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Shutdown issues

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I've been running two servers for a few years now. Server 1 and server 2. Server 2 has recently starting playing up. When it boots, it starts and runs. I can add content and remove content. Parity syncs fine.

 

I've added unmenu and dynamix and some plugins on both servers. Both running 5.0.5

On server 2 it all installs fine but it doesn't keep dynamix after a reboot. It keeps the plugins working but doesn't show in the web GUI. I know this because it keeps sending me emails.

SSH stops working after a while too.

If it's left for a few weeks the web GUI either doesn't come up or it does and when I select take array offline it seems to freeze. Only way around is turn switch it off, start it again and let it sync parity.

 

Attached is the current syslog. Is there anything else I need to provide to get help?

I've got older syslogs which quite likely has valuable info regarding the shutdown but they are quite large.

 

Here are some snippets taken from the end of them:

 

Aug  1 19:29:52 Tower2 powerdown[28663]: Initiating Shutdown with ''
Aug  1 19:29:52 Tower2 shutdown[28664]: shutting down for system halt
Aug  1 19:29:53 Tower2 init: Switching to runlevel: 0
Aug  1 19:29:55 Tower2 rc.unRAID[28683][28684]: Powerdown V2.06
Aug  1 19:29:55 Tower2 rc.unRAID[28683][28685]: Stopping Plugins.
Aug  1 19:29:55 Tower2 rc.unRAID[28683][28693]: Running: "/etc/rc.d/rc.cachedirs stop"
Aug  1 19:29:55 Tower2 cache_dirs: killing cache_dirs process 11051
Aug  1 19:30:00 Tower2 rc.unRAID[28683][28696]: cache_dirs stopped
Aug  1 19:30:00 Tower2 rc.unRAID[28683][28719]: Running: "/etc/rc.d/rc.sysstat stop"
Aug  1 19:30:00 Tower2 rc.unRAID[28683][28723]: Stopping unRAID.
Aug  1 19:30:01 Tower2 rc.unRAID[28683][28746]: Killing active pids on the array drives
Aug  1 19:30:01 Tower2 rc.unRAID[28683][28749]: Cannot stat /mnt/cache: No such file or directory
Aug  1 19:30:01 Tower2 rc.unRAID[28683][28749]: Cannot stat /mnt/cache: No such file or directory
Aug  1 19:30:01 Tower2 rc.unRAID[28683][28750]: Sync filesystems
Aug  1 19:30:02 Tower2 rc.unRAID[28683][28756]: Umounting the drives
Aug  1 19:30:02 Tower2 rc.unRAID[28683][28760]: /dev/md1 umounted
Aug  1 19:30:02 Tower2 rc.unRAID[28683][28760]: /dev/md2 umounted
Aug  1 19:30:02 Tower2 rc.unRAID[28683][28760]: /dev/md3 umounted
Aug  1 19:30:02 Tower2 rc.unRAID[28683][28760]: /dev/md4 umounted
Aug  1 19:30:03 Tower2 rc.unRAID[28683][28760]: /dev/md5 umounted
Aug  1 19:30:03 Tower2 rc.unRAID[28683][28760]: /dev/md6 umounted
Aug  1 19:30:03 Tower2 rc.unRAID[28683][28760]: umount2: Device or resource busy
Aug  1 19:30:03 Tower2 rc.unRAID[28683][28760]: umount: /mnt/disk7: device is busy.
Aug  1 19:30:03 Tower2 rc.unRAID[28683][28760]:         (In some cases useful info about processes that use
Aug  1 19:30:03 Tower2 rc.unRAID[28683][28760]:          the device is found by lsof( or fuser(1))
Aug  1 19:30:03 Tower2 rc.unRAID[28683][28760]: umount2: Device or resource busy
Aug  1 19:30:03 Tower2 rc.unRAID[28683][28769]: Active pids left on the array drives
Aug  1 19:30:03 Tower2 rc.unRAID[28683][28772]: 
Aug  1 19:30:03 Tower2 rc.unRAID[28683][28772]:                      USER        PID ACCESS COMMAND
Aug  1 19:30:03 Tower2 rc.unRAID[28683][28772]: /dev/md7:            root      28629 ..c.. find
Aug  1 19:30:03 Tower2 rc.unRAID[28683][28772]: 
Aug  1 19:30:03 Tower2 rc.unRAID[28683][28773]: Stopping the Array
Aug  1 19:30:03 Tower2 rc.unRAID[28683][28779]: /root/mdcmd: line 11: echo: write error: Device or resource busy
Aug  1 19:30:03 Tower2 kernel: mdcmd (161): stop 
Aug  1 19:30:03 Tower2 kernel: md: 2 devices still in use.
Aug  1 19:30:08 Tower2 mdstatusdiff[28786]: --- /tmp/mdcmd.28683.1^I2014-08-01 19:30:03.544252359 +0100
Aug  1 19:30:08 Tower2 mdstatusdiff[28786]: +++ /tmp/mdcmd.28683.2^I2014-08-01 19:30:08.553930818 +0100
Aug  1 19:30:08 Tower2 mdstatusdiff[28786]: @@ -124,7 +124,7 @@
Aug  1 19:30:08 Tower2 mdstatusdiff[28786]:  rdevSize.7=1465138552
Aug  1 19:30:08 Tower2 mdstatusdiff[28786]:  rdevId.7=SAMSUNG_HD154UI_S1XWJ1KZ204639
Aug  1 19:30:08 Tower2 mdstatusdiff[28786]:  rdevNumErrors.7=0
Aug  1 19:30:08 Tower2 mdstatusdiff[28786]: -rdevLastIO.7=1406917803
Aug  1 19:30:08 Tower2 mdstatusdiff[28786]: +rdevLastIO.7=1406917808
Aug  1 19:30:08 Tower2 mdstatusdiff[28786]:  rdevSpinupGroup.7=0
Aug  1 19:30:08 Tower2 mdstatusdiff[28786]:  diskNumber.8=8
Aug  1 19:30:08 Tower2 mdstatusdiff[28786]:  diskName.8=

 

Aug 19 16:39:49 Tower2 powerdown[9139]: Powerdown initiated
Aug 19 16:39:49 Tower2 powerdown[9143]: Powerdown V2.06
Aug 19 16:39:49 Tower2 rc.unRAID[9145][9146]: Processing /etc/rc.d/rc.unRAID.d/ kill scripts.
Aug 19 16:39:49 Tower2 powerdown[9151]: Initiating Shutdown with ''
Aug 19 16:39:49 Tower2 shutdown[9152]: shutting down for system halt
Aug 19 16:39:49 Tower2 init: Switching to runlevel: 0
Aug 19 16:39:53 Tower2 emhttp: Unmounting disks...
Aug 19 16:39:53 Tower2 emhttp: shcmd (309): umount /mnt/disk7 |& logger
Aug 19 16:39:53 Tower2 logger: umount: /mnt/disk7: device is busy.
Aug 19 16:39:53 Tower2 logger:         (In some cases useful info about processes that use
Aug 19 16:39:53 Tower2 logger:          the device is found by lsof( or fuser(1))
Aug 19 16:39:53 Tower2 emhttp: Retry unmounting disk share(s)...
Aug 19 16:39:56 Tower2 rc.unRAID[9168][9169]: Powerdown V2.06
Aug 19 16:39:56 Tower2 rc.unRAID[9168][9170]: Stopping Plugins.
Aug 19 16:39:56 Tower2 rc.unRAID[9168][9178]: Running: "/etc/rc.d/rc.cachedirs stop"
Aug 19 16:39:58 Tower2 emhttp: Unmounting disks...
Aug 19 16:39:58 Tower2 emhttp: shcmd (310): umount /mnt/disk7 |& logger
Aug 19 16:39:58 Tower2 logger: umount: /mnt/disk7: device is busy.
Aug 19 16:39:58 Tower2 logger:         (In some cases useful info about processes that use
Aug 19 16:39:58 Tower2 logger:          the device is found by lsof( or fuser(1))
Aug 19 16:39:58 Tower2 emhttp: Retry unmounting disk share(s)...
Aug 19 16:40:01 Tower2 rc.unRAID[9168][9181]: cache_dirs stopped
Aug 19 16:40:01 Tower2 rc.unRAID[9168][9204]: Running: "/etc/rc.d/rc.sysstat stop"
Aug 19 16:40:01 Tower2 rc.unRAID[9168][9208]: Stopping unRAID.
Aug 19 16:40:02 Tower2 rc.unRAID[9168][9231]: Killing active pids on the array drives
Aug 19 16:40:02 Tower2 rc.unRAID[9168][9234]: Cannot stat /mnt/user/*: No such file or directory
Aug 19 16:40:02 Tower2 rc.unRAID[9168][9234]: Cannot stat /mnt/user/*: No such file or directory
Aug 19 16:40:02 Tower2 rc.unRAID[9168][9234]: Cannot stat /mnt/cache: No such file or directory
Aug 19 16:40:02 Tower2 rc.unRAID[9168][9234]: Cannot stat /mnt/cache: No such file or directory
Aug 19 16:40:02 Tower2 rc.unRAID[9168][9235]: Sync filesystems
Aug 19 16:40:03 Tower2 rc.unRAID[9168][9237]: Umounting the drives
Aug 19 16:40:03 Tower2 rc.unRAID[9168][9241]: umount2: Invalid argument
Aug 19 16:40:03 Tower2 rc.unRAID[9168][9241]: umount: /dev/md1: not mounted
Aug 19 16:40:03 Tower2 rc.unRAID[9168][9241]: Could not find /dev/md1 in mtab
Aug 19 16:40:03 Tower2 rc.unRAID[9168][9241]: umount2: Invalid argument
Aug 19 16:40:03 Tower2 rc.unRAID[9168][9241]: umount: /dev/md2: not mounted
Aug 19 16:40:03 Tower2 rc.unRAID[9168][9241]: Could not find /dev/md2 in mtab
Aug 19 16:40:03 Tower2 rc.unRAID[9168][9241]: umount2: Invalid argument
Aug 19 16:40:03 Tower2 rc.unRAID[9168][9241]: umount: /dev/md3: not mounted
Aug 19 16:40:03 Tower2 rc.unRAID[9168][9241]: Could not find /dev/md3 in mtab
Aug 19 16:40:03 Tower2 rc.unRAID[9168][9241]: umount2: Invalid argument
Aug 19 16:40:03 Tower2 rc.unRAID[9168][9241]: umount: /dev/md4: not mounted
Aug 19 16:40:03 Tower2 rc.unRAID[9168][9241]: Could not find /dev/md4 in mtab
Aug 19 16:40:03 Tower2 rc.unRAID[9168][9241]: umount2: Invalid argument
Aug 19 16:40:03 Tower2 rc.unRAID[9168][9241]: umount: /dev/md5: not mounted
Aug 19 16:40:03 Tower2 rc.unRAID[9168][9241]: Could not find /dev/md5 in mtab
Aug 19 16:40:03 Tower2 rc.unRAID[9168][9241]: umount2: Invalid argument
Aug 19 16:40:03 Tower2 rc.unRAID[9168][9241]: umount: /dev/md6: not mounted
Aug 19 16:40:03 Tower2 rc.unRAID[9168][9241]: Could not find /dev/md6 in mtab
Aug 19 16:40:03 Tower2 rc.unRAID[9168][9241]: umount2: Device or resource busy
Aug 19 16:40:03 Tower2 rc.unRAID[9168][9241]: umount: /mnt/disk7: device is busy.
Aug 19 16:40:03 Tower2 rc.unRAID[9168][9241]:         (In some cases useful info about processes that use
Aug 19 16:40:03 Tower2 rc.unRAID[9168][9241]:          the device is found by lsof( or fuser(1))
Aug 19 16:40:03 Tower2 rc.unRAID[9168][9241]: umount2: Device or resource busy
Aug 19 16:40:03 Tower2 rc.unRAID[9168][9249]: Active pids left on the array drives
Aug 19 16:40:03 Tower2 rc.unRAID[9168][9252]: 
Aug 19 16:40:03 Tower2 rc.unRAID[9168][9252]:                      USER        PID ACCESS COMMAND
Aug 19 16:40:03 Tower2 rc.unRAID[9168][9252]: /dev/md7:            root       8718 ..c.. find
Aug 19 16:40:03 Tower2 rc.unRAID[9168][9252]: 
Aug 19 16:40:03 Tower2 rc.unRAID[9168][9253]: Stopping the Array
Aug 19 16:40:03 Tower2 rc.unRAID[9168][9259]: /root/mdcmd: line 11: echo: write error: Device or resource busy
Aug 19 16:40:03 Tower2 kernel: mdcmd (102): stop 
Aug 19 16:40:03 Tower2 kernel: md: 2 devices still in use.
Aug 19 16:40:03 Tower2 emhttp: Unmounting disks...
Aug 19 16:40:03 Tower2 emhttp: shcmd (311): umount /mnt/disk7 |& logger
Aug 19 16:40:03 Tower2 logger: umount: /mnt/disk7: device is busy.
Aug 19 16:40:03 Tower2 logger:         (In some cases useful info about processes that use
Aug 19 16:40:03 Tower2 logger:          the device is found by lsof( or fuser(1))
Aug 19 16:40:03 Tower2 emhttp: Retry unmounting disk share(s)...
Aug 19 16:40:08 Tower2 mdstatusdiff[9269]: --- /tmp/mdcmd.9168.1^I2014-08-19 16:40:03.310623845 +0100
Aug 19 16:40:08 Tower2 mdstatusdiff[9269]: +++ /tmp/mdcmd.9168.2^I2014-08-19 16:40:08.320314003 +0100
Aug 19 16:40:08 Tower2 mdstatusdiff[9269]: @@ -124,7 +124,7 @@
Aug 19 16:40:08 Tower2 mdstatusdiff[9269]:  rdevSize.7=1465138552
Aug 19 16:40:08 Tower2 mdstatusdiff[9269]:  rdevId.7=SAMSUNG_HD154UI_S1XWJ1KZ204639
Aug 19 16:40:08 Tower2 mdstatusdiff[9269]:  rdevNumErrors.7=0
Aug 19 16:40:08 Tower2 mdstatusdiff[9269]: -rdevLastIO.7=1408462803
Aug 19 16:40:08 Tower2 mdstatusdiff[9269]: +rdevLastIO.7=1408462808
Aug 19 16:40:08 Tower2 mdstatusdiff[9269]:  rdevSpinupGroup.7=0
Aug 19 16:40:08 Tower2 mdstatusdiff[9269]:  diskNumber.8=8
Aug 19 16:40:08 Tower2 mdstatusdiff[9269]:  diskName.8=

tower2.txt

Aug 21 22:52:44 Tower2 kernel: FAT-fs (sda1): Volume was not properly unmounted. Some data may be corrupt. Please run fsck.\

Put your flash drive in your PC and run checkdisk on it. This is sometimes a false alarm.

 

Aug 21 22:52:44 Tower2 logger: Installing system plugins\

Aug 21 22:52:44 Tower2 logger: installing plugin: dynamix.plugin.control-2.1.1-noarch-bergware\

Aug 21 22:52:44 Tower2 logger:  file /tmp/plugin-startup: successfully wrote INLINE file contents\

Aug 21 22:52:44 Tower2 logger:  /bin/bash /tmp/plugin-startup ... missing Dynamix webGui plugin !!!\

Aug 21 22:52:44 Tower2 logger: failed\

Aug 21 22:52:44 Tower2 logger: installing plugin: dynamix.webGui-2.2.7-noarch-bergware\

Aug 21 22:52:44 Tower2 logger:  file /tmp/plugin-startup: successfully wrote INLINE file contents\

Aug 21 22:52:44 Tower2 logger:  /bin/bash /tmp/plugin-startup ... success\

You are installing dynamix plugin control in the wrong place. It needs to be in /boot/config/plugins (user plugins) but you have it in /boot/plugins (system plugins). This causes it to try to install before the dynamix webgui installs and it is failing.

 

Also, whatever program you are using to create this syslog file is adding formatting characters to it. Never use that program to edit files on your flash drive.

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Thanks for that. Thats why I get Dynamix GUI but no plugins. Sorted now.

 

I put the flash drive in a windows PC and it offered CheckDisk straight away. It's back in and running again now.

 

Still had to install SSH before I could use it. Maybe a issue checkdisk might have fixed??

 

When I tried to shutdown it couldn't unmount all the drives. I ran this command on each drive:

fuser -k /mnt/disk1

 

It was disk 7 that wasn't unmounting for some reason.

At least using that command I didn't have to do a parity check after start up.

I'll have to keep an eye on it next time.

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