Hello,

 

I have a new unRaid server for my Media Center.  I've been doing some house cleaning on our Network and assigning ip addresses to devices.

I held the power button on my unRaid server to shut it down and then reboot.  When I logged into //tower it said that and unclean boot detected.  It is now requiring a parity check.

 

Is there a way to reboot without requiring a parity check?  I did not see anything related to reboot procedures in the wiki.

 

Thanks!

Go to the Web GUI; Check the "Yes, I want to do this" choice just below the Stop button, so Stop is available to you.    Then Stop the array.    Now at the bottom of the disk assignments listing you'll have the choice to either shut down the system or restart it.

 

... Depending on how the ACPI settings are configured on your system, you may also be able to just MOMENTARILY press the power button (do NOT hold it in) and the system will then do a clean shutdown.    I don't recall if UnRAID by default traps this interrupt - but it will cleanly shutdown like this is you have installed UnMenu and the Powerdown  package.

 

... Depending on how the ACPI settings are configured on your system, you may also be able to just MOMENTARILY press the power button (do NOT hold it in) and the system will then do a clean shutdown.    I don't recall if UnRAID by default traps this interrupt - but it will cleanly shutdown like this is you have installed UnMenu and the Powerdown  package.

 

It is my understanding that you definitely need the Powderdown package to to properly trap the power switch method and unmount the file system.  Otherwise, unRAID assumes that you had an 'unclean powerdown' and runs a parity rebuilt.

Otherwise, unRAID assumes that you had an 'unclean powerdown' and runs a parity rebuilt.

 

Just to clarify, UnRAID does NOT do a parity rebuild after an unclean shutdown -- it does an automated parity CHECK.

 

Thank you for showing me how to shut down properly!  Works great!