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6.4 - Array Starting - Starting Services (Stuck?)

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I upgraded to 6.4 and now my VMs wont start because the UI says array starting  - starting services, it looks like the array is up since the dockers are running and I can access data.  Server has been restarted 2x and online for 20min. 

I had the same issue. I tried rebooting but it did not work, so I ended up rebooting via IPMI.  The next restart it was stuck on Mounting Drives.  Still stuck trying to shut down.

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Mine restarts fine.

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Looks like 6.4 full of issues.

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Any updates for this support?

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Did you try booing in safe mode?

I have identical problems with similar diagnotics.zip

No solutions though, I reverted back to 6.3.5

58 minutes ago, wmkuipers said:

I have identical problems with similar diagnotics.zip

No solutions though, I reverted back to 6.3.5

 

I have de same problem, how did you revert back? from a backup?

I'd boot in safe mode, see if the array comes fully up without any plugins.  

 

If it does, you can boot normally and start uninstalling plugins until you find the problem.  There is a lot of chatter about preclear in the release thread, that's the first one I'd uninstall.

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Safe mode w/not plugins doesnt fix the problem, still says stuck loading services.

I'm having the same issue. Shares and dockers show up after the array is started, but VM's are inaccessible. The UI just says "services starting"  Tried safe mode without plugins and disabling Docker but nothing worked.  Reverted back to 6.3.5 for the time being. 

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You should try booting using a different flash drive with a clean v6.4 install, just to confirm if the issue is related to v6.4 or some config or customization you're using.

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Sounds like poor design to me, seeing as I run a pretty stock config as is.  Where the official support for this?

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Check this post for some upgrade tips:

 

 

On 1/16/2018 at 6:25 PM, ti6462 said:

I'm having the same issue. Shares and dockers show up after the array is started, but VM's are inaccessible. The UI just says "services starting"  Tried safe mode without plugins and disabling Docker but nothing worked.  Reverted back to 6.3.5 for the time being. 

 

Same for me. I disabled all plugins and docker. Tried following all relevant steps from the "6.4.0 Stable Release - Update Notes". My server is still stuck in "service starting".

25 minutes ago, zleef said:

My server is still stuck in "service starting".

Just on the off chance, did you try simply loading the UI in another tab?  Does anything happen / appear if you hit the log button?

 

Just now, Squid said:

Just on the off chance, did you try simply loading the UI in another tab?  Does anything happen / appear if you hit the log button?

I did try that, nothing different happened. I was able to use the new terminal/console feature to view the syslog, but the "Log" display popup (from the nav bar) never loaded. Although i did find at one point i could view the syslog through the ui from the Tools -> Syslog page. 

1 minute ago, zleef said:

I was able to use the new terminal/console feature to view the syslog

And?  Would make things easier to help diagnose if you could paste the syslog here.

Sure thing. I downloaded the diagnostics after initially running into issues. I believe this was prior to disabling docker or plugins though (this might have been on the second restart?). 

 

I didn't expect such a quick response, so i've already reverted back to 6.3.5. If you want me to try something or get a new log, I'm happy to go back to 6.4.0. 

tower-diagnostics-20180119-0957.zip

As far as I can tell, the array started up no problems.  Your apps are running, FCP did its thing 10 minutes after start (and you manually hit it 5 minutes after start)

 

Outside of suggesting the probably won't solve it, but why not you've got nothing to lose of clearing your browser cache, and/or a different browser I don't have much to suggest

 

Thanks for taking a look. I re-installed and opened in private browsing as well as in a different browser. Still the same issue. 

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If you're willing you could try redoing your flash to make sure it's not related to your config or any customization, which IMO it's highly likely.

 

Backup the current flash drive, create a new install on it and copy just super.dat (disk assignments) and your key from the current flash, both on the config folder, if the array starts normally you can then start reconfiguring the rest one thing at a time.

 

 

 

 

3 hours ago, johnnie.black said:

If you're willing you could try redoing your flash to make sure it's not related to your config or any customization, which IMO it's highly likely.

 

Backup the current flash drive, create a new install on it and copy just super.dat (disk assignments) and your key from the current flash, both on the config folder, if the array starts normally you can then start reconfiguring the rest one thing at a time.

 

 

 

 

 

Quick update - i followed @johnnie.black advice: 

 

I backed up the /boot drive, deleted everything from it, downloaded the latest unRAID server: https://lime-technology.com/download/, and then copied over my key and super.dat file from my backup (/boot/config/super.dat and /boot/config/Basic.key). 

 

Upon restart, the array started up successfully! 

 

However (obviously), now i have none of my dockers or other system configuration. I'll spend a little time seeing if i can add back config slowly enough to find the culprit.

Following a hint from @bakes82, I think I see the problem.  Your /boot/config/domain.cfg file looks like this:

SERVICE="enable"
IMAGE_FILE="/mnt/user/system/libvirt/libvirt.img"
IMAGE_SIZE="1"
DEBUG="no"
DOMAINDIR="/mnt/user/domains/"
MEDIADIR=""
VIRTIOISO=""
BRNAME="virbr0"
VMSTORAGEMODE="auto"

Note that the MEDIADIR setting is empty.  I just verified on my system that that is required for the array to start.  Here is the default:

MEDIADIR="/mnt/user/isos/"

I'm not sure if VIRTIOISO is required, but here is what I have:

VIRTIOISO="/mnt/user/isos/virtio-win-0.1.118-2.iso"

 

Fingers crossed this does it!
 

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