclear Disk) in the MD1200, but nothing appears anywhere I can find in unraid (lsscsi, Tools>System Devices) [actually the new drive shows up in preclear but doesn't get a green status light in the MD1200, not sure what's up with that)
    3. closer look at the MD1200 shows it's actually in an error state, but both EMMs, PSUs, and all HDDs show green/ready, not sure what else I can troubleshoot (replace the backplane? control panel?)

     

    Not quite sure where to go from here - if I can get the HBA BIOS to load, I'm hoping I'll be able to tell if the HGST drives need to be formatted to 512 or something (rule out the HBA as the issue), which will confirm that the MD1200 is just dead and I need to return it.

     

     

    jeeves-diagnostics-20240127-1848.zip

  6. 9 hours ago, JorgeB said:

    AFAIK latest firmware for SAS2008/2308 is 20.00.07.00, there's also this:

    OK I crossflashed updated firmware, checked all the cables, everything is showing solid green/good, checked that I'm in unified mode and connected to EMM0, but still not seeing the drives anywhere. Is there anything else I can check?

     

     

    jeeves-diagnostics-20240122-1927.zip

  7. Hey everyone, been digging through the threads on getting these cards configured. I have a Dell R620 and have used a PERC H310 so far). I am adding a PowerVault MD1200 and bought an 0TFJRW (LSI SAS2308 / 9206-16e) HBA to get an external SAS port to hook it up to the R620.

     

    Everything is connected and powered on (MD1200 drives show ready lights), but the drives in the MD1200 don't appear available for preclear, or anywhere else.

     

    1. the HBA shows in unraid System Devices:

       IOMMU group 56: [1000:0087] 43:00.0 Serial Attached SCSI controller: Broadcom / LSI SAS2308 PCI-Express Fusion-MPT SAS-2 (rev 05)
      IOMMU group 57: [1000:0087] 45:00.0 Serial Attached SCSI controller: Broadcom / LSI SAS2308 PCI-Express Fusion-MPT 

    This is also supported when I run lspci:
     

    43:00.0 Serial Attached SCSI controller: Broadcom / LSI SAS2308 PCI-Express Fusion-MPT SAS-2 (rev 05)
        Subsystem: Broadcom / LSI SAS2308 PCI-Express Fusion-MPT SAS-2
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 41, NUMA node 1, IOMMU group 56
        I/O ports at bc00 [size=256]
        Memory at d0ff0000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
        Memory at d0f80000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256K]
        Expansion ROM at d0000000 [disabled] [size=1M]
        Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 3
        Capabilities: [68] Express Endpoint, MSI 00
        Capabilities: [d0] Vital Product Data
        Capabilities: [a8] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
        Capabilities: [c0] MSI-X: Enable+ Count=16 Masked-
        Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting
        Capabilities: [1e0] Secondary PCI Express
        Capabilities: [1c0] Power Budgeting <?>
        Capabilities: [190] Dynamic Power Allocation <?>
        Capabilities: [148] Alternative Routing-ID Interpretation (ARI)
        Kernel driver in use: mpt3sas
        Kernel modules: mpt3sas
    
    45:00.0 Serial Attached SCSI controller: Broadcom / LSI SAS2308 PCI-Express Fusion-MPT SAS-2 (rev 05)
        Subsystem: Broadcom / LSI SAS2308 PCI-Express Fusion-MPT SAS-2
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 41, NUMA node 1, IOMMU group 57
        I/O ports at ac00 [size=256]
        Memory at d1ff0000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
        Memory at d1f80000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256K]
        Expansion ROM at d1000000 [disabled] [size=1M]
        Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 3
        Capabilities: [68] Express Endpoint, MSI 00
        Capabilities: [d0] Vital Product Data
        Capabilities: [a8] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
        Capabilities: [c0] MSI-X: Enable+ Count=16 Masked-
        Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting
        Capabilities: [1e0] Secondary PCI Express
        Capabilities: [1c0] Power Budgeting <?>
        Capabilities: [190] Dynamic Power Allocation <?>
        Capabilities: [148] Alternative Routing-ID Interpretation (ARI)
        Kernel driver in use: mpt3sas
        Kernel modules: mpt3sas

     

    Running sas2flash shows the card is running in IT mode, and the firmware is pretty up to date (I saw a May 2023 post showing 20.00.07.00 as current, is this right?):
     

    ./sas2flash -list
    LSI Corporation SAS2 Flash Utility
    Version 20.00.00.00 (2014.09.18)
    Copyright (c) 2008-2014 LSI Corporation. All rights reserved
    
        Adapter Selected is a LSI SAS: SAS2308_2(D1)
    
        Controller Number              : 0
        Controller                     : SAS2308_2(D1)
        PCI Address                    : 00:43:00:00
        SAS Address                    : 5000d31-0-0083-a41d
        NVDATA Version (Default)       : 14.01.00.08
        NVDATA Version (Persistent)    : 14.01.00.08
        Firmware Product ID            : 0x2214 (IT)
        Firmware Version               : 20.00.11.00
        NVDATA Vendor                  : LSI
        NVDATA Product ID              : SAS9206-16e
        BIOS Version                   : N/A
        UEFI BSD Version               : N/A
        FCODE Version                  : N/A
        Board Name                     : SAS9206-16E
        Board Assembly                 : H3-25553-01A
        Board Tracer Number            : SV42817207
    
        Finished Processing Commands Successfully.
        Exiting SAS2Flash.
    
    ./sas2flash -c 1 -list
    LSI Corporation SAS2 Flash Utility
    Version 20.00.00.00 (2014.09.18)
    Copyright (c) 2008-2014 LSI Corporation. All rights reserved
    
        Adapter Selected is a LSI SAS: SAS2308_2(D1)
    
        Controller Number              : 1
        Controller                     : SAS2308_2(D1)
        PCI Address                    : 00:45:00:00
        SAS Address                    : 5000d31-0-0083-a425
        NVDATA Version (Default)       : 14.01.00.08
        NVDATA Version (Persistent)    : 14.01.00.08
        Firmware Product ID            : 0x2214 (IT)
        Firmware Version               : 20.00.11.00
        NVDATA Vendor                  : LSI
        NVDATA Product ID              : SAS9206-16e
        BIOS Version                   : N/A
        UEFI BSD Version               : N/A
        FCODE Version                  : N/A
        Board Name                     : SAS9206-16E
        Board Assembly                 : H3-25553-01A
        Board Tracer Number            : SV42817207
    
        Finished Processing Commands Successfully.
        Exiting SAS2Flash.

     

     

    I'm hoping I missed something really silly - can anyone point me in the right direction?

     

     

    jeeves-diagnostics-20240121-1807.zip

  8. hello, I had a power failure that wiped my pfsense vm, and now my proxy containers don't work.

    Everything is up and running, no errors; I've checked that ports 80 and 443 are open on the rebuilt pfsense vm, and SWAG, Vaultwarden, and Guac are all running/accessible locally.

     

    I'm stumped on what to troubleshoot next - I've looked at the proxy config files, everything looks correct.
    What couldI be missing?

  9. OK so I've rebooted the server and the original VM still won't load in noVNC.

    I did manage to get another one up and running (but ~10 others did not); it shares the exact same settings as the first Ubuntu VM (the .xml configs are identical).

    I'm a little terrified I'll lose all this work, because I honestly have no idea whatsoever what went wrong or how I would fix it.

    Since I also can't seem to get Ubuntu up in VirtualBox either, this could be a project-ending problem for me.

  10. Help! I'm not a VM guru or anything - just need a linux environment for a dependency for an app I'm building.

     

    I successfully deployed an Ubuntu VM, but it ran out of space (and won't let me allocate new filesystem space).

     

    So now I'm trying to build another VM. After the VM boots (I get the boot screen and filesystem checks come back OK), the screen turns black and nothing happens.
     

    What am I doing wrong?

     

    EDIT - I used the exact same ISO and settings on the first machine, which booted/installed immediately with no problems (a week ago)

  11. Hey everyone, I'm running Unraid 6.8.3 on a headless Dell PowerEdge R620. I'm trying to get pfSense running in a VM and I've hit a few snags:

     

    My NIC situation:

     - 1x Intel I350 Gigabit, which has 2x RJ-45 connectors (one port is connected to my Verizon router, this is how I currently access the server)

     - 1x Intel 82599ES SFP+, which has two... empty slots??

     - 1x RJ-45 connector that (I think?) is part of the server itself, it's next to the VGA output for managing the server, labeled "iDRAC" (picture attached).

     

    I mistakenly thought there were two additional RJ-45 ports on the Intel 82599ES, allowing me to (following SpaceInvaderOne's pfSense tutorial) disable them in Unraid's boot flash by PCIe ID so they could be used for the pfSense VM.

     

    Questions:

    1. Should I buy SFP+ jacks for the 82599ES NIC? How would I even know what to buy? I think this is the link to the 82599ES NIC. Is something like this (Amazon) compatible? Or maybe this (FS.com)? I have no devices that use fiber.

     

    2. In the meantime, can I use the iDRAC plug to connect to & manage the server while I use the I350 NIC for pfSense? Since I'm accessing the server through one of the I350 ports and both ports share the same PCIe ID, I'm worried that disabling one would could prevent me from accessing the server. They are in different IOMMU groups.

     

    Any help/advice would be greatly appreciated! I tried to get all the required info/diagnostics from the sticky. If I'm missing something please let me know!

    -DBJ

    idrac-plug.png

    jeeves-diagnostics-20200914-2037.zip

  12. Hey everyone,

    Running Unraid 6.7.2 on a Poweredge R620, mostly for Plex. It came with some SAS drives, but I'm having trouble finding large (1TB+) SAS HDDs in the 2.5" form factor that I need to expand my memory. According to the documentation, my controller can actually run SAS or SATA, so I'm thinking it would be easier (and cheaper long-term) to use SATA drives instead.

     

    Problem: I already uploaded ~1.1TB of media to the server.

     

    Is there any way to keep this data while I swap out the hard disks in the array? Or should I just back it all up somewhere (I have a few very large drives on my PC) and copy it back to the server once the array is rebuilt with the new HDDs?

  13. Hi, kinda new here:

    Running Unraid 6.7.2, using Plex (plexinc/pms-docker) and OpenVPN (linuxserver/openvpn-as) dockers.

    I'm able to login and administer everything from Windows machines, but for some reason my Mac (OS X 10.10.5) simply refuses to connect to the server. I know it's connected to the network via OpenVPN (I can ping most IPs on the network no problem, including my Windows PC, and the router), and I can ping the Mac from the Windows PC. I've tried both smb and afp, but the Mac simpy says the server doesn't exist/can't be found (no prompt for login/password, no selection of shares). I've checked my shares for enhanced macOS compatibility, and even created a fresh share to test with, but no dice.

    Everything else on the server runs just fine, I can access everything locally and remotely via OpenVPN just fine - except on the Mac.

     

    Anyone run into this before?

     

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