I recently upgraded to unRAID 7. I am attempting to manually move files from cache to array via the "Move" button on Main page and by "Move Now" button on the CA Mover Tuning Plugin Page. Both refresh the page, but do not invoke the move.

 

I enabled Mover Logging after several attempts, but do not know where the log resides.

 

I have it scheduled to move hourly. It was working properly prior to upgrade (both scheduled and manual moves). Looking at some of the files in the cache, it seems some have been there for several hours to a full day, so I don't think the scheduled move is working properly either. I am not running out of room, but certainly will soon, if its not moving

 

Any help is appreciated.

In my regular logs, I see this when I invoke the Mover:

 

Feb 13 08:36:42 MEDIA-SERVER emhttpd: shcmd (223): /usr/local/sbin/mover start |& logger -t move &
Feb 13 08:36:42 MEDIA-SERVER move: Usage: /usr/local/sbin/mover.old start [-e] <disk_name>
Feb 13 08:36:42 MEDIA-SERVER move:        /usr/local/sbin/mover.old stop|status
Feb 13 08:36:42 MEDIA-SERVER move:        <disk_name> must match pattern 'disk[0-9]*'

SOLVED - for any others having this issue:

So using the log verbiage, a Google search led me to the fact that CA Mover Tuning was the culprit. I removed it, and it is now working. Perhaps the features of CA Mover Tunbing are now built in to unRAID 7? idk

53 minutes ago, wdpaynter said:

Perhaps the features of CA Mover Tunbing are now built in to unRAID 7?

Mover Tuning is not built-in to Unraid v7.

 

1 hour ago, wdpaynter said:

scheduled to move hourly

Why? Mover is intended for idle time. Do you have frequent idle time? Are the moves small enough to complete during the idle time? It is impossible to move from fast cache to slow array as fast as you can write to cache.

 

I'm not sure why I chose hourly. I think after I lost a large HDD and I was reacquiring all the missing files, the cache was filling up (1TB NVME mirrored to another). So maybe I changed it. The server is media only (Plex) and I've not noticed any performance hit operating this way. Is this a bad idea? I m still relatively new to unRAID (as you can likely see from my post!)

 

Should I re-download a new version of Mover Tuning? I don't see any Mover settings otherwise. Do you know if the plugin is being updated for 7.0? What are my alternatives? EDIT: I found the Mover settings. I guess I was using those before and not the Moving Tuner. idk

 

Thanks

Edited February 13, 20251 yr by wdpaynter

16 minutes ago, wdpaynter said:

I don't see any Mover settings otherwise

Settings - Scheduler - Mover Settings

 

There is a search in the main bar at the top that can help you find things in webUI.

19 minutes ago, wdpaynter said:

I was reacquiring all the missing files, the cache was filling up

 

If you need to write more than cache can hold, don't cache.

 

1 hour ago, trurl said:

It is impossible to move from fast cache to slow array as fast as you can write to cache.

 

Let me process your suggestions

On 2/13/2025 at 8:41 AM, wdpaynter said:

SOLVED - for any others having this issue:

So using the log verbiage, a Google search led me to the fact that CA Mover Tuning was the culprit. I removed it, and it is now working. Perhaps the features of CA Mover Tunbing are now built in to unRAID 7? idk

@wdpaynter thanks for the tip on CA Mover Tuning. That was the culprit for me.

 

On 2/15/2025 at 9:38 AM, planetarymotion said:

@wdpaynter thanks for the tip on CA Mover Tuning. That was the culprit for me.

 

No problem. I get frustrated when people solve an issue and ghost the topic afterwards. Thx

On 2/21/2025 at 8:09 PM, wdpaynter said:

No problem. I get frustrated when people solve an issue and ghost the topic afterwards. Thx

Thanks a lot, helped me too.