grizlyadams 15 Posted December 29, 2014 Share Posted December 29, 2014 Hi, my MB3 server keeps randomly shutting down on my freenas box. I have pbi mediabrowser-3.0.5464.40000-amd64 installed (recently upgraded). it seems everytime I come to watch something it cant find the server and I have to go an start the plugin. anyone else having this? what should I look for/check? thanks Griz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodsb02 17 Posted December 29, 2014 Share Posted December 29, 2014 I have seen it before that if the server is left inactive for a few days it stops responding. I haven't been testing recently to be honest. Next time this happens, can you try logging into the FreeNAS jail and extracting the log file BEFORE restarting the plugin? Then we can see what the last few lines are in that file Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grizlyadams 15 Posted December 29, 2014 Author Share Posted December 29, 2014 ok - happened about 15 mins ago. where do I find the log? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grizlyadams 15 Posted December 29, 2014 Author Share Posted December 29, 2014 it does seem to be after a bit of inactivity - but not days, more like hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodsb02 17 Posted December 29, 2014 Share Posted December 29, 2014 ok - happened about 15 mins ago. where do I find the log? Access the terminal/console/shell on the FreeNAS MediaBrowser jail, as described here: http://doc.freenas.org/9.3/freenas_jails.html#managing-jails Once at the console, the logs are stored in this directory: /var/db/mediabrowser/logs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodsb02 17 Posted December 29, 2014 Share Posted December 29, 2014 (edited) my MB3 server keeps randomly shutting down on my freenas box. ... it seems everytime I come to watch something it cant find the server and I have to go an start the plugin. What interface are you trying to use when you say it can't find the server? DLNA? I think I remember when I had this problem before, the DLNA interface would stop showing up after a period of inactivity, but if I visited the MediaBrowser server webpage it would all come back to life and once again appear in DLNA? Edited December 29, 2014 by woodsb02 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grizlyadams 15 Posted December 30, 2014 Author Share Posted December 30, 2014 What interface are you trying to use when you say it can't find the server? DLNA? I think I remember when I had this problem before, the DLNA interface would stop showing up after a period of inactivity, but if I visited the MediaBrowser server webpage it would all come back to life and once again appear in DLNA? Either MBC from 7MC (mostly) or via a web browser (IE11) nothing brings it back - I have to go onto the freenas webgui and start the MB plugin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodsb02 17 Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 I assume the plugin is showing as running already, and you have to REstart it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grizlyadams 15 Posted December 30, 2014 Author Share Posted December 30, 2014 Access the terminal/console/shell on the FreeNAS MediaBrowser jail, as described here: http://doc.freenas.org/9.3/freenas_jails.html#managing-jails Once at the console, the logs are stored in this directory: /var/db/mediabrowser/logs ah - ok, thanks. I was looking in /var/logs. I'll send it over next time it happens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grizlyadams 15 Posted December 30, 2014 Author Share Posted December 30, 2014 I assume the plugin is showing as running already, and you have to REstart it? no - the plugin is showing as stopped and I just have to start it, although I did have an instance a couple of days ago where it was showing as running and restarting fixed the issue, but of the several instances of it not being running, that's the only one that needed a restart rather than a start. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodsb02 17 Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 no - the plugin is showing as stopped and I just have to start it, although I did have an instance a couple of days ago where it was showing as running and restarting fixed the issue, but of the several instances of it not being running, that's the only one that needed a restart rather than a start.That's interesting. Even if MediaBrowser server crashes, I don't think the plugin jail should stop. @@josh4trunks any idea what would cause the plugin to stop? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grizlyadams 15 Posted December 30, 2014 Author Share Posted December 30, 2014 woodsb02, on 30 Dec 2014 - 12:53 AM, said: That's interesting. Even if MediaBrowser server crashes, I don't think the plugin jail should stop. @@josh4trunks any idea what would cause the plugin to stop? just for info, the server is an HP microserver N54L with the AMD Turion 2 Neo 2.2GHz dual core processor, 8GB ram, only 3.5TB disk space on 2 physical disks at the moment, ZFS, with volumes shared via CIFS, I tried to set up/run AD directory to my win2003 server but gave up as I was wasting too much of my life that I'd never get back and for the home setup its not necessary, so I just connect with a freenas user credentials now. lan direct access to MB server libraries is via redirects. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josh4trunks 70 Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 mediabrowser crashing shouldn't also crash the jail. im guessing the one time he needing to restart was caused by the process locking up where the init script still thinks it's running. you *should* never need to restart the host. worst case scenario just restart the jail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grizlyadams 15 Posted December 31, 2014 Author Share Posted December 31, 2014 josh4trunks, on 30 Dec 2014 - 01:29 AM, said: mediabrowser crashing shouldn't also crash the jail. im guessing the one time he needing to restart was caused by the process locking up where the init script still thinks it's running. you *should* never need to restart the host. worst case scenario just restart the jail. yeah, I know it shouldn't crash the jail, but MBS is definitely just stopping at random points. It's fair enough to start/restart MBS,but that shouldn't be happening. That being said, it hasn't happened since I started this thread - BUT I haven't been using 7MC/MBC/MBS the same way since -usage should return to normal over the next few days, so if it stops again i'll get the logs to you guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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