Can you plot and farm at the same time with the GUI?

[kike]

I think I just realized one thing, with my second system (harvester), I should not have the CHIA GUI open this causes problems.

I just read a other post talking about something similar

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Multiple full nodes on one internet connection

Excatly. if you run for example; chia start farmer on your main machine (full-node), you will realize that the farmer services are already running. On your plotters you simply need chia.exe available. You now have two options: You start Chia GUI, enter your mnemonic and close it right after it again (never open it again). Then you call chia.exe with “plot create” and or using a Plot Manager like Swar, Plotman or Ploto. To prevent possible access to your private key, this option here sho…

I try to explain better my scenario:

Logs from harvester system

2021-06-01T15:30:31.041 full_node chia.full_node.full_node: INFO     Already compactified block: fd5cc27526axxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx. Ignoring.
2021-06-01T15:30:31.392 full_node chia.full_node.mempool_manager: INFO     It took 0.0030028820037841797 to pre validate transaction
2021-06-01T15:30:31.398 full_node chia.full_node.mempool_manager: INFO     add_spendbundle took 0.005802631378173828 seconds, cost 11010042 (0.1%)
2021-06-01T15:30:32.190 harvester chia.harvester.harvester: INFO     0 plots were eligible for farming 5bf01e5998... Found 0 proofs. Time: 0.00200 s. Total 37 plots
2021-06-01T15:30:32.288 full_node chia.full_node.full_node: INFO       Finished signage point 41/64: CC: f9b808e8f7xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx RC: bafc9dd77a406000axxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
2021-06-01T15:30:32.512 full_node chia.full_node.mempool_manager: INFO     It took 0.003002643585205078 to pre validate transaction
2021-06-01T15:30:32.520 full_node chia.full_node.mempool_manager: INFO     add_spendbundle took 0.007005929946899414 seconds, cost 11010042 (0.1%)
2021-06-01T15:30:33.684 full_node chia.full_node.mempool_manager: INFO     It took 0.003002643585205078 to pre validate transaction
2021-06-01T15:30:33.693 full_node chia.full_node.mempool_manager: INFO     add_spendbundle took 0.007112264633178711 seconds, cost 11010042 (0.1%)
2021-06-01T15:30:34.425 full_node chia.full_node.mempool_manager: INFO     It took 0.004003763198852539 to pre validate transaction
2021-06-01T15:30:34.433 full_node chia.full_node.mempool_manager: INFO     add_spendbundle took 0.007006168365478516 seconds, cost 10976870 (0.1%)
2021-06-01T15:30:40.740 full_node chia.full_node.full_node: INFO       Finished signage point 42/64: CC: bc59xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx RC: 27d824bcce5xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
2021-06-01T15:30:40.751 harvester chia.harvester.harvester: INFO     0 plots were eligible for farming 5bf01e5998... Found 0 proofs. Time: 0.00200 s. Total 37 plots
2021-06-01T15:30:50.948 full_node chia.full_node.full_node: INFO      Updated peak to height 368311, weight 74206600, hh ad0xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, forked at 368310, rh: a27xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, total iters: 1197989154161, overflow: False, deficit: 0, difficulty: 1032, sub slot iters: 111149056, Generator size: 993, Generator ref list size: 1
2021-06-01T15:30:50.950 full_node chia.full_node.mempool_manager: INFO     add_spendbundle took 0.0 seconds, cost 11010042 (0.1%)
2021-06-01T15:30:50.951 full_node chia.full_node.mempool_manager: INFO     add_spendbundle took 0.0 seconds, cost 11010042 (0.1%)
2021-06-01T15:30:50.952 full_node chia.full_node.mempool_manager: INFO     add_spendbundle took 0.0 seconds, cost 11010042 (0.1%)
2021-06-01T15:30:50.952 full_node chia.full_node.mempool_manager: INFO     add_spendbundle took 0.0 seconds, cost 11010042 (0.1%)
2021-06-01T15:30:50.953 full_node chia.full_node.mempool_manager: INFO     add_spendbundle took 0.0 seconds, cost 11010042 (0.1%)
2021-06-01T15:30:50.954 full_node chia.full_node.mempool_manager: INFO     add_spendbundle took 0.0 seconds, cost 11010042 (0.1%)
2021-06-01T15:30:50.954 full_node chia.full_node.mempool_manager: INFO     add_spendbundle took 0.0 seconds, cost 11010042 (0.1%)
2021-06-01T15:30:50.955 full_node chia.full_node.mempool_manager: INFO     add_spendbundle took 0.0 seconds, cost 11010042 (0.1%)
2021-06-01T15:30:50.955 full_node chia.full_node.mempool_manager: INFO     add_spendbundle took 0.0 seconds, cost 10976870 (0.1%)
2021-06-01T15:30:50.956 full_node chia.full_node.mempool_manager: INFO     Size of mempool: 9 spends, cost: 99057206 minimum fee to get in: 0
2021-06-01T15:30:50.961 full_node chia.full_node.full_node: INFO     Block validation time: 0.3663334846496582, cost: 29255786, percent full: 0.266%
2021-06-01T15:30:51.179 wallet chia.wallet.wallet_state_manager: INFO     Coins removed [] at height: 368311
2021-06-01T15:30:51.184 wallet chia.wallet.wallet_blockchain: INFO      Updated wallet peak to height 368311, weight 74206600, 
2021-06-01T15:30:51.847 full_node chia.full_node.full_node: INFO       Finished signage point 43/64: CC: 0e679fxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx RC: 809f2f319xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
2021-06-01T15:30:51.974 harvester chia.harvester.harvester: INFO     0 plots were eligible for farming 5bf01e5998... Found 0 proofs. Time: 0.00200 s. Total 37 plots
2021-06-01T15:30:58.573 full_node chia.full_node.full_node: INFO      Updated peak to height 368312, weight 74207632, hh a83320a3xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, forked at 368311, rh: 729254ed6xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, total iters: 1197990571463, overflow: False, deficit: 0, difficulty: 1032, sub slot iters: 111149056, Generator size: No tx, Generator ref list size: No tx
2021-06-01T15:30:58.578 full_node chia.full_node.full_node: INFO     Block validation time: 0.28707432746887207, cost: None
2021-06-01T15:30:58.824 wallet chia.wallet.wallet_blockchain: INFO      Updated wallet peak to height 368312, weight 74207632, 
2021-06-01T15:31:00.993 full_node chia.full_node.full_node: INFO       Finished signage point 44/64: CC: 0694xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx RC: c64ee8ee390510xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx0 
2021-06-01T15:31:01.168 harvester chia.harvester.harvester: INFO     0 plots were eligible for farming 5bf01e5998... Found 0 proofs. Time: 0.00200 s. Total 37 plots
2021-06-01T15:31:09.109 full_node chia.full_node.full_node: INFO       Finished signage point 45/64: CC: 5b9cf08956xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx RC: eaa0cfaf74990161xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
2021-06-01T15:31:10.066 harvester chia.harvester.harvester: INFO     0 plots were eligible for farming 5bf01e5998... Found 0 proofs. Time: 0.00300 s. Total 37 plots
2021-06-01T15:31:13.193 full_node chia.full_node.mempool_manager: INFO     It took 0.0040035247802734375 to pre validate transaction
2021-06-01T15:31:13.200 full_node chia.full_node.mempool_manager: INFO     add_spendbundle took 0.007007122039794922 seconds, cost 10916862 (0.099%)
2021-06-01T15:31:17.415 full_node chia.full_node.full_node: INFO       Finished signage point 46/64: CC: b5be5xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx RC: 97d2d673ac1xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
2021-06-01T15:31:18.110 harvester chia.harvester.harvester: INFO     0 plots were eligible for farming 5bf01e5998... Found 0 proofs. Time: 0.00200 s. Total 37 plots