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ReadyNASinUK
Jan 11, 2022Aspirant
ReadyNAS RN104 Power Timer not switching off
After working for years, our ReadyNAS has stopped switching off out-of-hours. I have tried switching the power timer off and back on. Also using State and Event switching, though when it was worki...
- Jan 13, 2022
ReadyNASinUK wrote:
Thanks for the suggestion though, anything else I could try?
This suggestion will require ssh.
The poweroff script checks for running backup jobs using this check:
# Check for running backups. if grep -q 'IN_PROGRESS' /var/log/frontview/backup/status*; then OK_TO_HALT=0 CAUSE="backup job `grep -l 'IN_PROGRESS' /var/log/frontview/backup/status* | sed 's/.*status_backup_//' | xargs echo`" fi
This is intending to search files like
- status_backup_001
- status_backup_002
- ...
for "IN_PROGRESS". If it sees that string in any of those files, it holds off the shutdown. Though the search is broader than needed (all files that start with status are being scanned).
status_backup_XXX seems to be renamed to backup_XXX_status in the log zip.
Backup jobs on all my OS 6 ReadyNAS start with 001. So one puzzle is why status_backup_000 exists at all. I don't program the backup button, so one possibility is that 000 is used for that??? Just a total guess.
One thing you could do remove all backup jobs from from the backup button sequence (just in case the guess is correct). Then enable ssh and rename /var/log/frontview/backup/status_backup_000 to xstatus_backup_000. Reboot the NAS, and the power schedule should then work correctly. After you've confirmed that, you can re-add the backup jobs to the backup button sequence.
Sandshark
Jan 11, 2022Sensei - Experienced User
Does the log show it's trying to shut down and fails, or is there no shut-down entry?
- ReadyNASinUKJan 12, 2022Aspirant
Sandshark wrote:Does the log show it's trying to shut down and fails, or is there no shut-down entry?
The main log says every day: "System: Scheduled power off was delayed." I was hoping there might be some more detailed info that I can access somewhere.
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