Frank1940

Not sure about SyncMate as I have never used it. (I have used rsnyc for a few months to keep my Media files in sync and I can tell you it is trouble free. But I only use it to update the back server from the main server with all new files and any file updates done on the Main Server.) That was why I asked where you were running SyncMate from. If it was from the Unraid there should be a support link where you should be able to get your answers. Quick note on rsync. It is a freeware distribution that has been ported for virtually all UNIX/Linux distributions. It is a command line utility in its basic form. It is included as a part of the Unraid installation package. I understand that there are Windows and MacOS ports. It is required that the computers on both ends of the connection have rsync installed.

What are you using to do this transfer. SMB or NFS. With SMB, root is not a valid SMB user on Unraid ! Where is SyncMate running? You have listed the error messages in the above post. Is this how they appear when you see them? (If there is more than one 'paragraph' to each of these error messages, it would be helpful if they appear as you are seeing them.) Try using the code (The </> icon ) message formatting option.

The connection is 'broken' is always broken when the client is shutdown. As I understand, the client and the server do a handshake operation the first time that the client tries to connect to the server. (Note that this first contact could be setting up a 'mapped' Windows drive...) Be sure that you read that post from LimeTech back on 2013 about the login handshaking that goes on. SMB has its roots back in Windows for Workgroups which was introduced back in the early 1990's. At that time, SMB was intended to link together a few computers in small engineering groups who wanted to share data without restrictions among their group. (My first experience using it was with 10 base 2 cards and RG-58 cabling.) It has evolved over the last thirty years into the basic standard networking protocol for the Governments and businesses. And this has resulted in it becoming a prime target for every hacker in the world. So security is now the watchword for SMB. The goal of SMB is now to ensure that only verified authorized users ever gain access to a SMB server. If you as a user don't qualify in even the smallest detail, SMB is going to deny you access.

That PC is only allowed one login/connection to any Server. (That restriction is enforced by the client PC.) That means if that client PC establishes a login to your Unraid server silently, any attempt to login with another set of login credentials will fail! Here is an old post that describes what happens behind the sceans: https://forums.unraid.net/topic/25064-user-share-problem?tab=comments#comment-228392 No. I should be a one time deal to add them and Windows should continue to use them forever. Note that every user on that client has their own environment...

Windows will allow only one connection from a Windows client computer to any server. (As I understand it,this is strictly a Windows policy!) There was a backdoor where you could use the IP-Address of a server and the server's Network name to set up two connections. BUT I have not been able to get that to work for some time. Windows also has recently implemented a policy that guest/anonymous connections to servers are not allowed. Window networking error messages are confusing and often misleading. Many folks try to get around Windows security policies and sometimes, they are successful. But, essentially, they are just hacking Windows security and MS may plug these hacks at any time in the future. I feel that it best to just set things up the way MS wants them to be. Here is a link to a couple of PDF files that will help you do this: https://forums.unraid.net/topic/110580-security-is-not-a-dirty-word-unraid-windows-10-smb-setup/

Another thing to try:

Did you set up a Windows credential for your Unraid Share Access user in Windows Credential Manager? (Windows can do some strange things about logging into servers at times. It is often best to force Windows into using the login that you want it to use. Credential Manager can do that. You should reboot the Windows computer after you make the change.)

More to the point-- It is not magic! It a very simple 'grunt' type of operation. When Parity information is used to rebuild a drive, the rebuild operation duplicates the drive on a bit-by-bit operation starting with the first sector on the drive until it finishes with the last sector on the drive. If you think about what is happening, this means that the existing file system area is also rebuilt. So if the Parity information says that the emulated disk had ReiserFS before the parity rebuild started, the new physical disk will have ReiserFS when the parity rebuild operation finishes. Any file system on that physical drive will be overwritten! Also see here: https://docs.unraid.net/unraid-os/manual/what-is-unraid/#parity-protected-array

Just looked at your smb-extra.conf file.... [global] security = USER guest account = nobody public = yes guest ok = yes map to guest = bad user max protocol = SMB2_02 That last line can give you problems as WIN11 has turned off SMBv1 support.

Couple of things to try: First. Try the IPaddress \\192.168.86.24 rather than \\Tower Second thing. Make sure that your Windows 11 clients Network type is set to 'Private'. Open Start > Settings > Network & Internet and click here: Third thing. Windows 11 will (normally) not allow a 'Guest' connection to a server. (Even if things worked in the past, those monthly MS updates have been known to make changes to the security settings!) The easiest solution to simply define a "Share Access" user (found under the USERS tab of the GUI). Than on each Windows 11 client use the Credential Manager and setup a 'Windows Credential' to your Unraid server. For more info about SMB, see here: https://forums.unraid.net/topic/110580-security-is-not-a-dirty-word-unraid-windows-10-smb-setup/

Power Supply undersized for new MB, CPU and RAM???

Well, there is this bit of info: https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/which-characters-are-acceptable-for-a-computer/fddb4895-4295-47ab-a2b9-7773b329718c It is a bit dated but these old requirements tend to persist forever... I would suggest that you go to the router and reserve an IP address for DHCP to assign to the MAC address of the external syslog server.

Yes! IF you use Secure, this will be the case. But read-only allows files to be copied. And anyone who gains access to your LAN via WiFi also has access. (I have been told in the past, that hacking into a WiFi network is not that difficult...) If you use Private, You can set up a special Share Access user for visitors with a password. You then assign the privileges on each share that you want for your visitors. (Your choices are 'No access', 'Read-only', or 'read-write'.) But, again, read-only does allow for copying of files BUT the big difference is that if you give the Log-in info to a visitor, you probably have more trust in them. Of course, this means that you have to setup the Share Access user on the server and give out the login and password information to your visitors. (BTW, you can have several visitors all using the same 'visitor' share-access user account logged on at the same time. Unraid 'knows' that they are on separate devices and uses that info in processing requests!) IF you want more information about setting up SMB on Windows and Unraid, read the PDF files in the first post of this thread: https://forums.unraid.net/topic/110580-security-is-not-a-dirty-word-unraid-windows-10-smb-setup/

One more quick comment. I, personally, would never use Secure as a Security setting unless I was still using a 2010 era set-top Media player. Either use Public or Private, if you are concerned about privacy and security. You know what you are getting with those two! Secure is a bad mix of the two which can lure one into a false sense of security. One more thing. Use Windows Credential manager to set up a auto login to your server. If you use Private for some of your shares and Public or Secure for others, you can get locked of being able to log onto your server if you access a read-only share. You can easily be logged in as 'Guest'. Windows will prevent you from making a second login to a server with a cryptic error message that provides not a clue as to what is happening!)

I looked at your Diagnostics. I found four shares that were being exported and all were set to 'Secure'. Please look at what the 'Secure' setting says: (This is the SMB settings section of one of my shares and I have turned on the "HELP" for the 'Security:' setting.) Notice that everyone including 'Guests' will have read access to every share on your server! This implies that no one will asked for a password until that user attempts to do a file operation that will result in a write operation on the server! (I know that one can copy a file off the server when that user has read-only privileges. I suspect that one can open a file for editing but it when you attempt to save it back to the server, that is when you will be prompted.)

Be careful, as nomenclature can screw you up when you are comparing speeds. Network speeds are usually given in bits while storage speeds are given in bytes Bits are abbreviated with a b (small letter). Bytes are abbreviated with B (capital letter). (Of course, a byte contains 8 bits.)

I did some experimenting about a year ago and there is this solution: https://forums.unraid.net/topic/137806-creat-a-user-share-containing-a-portion-of-another-user-share It is a way to share a portion of an Unraid share but read the thread carefully as a Symbolic Link is a backdoor into the original share and vice verse. (The only way to prevent the original share from being a backdoor is not to share it at all! Of course, doing this prevents anyone from accessing the other parts of that share unless you set up more symbolic links.)

Notice that this is missing in your screenshot: I am pointing this out only because it is something different that I saw. (I know that often you have to enter same variable in several different locations to get things set up correctly.)

I did a quick read through of your problem and I concur that you probably have a problem that can be fixed by the UMASK variable. Let's start with a link: https://forums.unraid.net/topic/148249-newbie-question-which-app-to-choose/#comment-1330081 Now that you know a bit more about what is going on, you can try to fix it. Go to the Docker in Question. Click on its Icon and pick edit from the 'Dropdown' list. In the 'Update container' at the right end, make sure that the 'ADVANCE VIEW' is selected. On the bottom at that Update container' page, if there is "show more settings", open that up. Now look at a line on the entire page that looks like this: If there is one, make sure that variable is 000 (the number--Zero Zero Zero). If not, you may be able to add it. Again at the bottom of the page, look for this option: Use the screenshot as your template to add/create a 'Container Variable' with the name of UMASK with the variable value being 000 EDIT: Probably a good idea to stop the container before to the editing!

Back in the deepest darkest recesses of my mind, there is a memory of someone who had a similar problem. His solution was found in Windows Control panel with the 'Disk Management' tool. It can be found in Windows 11 Control Panel from the "Windows Tools' then 'Computer Management' and look for 'Storage'-'Disk management'. Basically, you want to make the disk usable in Windows and Unraid can handle it from there. (Those tools appear to be well hidden for a reason-- casual use can do a lot of damage very easily.)

So volunteer to help out. (I have become old enough that my physical and mental states have started to limit what I can now do. My forum name provides a clue as to my age...)

My take on this situation. Understand that this is not a decision of the Unraid development team of that the Linux Kernel Team to drop the ReiserFS drivers! Unfortunately, there is no way around the problem that to change the format of any disk from ReiserFS to any other file system requires that it be formatted. Furthermore, if that drive is a part of the array when it is formatted, parity is updated as the same time as the physical drive is so that any emulated disk is now empty! For those folks who are now finding themselves in this problem should have been thinking about it since the announcement was made back in August of 2022. I can think of a couple of reasons why a wait-and-see attitude might have been considered a proper course of action at the time: The Linux people may change their position. I really don't care if they do, I will just never upgrade my Unraid software beyond the last version that supports ReiserFS. (I still see requests for support for Unraid ver5.X...) As I see it, there will be no simple procedure for those folks who can't do the Mirroring procedure! (If that existed, many people would have avoided the Mirror process as it is a complex operation! I know this as I have done it twice.) It is now a major 'system' problem that might involve some hard choices. Some choices: Look at what is on the array and see if some data is outdated and no longer required. Delete that data. Investigate getting a external USB drive (and the Unassigned Devices plugin) and move enough data off the array to empty the largest array disk by moving the remaining files to the other drives. Invest in the hardware to upgrade the system to allow the mirror process to be used. For some folks, this might only involve getting a large case. Others might have to purchase a number of new larger hard drives Kludge together a hardware setup to temporarily add another hard drive to the array. When the conversion is done, physically remove the empty drive. Do a New Configuration, rebuild parity. There are undoubtedly other approaches but each one will have to be tailored to each different set of circumstances. I will say that @limetech should include a ReiserFS file system check before offering an Unraid version without its support for downloading to any Unraid server.

I looked at a YouTube video and I would be considering doing an 'ulgy' case Mod! I would cut a opening for a fan in the hinged front panel directly in front of the HDs to mount a fan which would blow air into the case. I would also look at adhesive form tape around that opening that would force high percentage of the fan's output over the drives. (Please understand that in a server I value function much more than form and beauty!!! To accommodate the latter, I would turn the case so one of the side panels was the one must likely to be seen. This might be a good use for that Noctua NF-A12.)

Are you spinning the drives down when they are not being used? This will help drop temperatures significantly. No being familiar with that case-- Are all fans (except for the CPU one) behind the disks blowing out of the case? (You want to force as much air as possible over those drives. The Electronics will stand higher temps much better than HDs!) Also check that there are not significant openings behind the fans to admit air. (I have even taped over the openings on the removable brackets to force more air flow over the drives.)

Have a look at software like ImgBurn. I can't understand this is even necessary. You are after the data files--right. As long the files are on the same location, that should be sufficient. If you require more than this, perhaps the is to built a special secure storage container with a designate storage slot for each disk and its description.