WriteCache stopped logging in January - is this a problem?

  • As title suggests ... I was just cruising through the logs on my OMV 8 instance and I see that WriteCache stopped logging on January 6. It had been a prolific logger up to that point. I presume an update changed the way this works. Is this a symptom of a problem that should be addressed, or does WC no longer log anything by design?

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    writecache itself stopped logging or all logs on the system stopped? What are your settings? I assume you still have system memory enabled?

    omv 8.5.8-1 synchrony | 7.0 proxmox kernel

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    omvextrasorg 8.0.3 | kvm 8.3.2 | compose 8.1.24 | cterm 8.0.3 | borgbackup 8.2.1 | tempmon 8.0.5 |

    mergerfs 8.0.2 | scripts 8.0.6 | writecache 8.2.4 | backup 8.1 | kernel 8.0.16


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  • Everything else is logging fine. My WriteCache settings are as follows:


    • Enabled is checked
    • "Use system memory" is unchecked
    • Workspace folder is pointed to a shared folder on an NVME drive
    • Journal storage is auto
    • Only these are checked:
      • Flush on shutdown
      • Rotate on shutdown
      • Flush daily (set to 03:45)
      • Rotate on daily flush
  • Turns out I was wrong. WriteCache is logging, however, the default presentation in the Diagnostics > System Logs view in the Dashboard is to be sorted by date ascending. If I toggle the sort, the newest records are presented first.


    What I don't understand is why every other log I could view in this page sorts descending except this one. Any idea where that can be changed?

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    Any idea where that can be changed?

    it should just remember the last sorting method you select until you reset the web interface. But since I have changes in flight, I will set the date to default to descending. https://github.com/OpenMediaVa…c49271c966a34d65a2a2d275d

    omv 8.5.8-1 synchrony | 7.0 proxmox kernel

    plugins:

    omvextrasorg 8.0.3 | kvm 8.3.2 | compose 8.1.24 | cterm 8.0.3 | borgbackup 8.2.1 | tempmon 8.0.5 |

    mergerfs 8.0.2 | scripts 8.0.6 | writecache 8.2.4 | backup 8.1 | kernel 8.0.16


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    I can confirm that it does not remember the sort. It just defaults to showing earliest first.

    I wasn't speculating. I actually tested that. I can close my browser and it still is sorting time desc. I will push the update to avoid this crisis later. I just wanted to dogfood the other changes a little longer.

    omv 8.5.8-1 synchrony | 7.0 proxmox kernel

    plugins:

    omvextrasorg 8.0.3 | kvm 8.3.2 | compose 8.1.24 | cterm 8.0.3 | borgbackup 8.2.1 | tempmon 8.0.5 |

    mergerfs 8.0.2 | scripts 8.0.6 | writecache 8.2.4 | backup 8.1 | kernel 8.0.16


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    8.2.3 in the repo.

    omv 8.5.8-1 synchrony | 7.0 proxmox kernel

    plugins:

    omvextrasorg 8.0.3 | kvm 8.3.2 | compose 8.1.24 | cterm 8.0.3 | borgbackup 8.2.1 | tempmon 8.0.5 |

    mergerfs 8.0.2 | scripts 8.0.6 | writecache 8.2.4 | backup 8.1 | kernel 8.0.16


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