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You bet! OK, I will plan to work on this update Friday this week and hope everything goes smooth. Thanks for the heads up on Nextcloud, currently I don't have that running, only a few containers at this point. Hope this goes smoothly.

Good to know. That was my plan going into it. I was not sure if it would cause other concerns. I suppose I will backup all directories as well as take a copy of my docker.img and move it to a safe place, in case I need to restore back if I run into any concerns.

Did you only edit the repository from linuxserver/letsencrypt to linuxserver/swag and start the docker, and everything worked ?

Hello, Currently running linuxserver/letsencrypt 'fix common problems' said this is not depreciated and should be updated. I read in the migration notes "As long as you keep the /config folder mapping the same, all your previous config and data will be picked up by the new container" I am going to SSH and backup (copy) /mnt/user/appdata/letsencrypt for safe keeping in case. Before I proceed: 01. what's the best method to backup the dockers in the state their in? < backup the docker.img to another location > that way if it is required to revert and 'start over' the ability to copy and replace is available? 02. can I simply edit the repository from linuxserver/letsencrypt to linuxserver/swag and start the docker and it will push and keep my settings? 03. Am I required to remove letsencrypt docker, then add SWAG, and configure the docker to point at the correct paths, without needing to reconfigure everything? Thanks,

Thank you so much! Going to format the disk now and attempt this. Really appreciate your time discussing this 🙂

I appreciate you looking out for me on the users shares. I am aware of this and the changes will not be affected. I would be able to make these adjustments if they were. However this share is not a concern in this scenario. You're very kind to bring that up. Now that you have an overview of my plan, am I on the right path, am I overlooking anything with my plan moving forward?

Sure can. I will give you an overview of what has been done Disk 8 has data on it currently I used UD and copied disk 8 data to a spare disk. This was so I could take this spare disk to my windows system and re-organize the data locally on this disk. Once organized my plan is to copy this back to disk 8 Disk 8 & spare disk = duplicate copies However, the spare disk is now organized and I want to push this data (from the spare disk) back to disk 8. Disk 8 currently is online, and I would like to format it, making it a blank disk. Once it is formatted based on the process above (provided that is the correct process)... I would like to attach the spare disk (with the organized data) via UD to the array, and use cp -rpv command via SSH to push the organized data back to disk 8. Hope I cleared up any concerns with this explanation 😕

Hello again I am finally setup with this spare disk to dump to my array. The current disk in question <disk 8> has data on it. However, I would like to clear the disk so this data is deleted, and not rebuilt. I realize we discussed this in the past and want to be sure. Follow this method: Stop Array Select disk in question > Change XFS to another format > Select Apply Start Array > format disk Stop Array Select disk in question > Change FS back to XFS > Select Apply Start Array > format disk And then hook up the spare disk via UD, start SSH session and transfer data cp -rpv command, and I should be good to go? Thanks again.

Hello, Thanks for your prompt response. I reformatted the 3TB NTFS (UD disk) via windows again for the fun of it. Restarted the copy, and all is well. Sorry to waste time on this. Thanks!

Hello, I am attempting to copy a disk in my array to a UD disk using the following command # screen # cp -rpv /mnt/disk8/* /mnt/disks/disk8 during the copy i receive many errors on files: cp: error writing '/mnt/disks/disk8/ ....... No space left on device The destination disk (NTFS) is empty (3TB) free Disk 8 space used = 2.4TB (XFS) The files copy but at 0KB to the destination. Any ideas of a better method to copy data? Thanks,

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Hello, I have acknowledged the error, which changed from 0 to 1 If the disk trips again that would be concerning to replacing the disk? This disk is on the LSI SAS 9211-8i breakout cable. their not easy cables to swap (I'd have to order new breakout cables). Is it advisable to replace the cable or just the disk (If the errors continue to rise) udma crc error count returned to normal value array health report [PASS]

Awesome man! This is great info and good work on your part. I will be attaching another disk soon as I am cleaning up disk currently. I have updated UD as per your recommendation. Appreciate the insight and assistance!

I will use SSH to 'umount' for the time being. Seems to work just fine. Weird that I can't via the GUI. Maybe a disk issue, I am puzzled.

No problemo. I performed another reboot and attempted to mount and unmount the disk. Unmount is grayed out. I wonder if it is a partition issue with the disk Jun 12 16:57:29 ntfs-3g[8897]: Mounted /dev/sda2 (Read-Write, label "6TBDUMP", NTFS 3.1) Jun 12 16:57:29 ntfs-3g[8897]: Cmdline options: rw,noatime,nodiratime,nodev,nosuid,umask=000 Jun 12 16:57:29 ntfs-3g[8897]: Mount options: rw,nodiratime,nodev,nosuid,allow_other,nonempty,noatime,default_permissions,fsname=/dev/sda2,blkdev,blksize=4096 Jun 12 16:57:29 ntfs-3g[8897]: Global ownership and permissions enforced, configuration type 1 Jun 12 16:57:29 unassigned.devices: Successfully mounted '/dev/sda2' on '/mnt/disks/6TBDUMP'. This disk is a swap disk while i organize data I can always format it when I am done, perhaps that's why it's having a concern.

Pass Thru is disabled, never toggled it. Been using UD as I always have. Mount, copy, unmount.

I have restarted the server and I can try again later on. Never has been an issue before, started to do it on this disk today however. Mount log: Jun 12 11:57:31 UnRAID unassigned.devices: Successfully mounted '/dev/sdo2' on '/mnt/disks/

Hello, I have been using UD often lately as I am cleaning up my disks. Recently I have been able to mount disks, and not unmout them. When they are mounted, the unmount button via the GUI is grayed out and cannot be selected. If i power off the drive, the drive becomes mountable and 'mount' is selectable. However unmount remains grayed out Has anyone ran into this concern before? I cannot pull any logs as the drive is mounted and there is no ability to unmount it, seems strange? Is there a manual method I can use to unmount via SSH?

OK. Usually these toggles are clickable to unmount. I will post there.

Noted. Thank you.

Is this still the 'proper method' when formatting an existing disk in the array? To format XFS disk: Stop Array Select disk in question > Change XFS to another format > Select Apply Start Array > format disk Stop Array Select disk in question > Change FS back to XFS > Select Apply Start Array > format disk Thanks,

Thank you, and yes, I have had notification setup for years :-)

Thanks for your input. I am juggling the thought if I do or don't. Dual parity may be a year out still, to match the 10TB disk. I am often monitoring my server daily if not, weekly, and review SMART, and if there are any error counts within the 'main' tab menu. Generally if I see SMART or errors start to populate (as it has happened in the past) I immediately swap the disk as soon as I can. Trying to think if I burn another 10TB on dual parity setup for the satisfaction and protection. I have some thinking to do on that empty drive bay, as I do have some 4TBs sitting around after this upgrade that are not being used. Never a bad idea to have hot swap available for the current 4s in the array currently. I will think on it. Thanks again!

OK. Good to know when running dual parity, both parity disks need to be as large or larger then the largest, so same rules apply. I thought I could get away with a smaller disk as parity2, now thinking about it, that wouldn't make sense. Now the decision time. Do I run single parity, or dual parity, hmm hmm

Hello, I have read through some of the posts here and got lost in some of the conversations. Thought to reach out on this topic as I am in the middle of an upgrade. I will try to keep this short and simple Current array size in disk - 11 disk total Current chassis physical drive bays - 12 disk total Parity was upgraded successfully from 6TB to 10TB Disk 3 was upgraded (currently rebuilding) 4TB to 10TB I currently have 1X physical drive bay OPEN for one of the following purposes that I was considering: 01. Dual parity (add another 10TB disk in the future) 02. Data disk (add more storage space) **If i go with option 01, does the second parity disk need to match @ 10TB or can it be 8,6,4,etc?** As there are many experienced users in the community, and what you would recommend? Option 01 or Option 02? Being my array is not large in physical disk (currently 11 disk), would dual party would be worth wild? As disk size in the world today has improved, I am remaining with this chassis at the 12X drive bay limit. Suggestions (if you were me)? Thanks,