unRAID Server Release 6.2.0-beta21 Available


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First time using 6.2-beta? please read the Original 6.2-beta Announcement Post first.

 

IMPORTANT

[*]While every effort has been made to ensure no data loss, THIS IS BETA SOFTWARE.... use at your own risk...

[*]Your server must have access to the Internet to use the unRAID 6.2 beta.

[*]Posts in this thread should be to report bugs and comment on features ONLY.

 

HOW TO REPORT A BUG

Think you've found a bug or other defect in the beta?  Ask yourself these questions before posting about it here:

[*]Have I successfully tested this bug with all my plugins disabled (booting into safe mode)?

[*]Can I recreate the bug consistently and have I documented the steps to do so?

[*]Have I downloaded my diagnostics from the unRAID webGui after the bug occurred, but before I rebooted the system?

Do not post about a bug unless you can confidently answer "Yes" to all three of those questions.  Once you can, be sure to follow these guidelines, but make sure to post as a reply on this thread, not as a new topic under defect reports (we track bug reports for beta/rc releases independent from the stable release).

 

Installing and updating the beta

If you are currently running previous 6.2-beta release, clicking 'Check for Updates' on the Plugins page is the preferred way to upgrade.

 

Alternately, navigate to Plugins/Install Plugin, copy this text into the box and click Install:

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/limetech/unRAIDServer-6.2/master/unRAIDServer.plg

 

You may also Download the release and generate a fresh install.

 

A note from the developers

More bug fixes.  Also upgraded to bleeding edge Samba release 4.4.0.  Normally we don't like upgrading to the first new non-patch release of a major comonent such as Samba or the linux kernel.  But there are several windows 10 'fixes' in this release, and since we are still in "beta" we decided to go for it.

 

unRAID Server OS Change Log
===========================

THIS IS BETA SOFWARE
--------------------

While every effort has been made to ensure no data loss, **use at your own risk!**

Version 6.2-beta21 2016-04-05
-----------------------------

Base distro:

- at: version 3.1.19
- curl: version 7.48.0
- dbus: version 1.10.8
- glibc-zoneinfo: version 2016c
- kernel-firmware: version 20160401
- libevent: version 2.0.22
- lvm2: version 2.02.148
- php: version 5.6.20
- qemu: version 2.5.1
- samba: version 4.4.0
- sudo: version 1.8.16
- xkeyboard-config: version 2.17

Management:

- Fixed a few bugs in mac version of syslinux
- rc.local: disabled irqbalance service from automatically starting
- Fix container hostpath validation in rc.docker.
- Updated smartmontool drivedb.h
    
Linux kernel:

- added config options:
  - DM_MIRROR: Mirror target (per user request)
- unraid: Fix parity size not checked against size of new device(s) added to existing array.
- unraid: Fix non-present disabled data device size not checked against new parity device size.

webGui:

- Version: 2016-04-05
- VM Manager: add German vnc keyboard choice
- Improved core separation display for AMD cpus on System Devices page
- Fix: Templates not updating
- Fix single line display of non-hyperthreaded cores on Dashboard page
- Make direct link to plugin update optional in notice.  Allows for direct download or redirect to plugin manager
- Show parity history with newest entry at top and oldest entry at bottom
- Add unRAID OS/Dynamix GUI update message in footer
- API for plugins to test and display a new version message
- Force refresh of file when content has changed, and file is viewed in browser
- Check for disk not present in status report
- Group disk types (parity, data, cache) in status report
- Improved core separation on Dashboard page
- Docker: add RO/Slave path option
- Docker: Do not override /config Name or Display for V2 templates
- Docker: remove spaces from container names
- Fixed regression error in Browse function
- vnc viewer: code updates from upstream (Make sure to copy arrays when using render queue)
- Upgraded jQuery to version 2.2.2
- Change min width of navbar items (@anthony0030)
    
Version 6.2-beta20 2016-03-25
-----------------------------

Base distro:

- aaa_elflibs: version 14.2 
- ethtool: version 4.5
- glibc-zoneinfo: version 2016b
- lvm2: version lvm2-2.02.147
- mc: version 4.8.16
- pciutils: version 3.4.1
- pkgtools: version 14.2
- procps-ng: version 3.3.11
- mozilla-firefox: version 45.0.1
- harfbuzz: version harfbuzz-1.2.4
- utempter: version 1.1.6

Linux kernel:

- version 4.4.6
- added missing firmware: ast_dp501_fw.bin
- use out-of-tree drivers:
  - Intel 10Gbit Ethernet driver ixgbe: version 4.3.13
  - Intel 10Gbit Ethernet driver ixgbevf: version 3.1.2
  - Highpoint Rocket r750: version 1.2.4

Management:

- Add halt_poll_ns=0 to kvm.conf - eliminates high cpu overhead in windows 10 [kudos to Eric S. for this!]
- Fix auto-start array
- Fix upgrade process erroneous reference of /boot/config/domains.cfg to /boot/config/domain.cfg
- Quiet extraneous nfs start messages.
- When necessary to query keyserver, poll up to 45 seconds for a connection.

webGui:

- docker: Add Template Authoring Mode. 
- docker: Add the ability to keep templates in sync with the authors modifications
- docker: Fix: wrong variable name prevents config creation
- docker: Set default port mode to TCP and path mode to RW 
- dynamix: Introduce context-sensitive help
- dynamix: Get rid of SMART db update in monitor
- Do not activate context-sensitive help functionality for Docker and VMs pages yet
    
Version 6.2-beta19 2016-03-17
-----------------------------

Base distro:

- fix NFS mounts and warnings about missing IPv6
- removed obsolete 'apmd' and 'portmap' packages
- acpid: version 2.0.26
- docker: version 1.10.3
- cryptsetup: version 1.7.1
- grep: version 2.24
- gtk+3: version 3.18.9
- htop: version 2.0.1
- libdrm: version 2.4.67
- libnl3: version 3.2.27
- lvm2: version 2.02.145
- mozilla-firefox: version 45.0 (console GUI mode)
- mpfr: version 3.1.4
- nettle: version 3.2
- openssh: version 7.2p2
- p11-kit: version 0.23.2
- pciutils: version 3.4.1
- rpcbind: version 0.2.3
- samba: version: 4.3.6
- xorg-server: version 1.18.2

Linux kernel:

- version 4.4.5
- added config options:
  - AMD_IOMMU_V2: AMD IOMMU Version 2 driver
  - INTEL_IOMMU_SVM: Support for Shared Virtual Memory with Intel IOMMU
  - SCSI_HPSA: HP Smart Array SCSI driver [per customer request for testing, may be removed]
- unraid: Correct sync start/end timestamps.
- unraid: Fix device spindown bug.
- unraid: Fix NEW_ARRAY case of Q not set invalid.
- unraid: Refinement in 'invalidslot' handling

Management:

- Certain mount errors can actually leave device mounted, so un-mount if any error detected.
- Change 'color' status of non-present parity devices from 'red-off' to 'grey-off'.
- correctly handle dual-parity "trust parity" flag.
- fix 'bash' error in /etc/rc.d/rc.6 (shutdown) script.
- Fix disks_mounted event generated after svcs_started.
- Get rid of "Identify" operation.
- Incorporate gfjardim suggestion to mark /mnt "shared" for better Docker integration.
- upgrade process now copies/upgrades bzroot-gui and syslinux/syslinux.cfg-

webGui:

- docker: always show the 'Add another Path, Port or Variable' button
- docker: export ports as variable if Network is set to host
- docker: fix 'WebUI' content menu item now hidden when the web ui link is empty
- docker: removed 'Dry Run' button on create/edit container page
- docker: update pop-in dialogs to look better when using the Dynamix black theme
- Do not display unassigned parity devices when array is Started.
- fix context menu to escape non-safe css selector characters
- fix when disk rebuild is complete, notification reports status "Canceled"
- vm manager: Fix cdrom bus type to use SATA when machine type is Q35

Version 6.2-beta18 2016-03-11
-----------------------------

Changes vs. unRAID Server OS 6.1.9.

Base distro:

- switch to 'slackware64-current' base packages
- avahi: version 0.6.32
- beep: version 1.3
- docker: version 1.10.2
- eudev: version 3.1.5a: support NVMe
- fuse: version 2.9.5
- irqbalance: version 1.1.0
- jemalloc: version 4.0.4
- libestr: version 0.1.10
- liblogging: version 1.0.5
- libusb: version 1.0.20
- libvirt: version 1.3.1
- lshw: version B.02.17 svn2588
- lz4: version r133
- mozilla-firefox: version 44.0.2 (console GUI mode)
- netatalk: version 3.1.8
- numactl: version 2.0.11
- php: version 5.6.19
- qemu: version 2.5.0
- rsyslog: version 8.16.0
- samba:
  - version: 4.3.5
  - enable asynchronous I/O in /etc/samba/smb.conf
  - remove 'max protocol = SMB3' from /etc/samba/smb.conf (automatic negotiation chooses the appropriate protocol)
- spice: version 0.12.6
- xorg-server: version 1.18.1
- yajl: version 2.1.0

Linux kernel:

- version 4.4.4
- default iommu to passthrough (iommu=pt)
- kvm: enabled nested virtualization
- unraid: array PQ support (dual-parity)

Management:

- Trial key now supports 6 devices, validates with limetech keyserver
- Pro key supports max 30 array devices, unlimited attached devices
- add 10Gb ethernet tuning in /etc/sysctl.conf
- add tunable: md_write_method (so-called "turbo write")
- array PQ support (dual-parity)
- do not auto-start parity operation when Starting array in Maintenance mode
- libvirt image file handling
- stop md/unraid driver cleanly upon system poweroff/reset
- support NVMe storage devices assignable to array and cache/pool
- support USB storage devices assignable to array and cache/pool
- system shares handling
- misc other improvements and bug fixes

webGui:

- all fixes and enhancements from 6.1.9
- added hardware profile page
- added service status labels to docker and vm manager settings pages
- docker: revamped docker container edit page (thanks gfjardim!)
- docker: now using docker v2 index/repos
- docker: updating a stopped container will keep it stopped upon completion
- dyanmix-6.2: version 2016-03-11
- reverse the negative logic in docker and libvirt image fsck confirmation
- support user specified network MTU value
- vm manager: usb3 controller support, improved usb device sorting and display
- vm manager: integrated virtio driver iso downloader
- vm manager: support nvidia with hyper-v for windows guests
- vm manager: added auto option for vdisk location
- misc other improvements and bug fixes

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Nice work, nice changes.  ;D

 

I would like to suggest we revert to the old way of documenting security issues even in in beta release notes

 

For instance in 6.1.9 "glibc: version 2.17-11 (SSA:2016-054-02)" whereas beta21 has "php: version 5.6.20" but omits "SSA:2016-092-02".

 

I agree it is more work but its the only mechanism unRAID has for informing users about security issues so we should not drop it (especially since the 6.2.0 release notes diff to 6.1.9 will be considerable).

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Can this be turned on for testing? How?

 

SMB3 Multi-Channel

------------------

 

Samba 4.4.0 adds *experimental* support for SMB3 Multi-Channel.

Multi-Channel is an SMB3 protocol feature that allows the client

to bind multiple transport connections into one authenticated

SMB session. This allows for increased fault tolerance and

throughput. The client chooses transport connections as reported

by the server and also chooses over which of the bound transport

connections to send traffic. I/O operations for a given file

handle can span multiple network connections this way.

An SMB multi-channel session will be valid as long as at least

one of its channels are up.

 

In Samba, multi-channel can be enabled by setting the new

smb.conf option "server multi channel support" to "yes".

It is disabled by default.

 

Samba has to report interface speeds and some capabilities to

the client. On Linux, Samba can auto-detect the speed of an

interface. But to support other platforms, and in order to be

able to manually override the detected values, the "interfaces"

smb.conf option has been given an extended syntax, by which an

interface specification can additionally carry speed and

capability information. The extended syntax looks like this

for setting the speed to 1 gigabit per second:

 

    interfaces = 192.168.1.42;speed=1000000000

 

This extension should be used with care and are mainly intended

for testing. See the smb.conf manual page for details.

 

CAVEAT: While this should be working without problems mostly,

there are still corner cases in the treatment of channel failures

that may result in DATA CORRUPTION when these race conditions hit.

It is hence

 

    NOT RECOMMENDED TO USE MULTI-CHANNEL IN PRODUCTION

 

at this stage. This situation can be expected to improve during

the life-time of the 4.4 release. Feed-back from test-setups is

highly welcome.

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Can this be turned on for testing? How?

 

SMB3 Multi-Channel

------------------

 

Samba 4.4.0 adds *experimental* support for SMB3 Multi-Channel.

Multi-Channel is an SMB3 protocol feature that allows the client

to bind multiple transport connections into one authenticated

SMB session. This allows for increased fault tolerance and

throughput. The client chooses transport connections as reported

by the server and also chooses over which of the bound transport

connections to send traffic. I/O operations for a given file

handle can span multiple network connections this way.

An SMB multi-channel session will be valid as long as at least

one of its channels are up.

 

In Samba, multi-channel can be enabled by setting the new

smb.conf option "server multi channel support" to "yes".

It is disabled by default.

 

Samba has to report interface speeds and some capabilities to

the client. On Linux, Samba can auto-detect the speed of an

interface. But to support other platforms, and in order to be

able to manually override the detected values, the "interfaces"

smb.conf option has been given an extended syntax, by which an

interface specification can additionally carry speed and

capability information. The extended syntax looks like this

for setting the speed to 1 gigabit per second:

 

    interfaces = 192.168.1.42;speed=1000000000

 

This extension should be used with care and are mainly intended

for testing. See the smb.conf manual page for details.

 

CAVEAT: While this should be working without problems mostly,

there are still corner cases in the treatment of channel failures

that may result in DATA CORRUPTION when these race conditions hit.

It is hence

 

    NOT RECOMMENDED TO USE MULTI-CHANNEL IN PRODUCTION

 

at this stage. This situation can be expected to improve during

the life-time of the 4.4 release. Feed-back from test-setups is

highly welcome.

 

On the Settings --> SMB --> SMB Extras page you can add in:

server multi channel support = yes

 

Hit 'Apply'.  You may also then need to stop and start the array for that setting to take effect.

 

Note: We haven't even experimented with multi channel support yet, they warn of data corruption in certain rare race conditions.

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On the Settings --> SMB --> SMB Extras page you can add in:

server multi channel support = yes

 

Hit 'Apply'.  You may also then need to stop and start the array for that setting to take effect.

 

Note: We haven't even experimented with multi channel support yet, they warn of data corruption in certain rare race conditions.

 

Thanks  8)

 

Going to use it on my test server only for now.

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On the Settings --> SMB --> SMB Extras page you can add in:

server multi channel support = yes

 

Hit 'Apply'.  You may also then need to stop and start the array for that setting to take effect.

 

Note: We haven't even experimented with multi channel support yet, they warn of data corruption in certain rare race conditions.

 

Thanks  8)

 

Going to use it on my test server only for now.

 

I'm really interested in what you find out. I really hope SAMBA gets this fully implemented soon.

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Thanks

Does the Samba release 4.4.0 fix the error in windows 10 not mounting iso files, and we no longer need to add max protocol = SMB2_02

Yes, mounting iso files in Windows 10 should work now without overriding the max protocol value.

 

In addition, VHD files also should be able to be created and mounted over SMB.

 

And on top of that, some users may have had issues trying to use the native Windows backup utility (from 7, 8.x, and 10).  This also seems to be resolved with this release, but please report back if you use this feature and have issues.

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Just installed this release -- my first unRAID beta.  It's working very well.  Thanks!

 

I did have some trouble with getting VMs to work as the VM tool seemed to lose its direction to the libvert storage location.  It took me a while to figure out what that was and where it should go :) and all is working fine now.

 

Also, I went to all of my Win10 machines and enabled SMB3 and it works well with unRAID now.

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Out of curiosity, has anyone upgraded to Beta21 from 6.1.9 ?  Just curious how the process went for you, trying to get a feel if some of the subsequent betas have smoothed this over or not.

 

Thanks.

 

First time using 6.2-beta? please read the Original 6.2-beta Announcement Post first.

 

IMPORTANT

[*]While every effort has been made to ensure no data loss, THIS IS BETA SOFTWARE.... use at your own risk...

[*]Your server must have access to the Internet to use the unRAID 6.2 beta.

[*]Posts in this thread should be to report bugs and comment on features ONLY.

 

HOW TO REPORT A BUG

Think you've found a bug or other defect in the beta?  Ask yourself these questions before posting about it here:

[*]Have I successfully tested this bug with all my plugins disabled (booting into safe mode)?

[*]Can I recreate the bug consistently and have I documented the steps to do so?

[*]Have I downloaded my diagnostics from the unRAID webGui after the bug occurred, but before I rebooted the system?

Do not post about a bug unless you can confidently answer "Yes" to all three of those questions.  Once you can, be sure to follow these guidelines, but make sure to post as a reply on this thread, not as a new topic under defect reports (we track bug reports for beta/rc releases independent from the stable release).

 

Installing and updating the beta

If you are currently running previous 6.2-beta release, clicking 'Check for Updates' on the Plugins page is the preferred way to upgrade.

 

Alternately, navigate to Plugins/Install Plugin, copy this text into the box and click Install:

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/limetech/unRAIDServer-6.2/master/unRAIDServer.plg

 

You may also Download the release and generate a fresh install.

 

A note from the developers

More bug fixes.  Also upgraded to bleeding edge Samba release 4.4.0.  Normally we don't like upgrading to the first new non-patch release of a major comonent such as Samba or the linux kernel.  But there are several windows 10 'fixes' in this release, and since we are still in "beta" we decided to go for it.

 

unRAID Server OS Change Log
===========================

THIS IS BETA SOFWARE
--------------------

While every effort has been made to ensure no data loss, **use at your own risk!**

Version 6.2-beta21 2016-04-05
-----------------------------

Base distro:

- at: version 3.1.19
- curl: version 7.48.0
- dbus: version 1.10.8
- glibc-zoneinfo: version 2016c
- kernel-firmware: version 20160401
- libevent: version 2.0.22
- lvm2: version 2.02.148
- php: version 5.6.20
- qemu: version 2.5.1
- samba: version 4.4.0
- sudo: version 1.8.16
- xkeyboard-config: version 2.17

Management:

- Fixed a few bugs in mac version of syslinux
- rc.local: disabled irqbalance service from automatically starting
- Fix container hostpath validation in rc.docker.
- Updated smartmontool drivedb.h
    
Linux kernel:

- added config options:
  - DM_MIRROR: Mirror target (per user request)
- unraid: Fix parity size not checked against size of new device(s) added to existing array.
- unraid: Fix non-present disabled data device size not checked against new parity device size.

webGui:

- Version: 2016-04-05
- VM Manager: add German vnc keyboard choice
- Improved core separation display for AMD cpus on System Devices page
- Fix: Templates not updating
- Fix single line display of non-hyperthreaded cores on Dashboard page
- Make direct link to plugin update optional in notice.  Allows for direct download or redirect to plugin manager
- Show parity history with newest entry at top and oldest entry at bottom
- Add unRAID OS/Dynamix GUI update message in footer
- API for plugins to test and display a new version message
- Force refresh of file when content has changed, and file is viewed in browser
- Check for disk not present in status report
- Group disk types (parity, data, cache) in status report
- Improved core separation on Dashboard page
- Docker: add RO/Slave path option
- Docker: Do not override /config Name or Display for V2 templates
- Docker: remove spaces from container names
- Fixed regression error in Browse function
- vnc viewer: code updates from upstream (Make sure to copy arrays when using render queue)
- Upgraded jQuery to version 2.2.2
- Change min width of navbar items (@anthony0030)
    
Version 6.2-beta20 2016-03-25
-----------------------------

Base distro:

- aaa_elflibs: version 14.2 
- ethtool: version 4.5
- glibc-zoneinfo: version 2016b
- lvm2: version lvm2-2.02.147
- mc: version 4.8.16
- pciutils: version 3.4.1
- pkgtools: version 14.2
- procps-ng: version 3.3.11
- mozilla-firefox: version 45.0.1
- harfbuzz: version harfbuzz-1.2.4
- utempter: version 1.1.6

Linux kernel:

- version 4.4.6
- added missing firmware: ast_dp501_fw.bin
- use out-of-tree drivers:
  - Intel 10Gbit Ethernet driver ixgbe: version 4.3.13
  - Intel 10Gbit Ethernet driver ixgbevf: version 3.1.2
  - Highpoint Rocket r750: version 1.2.4

Management:

- Add halt_poll_ns=0 to kvm.conf - eliminates high cpu overhead in windows 10 [kudos to Eric S. for this!]
- Fix auto-start array
- Fix upgrade process erroneous reference of /boot/config/domains.cfg to /boot/config/domain.cfg
- Quiet extraneous nfs start messages.
- When necessary to query keyserver, poll up to 45 seconds for a connection.

webGui:

- docker: Add Template Authoring Mode. 
- docker: Add the ability to keep templates in sync with the authors modifications
- docker: Fix: wrong variable name prevents config creation
- docker: Set default port mode to TCP and path mode to RW 
- dynamix: Introduce context-sensitive help
- dynamix: Get rid of SMART db update in monitor
- Do not activate context-sensitive help functionality for Docker and VMs pages yet
    
Version 6.2-beta19 2016-03-17
-----------------------------

Base distro:

- fix NFS mounts and warnings about missing IPv6
- removed obsolete 'apmd' and 'portmap' packages
- acpid: version 2.0.26
- docker: version 1.10.3
- cryptsetup: version 1.7.1
- grep: version 2.24
- gtk+3: version 3.18.9
- htop: version 2.0.1
- libdrm: version 2.4.67
- libnl3: version 3.2.27
- lvm2: version 2.02.145
- mozilla-firefox: version 45.0 (console GUI mode)
- mpfr: version 3.1.4
- nettle: version 3.2
- openssh: version 7.2p2
- p11-kit: version 0.23.2
- pciutils: version 3.4.1
- rpcbind: version 0.2.3
- samba: version: 4.3.6
- xorg-server: version 1.18.2

Linux kernel:

- version 4.4.5
- added config options:
  - AMD_IOMMU_V2: AMD IOMMU Version 2 driver
  - INTEL_IOMMU_SVM: Support for Shared Virtual Memory with Intel IOMMU
  - SCSI_HPSA: HP Smart Array SCSI driver [per customer request for testing, may be removed]
- unraid: Correct sync start/end timestamps.
- unraid: Fix device spindown bug.
- unraid: Fix NEW_ARRAY case of Q not set invalid.
- unraid: Refinement in 'invalidslot' handling

Management:

- Certain mount errors can actually leave device mounted, so un-mount if any error detected.
- Change 'color' status of non-present parity devices from 'red-off' to 'grey-off'.
- correctly handle dual-parity "trust parity" flag.
- fix 'bash' error in /etc/rc.d/rc.6 (shutdown) script.
- Fix disks_mounted event generated after svcs_started.
- Get rid of "Identify" operation.
- Incorporate gfjardim suggestion to mark /mnt "shared" for better Docker integration.
- upgrade process now copies/upgrades bzroot-gui and syslinux/syslinux.cfg-

webGui:

- docker: always show the 'Add another Path, Port or Variable' button
- docker: export ports as variable if Network is set to host
- docker: fix 'WebUI' content menu item now hidden when the web ui link is empty
- docker: removed 'Dry Run' button on create/edit container page
- docker: update pop-in dialogs to look better when using the Dynamix black theme
- Do not display unassigned parity devices when array is Started.
- fix context menu to escape non-safe css selector characters
- fix when disk rebuild is complete, notification reports status "Canceled"
- vm manager: Fix cdrom bus type to use SATA when machine type is Q35

Version 6.2-beta18 2016-03-11
-----------------------------

Changes vs. unRAID Server OS 6.1.9.

Base distro:

- switch to 'slackware64-current' base packages
- avahi: version 0.6.32
- beep: version 1.3
- docker: version 1.10.2
- eudev: version 3.1.5a: support NVMe
- fuse: version 2.9.5
- irqbalance: version 1.1.0
- jemalloc: version 4.0.4
- libestr: version 0.1.10
- liblogging: version 1.0.5
- libusb: version 1.0.20
- libvirt: version 1.3.1
- lshw: version B.02.17 svn2588
- lz4: version r133
- mozilla-firefox: version 44.0.2 (console GUI mode)
- netatalk: version 3.1.8
- numactl: version 2.0.11
- php: version 5.6.19
- qemu: version 2.5.0
- rsyslog: version 8.16.0
- samba:
  - version: 4.3.5
  - enable asynchronous I/O in /etc/samba/smb.conf
  - remove 'max protocol = SMB3' from /etc/samba/smb.conf (automatic negotiation chooses the appropriate protocol)
- spice: version 0.12.6
- xorg-server: version 1.18.1
- yajl: version 2.1.0

Linux kernel:

- version 4.4.4
- default iommu to passthrough (iommu=pt)
- kvm: enabled nested virtualization
- unraid: array PQ support (dual-parity)

Management:

- Trial key now supports 6 devices, validates with limetech keyserver
- Pro key supports max 30 array devices, unlimited attached devices
- add 10Gb ethernet tuning in /etc/sysctl.conf
- add tunable: md_write_method (so-called "turbo write")
- array PQ support (dual-parity)
- do not auto-start parity operation when Starting array in Maintenance mode
- libvirt image file handling
- stop md/unraid driver cleanly upon system poweroff/reset
- support NVMe storage devices assignable to array and cache/pool
- support USB storage devices assignable to array and cache/pool
- system shares handling
- misc other improvements and bug fixes

webGui:

- all fixes and enhancements from 6.1.9
- added hardware profile page
- added service status labels to docker and vm manager settings pages
- docker: revamped docker container edit page (thanks gfjardim!)
- docker: now using docker v2 index/repos
- docker: updating a stopped container will keep it stopped upon completion
- dyanmix-6.2: version 2016-03-11
- reverse the negative logic in docker and libvirt image fsck confirmation
- support user specified network MTU value
- vm manager: usb3 controller support, improved usb device sorting and display
- vm manager: integrated virtio driver iso downloader
- vm manager: support nvidia with hyper-v for windows guests
- vm manager: added auto option for vdisk location
- misc other improvements and bug fixes

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Thanks

Does the Samba release 4.4.0 fix the error in windows 10 not mounting iso files, and we no longer need to add max protocol = SMB2_02

Yes, mounting iso files in Windows 10 should work now without overriding the max protocol value.

 

In addition, VHD files also should be able to be created and mounted over SMB.

 

And on top of that, some users may have had issues trying to use the native Windows backup utility (from 7, 8.x, and 10).  This also seems to be resolved with this release, but please report back if you use this feature and have issues.

Aaaaah that's why my origin vhd gaming vm setup failed recently!

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Out of curiosity, has anyone upgraded to Beta21 from 6.1.9 ?  Just curious how the process went for you, trying to get a feel if some of the subsequent betas have smoothed this over or not.

 

Thanks.

 

 

I'm yet to try - Going to try tonight if I get the chance... I've tried updating my unRAID server (spec in my sig) to beta, 18, 19 and 20 with no success :P Hopefully beta21 will work out :D

(I made a post in a previous thread, errors when I update - keeps scanning for label = UNRAID and gives up)

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I am thinking about upgrading to beta 21, I am running plex, Emby, SabNZB, Sickbeard, couchpotato and drop box as dockers, as well as a few plugins, but no VM's. Will my dockers work ok after the upgrade? I know its a risk I have to take if I am going to do it.

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Are you using Plugin's ?  Dockers ?  VM's ?

 

 

I just upgraded from 6.1.9 to 6.2 beta 21 with no trouble at all

 

I use most of the dynamix plugins, 2 VM and 12 Dockers. Biggest pain in the *** was having to update each docker due to the docker API update

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