February 17, 20251 yr I was on 6.12.8 and tried upgrading to 6.12.15... after 15 minutes the GUI did not load. Eventually, I was able to connect to the UNRAID GUI by changing the IP of another computer to 169.x.x.x. since the UNRAID server now has a 169.x.x.x IP. I'm not really sure what went wrong. I no longer have any of my Dockers (most importantly pfSense) or VMs and my cache drive pool is not mounted. I have since downgraded back to 6.12.8 but that did not help. I have not done much with UNRAID for about a year so I'm lost on what to do next. This what I see on the "Pooled Devices" tab. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! unraid-diagnostics-20250217-1322.zip
February 17, 20251 yr Community Expert 2 hours ago, nettech_gt said: 169.x.x.x This means it isn't getting DHCP. Can your router see your server?
February 17, 20251 yr Author Unfortunately, no. My router is pfSense. Which runs in a docker on UNRAID...
February 18, 20251 yr Community Expert 7 hours ago, nettech_gt said: Which runs in a docker on UNRAID... This is going to complicate things. I don't see any unassigned devices, is the former pool device detected in the BIOS?
February 18, 20251 yr Community Expert Solution The NVMe driver is not loading, probably because of this: Feb 17 11:49:55 UNRAID kernel: nvme_core: `0,acpi_enforce_resources=lax' invalid for parameter `default_ps_max_latency_us' Try replacing that syslinux option with: nvme_core.default_ps_max_latency_us=0 pcie_aspm=off pcie_port_pm=off
February 18, 20251 yr Author Would I replace the entire line after "nvme_core:" `0,acpi_enforce_resources=lax' invalid for parameter `default_ps_max_latency_us' with nvme_core.default_ps_max_latency_us=0 pcie_aspm=off pcie_port_pm=off Where would I do that? Thanks!
February 18, 20251 yr Community Expert Click on the flash drive, then scroll down to "Syslinux configuration"
February 18, 20251 yr Author I found and old post of mine where it was suggested I make the change to address an issue with one my cache drives overheating. Do I just need to add pcie_aspm=off pcie_port_pm=off On the end of what I changed in my previous post? So the full line will be: kernel /bzimage append pcie_acs_override=downstream,multifunction initrd= /bzroot nvme_core.default_ps_max_latency_us=0 pcie_aspm=off pcie_port_pm=off
February 19, 20251 yr Author Ok, now I see my cache drives under unassigned disk devices. Now what should I do? Thanks!
February 19, 20251 yr Community Expert You can reimport the pool, to do that, make sure you start the array once without any pool device assigned, then stop the array, assign both pools devices, start the array, post new diags.
February 19, 20251 yr Author My cache pool seems to be running now. I have attached the new diags. Is it time to start my Dockers an VMs? Thanks. unraid-diagnostics-20250219-0610.zip
February 20, 20251 yr Author My Dockers and VMs are running again! THANKS!!! From my understanding it seems when I attempted to upgrade to 6.12.15 This caused the cache drives to not load. kernel /bzimage append pcie_acs_override=downstream,multifunction initrd=/bzroot nvme_core.default_ps_max_latency_us=0 I don't understand what changing it to this did... kernel /bzimage append pcie_acs_override=downstream,multifunction initrd=/bzroot nvme_core.default_ps_max_latency_us=0 pcie_aspm=off pcie_port_pm=off From the other post I mentioned, I set the syslinux command (mentioned above) to fix a NVMe drive issue. At the time it was needed for an issue with the Samsung 980 and the currently used kernel. (if I remember correctly) That was a year ago and I forgot that I made that change. I read all the change logs and known issues before upgrading and didn't see anything mentioned that was related to my current situation. What I would like to know is, if I attempt to upgrade again will this be a problem? Is there anything I can do before I upgrade (presently) or in the future to prevent this from being an issue?
February 20, 20251 yr Community Expert With the kernel option you are using now, it should not be a problem to upgrade.
February 21, 20251 yr Author 18 hours ago, JorgeB said: With the kernel option you are using now, it should not be a problem to upgrade. For both 6.12.15. and 7? Thanks.
February 21, 20251 yr Community Expert Post new diagnostics after upgrade. Your Docker/VM related shares have files on the array.
February 24, 20251 yr Author Updated to 6.12.15 yesterday. Everything looks good. Attached diagnostic. Thanks! unraid-diagnostics-20250223-2209.zip
February 24, 20251 yr Community Expert system share still has files on the array. Nothing can move open files so you have to disable Docker and VM Manager in Settings before that share can be worked on.
February 24, 20251 yr Author Ok. What system files are on the array? Once the Docker and VMs are down what do I need to do to put the files in the correct place? Thanks.
February 24, 20251 yr Community Expert Run mover, wait for it to complete. Mover won't overwrite files so if there are duplicates you will have to clean that up yourself. You can see how much of each disk or pool is used by a user share by clicking Compute... for the share on the User Shares page. If you had Dynamix File Manager plugin installed (or on Unraid V7 where it is included) you can work with your folders and files directly on the server.
February 25, 20251 yr Author I checked the Users Share page, this is what is on the array from system. I set up my server many years ago so I can't remember exactly my reasoning for configuring everything. Can you explain why I shouldn't leave it how it is. Is it best practice to have everything from system running on the cache only? Why? Thanks!
February 25, 20251 yr Community Expert appdata, domains, system are the shares used by Dockers/VMs. They will perform better if they are not on the slower array. And since these files are always open, if they are on the array, array disks can't spin down.,
February 25, 20251 yr Author Ok. Would you recommend I keep this for my system share config? Or is there no need for the secondary storage to be set for the Array? Thanks.
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