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The drama continues! I started a rebuild a little over a week ago, and it was going alright at first, but after a few days the estimated finish jumped up to 200+ days. Any tips as to what might be causing it? Do I have a bad connection or cable somewhere? Is the replacement drive bad? (I grabbed a spare out of storage, but maybe it's also funky). unraid-diagnostics-20250128-1506.zip

Ok, all of the drives are being seen by UNRAID now. I did these steps: I ran "New Config" with preserve assignments set to "All" I assigned the missing drive for Disk 2 I started the array with "Parity is already valid" and "Maintenance Mode" both checked I stopped the array and unassigned Disk 2 I started the array (with Disk 2 disabled) Diagnostics are attached. Thanks! unraid-diagnostics-20250119-1348.zip

Good gravy, I just can't seem to catch a break here. I ran the "New Config" tool, with Preserve Assignments set to "All". I checked my drive assignments, and assigned the missing drive for Disk 2... and noticed that Disk 5 is now missing - it says "Device Not Present", and the drive is unassigned. It was present immediately before running the New Config. My assumption is I should shut down the tower and check my cables, but I wanted to check in and make sure that there won't be any issues shutting down at this point in the process. Updated diags attached. unraid-diagnostics-20250107-0852.zip

Thanks for replying! Just to check before I do anything - if i do this and the parity isn't valid, will anything be overwritten? Or will I essentially be back where I'm currently at if the parity isn't valid?

Ok, I've been trying to figure out a solution to this, and I'm pretty lost in the woods. At this point I'm just looking to get it up and running with whatever data I can. It's a bit of a mess. Here's a recap of what I started with: Disk 6's connector was damaged, so I needed to replace it Disk 2 had been disabled at some point without me realizing it, so its contents were emulated and I was unable to simply swap out Disk 6 Disk 3 was fine at this point (this is important later) To try to solve this, I found a way to temporarily reconnect Disk 6. Disk 6 returned to normal operation I re-added Disk 2 as a new device and tried a data rebuild on Disk 2. However, this finished with a 'cancelled' status I opened up the server, and it turns out one of Disk 3's cables had become damaged (I'm aware this is a larger issue, but for now I'm focused on trying to get things back to whatever functional state I can) I replaced the cable on Disk 3 and reconnected, but Disk 3 is now disabled Before I realized Disk 3 was disabled, I added a new drive to replace Disk 2, hoping I could re-try the rebuild on a fresh disk So now: Disk 6 is normal Disk 2 has no disk assigned (with the fresh drive ready to be assigned) Disk 3 is now disabled I know that nothing has been added to Disk 3 since it went down. Ideally I could just re-enable it so I can do a data rebuild on Disk 2 to get things back up and running so I can start more long-term fixes. However, all of the solutions I've found for getting re-enabling Disk 3 don't seem like they'll work with Disk 2 also disabled. I'm aware this is a trainwreck, and I apologize. I'm pretty over my head and looking for any guidance at this point. Do I have any options here? Or am I SOL? Thanks! unraid-diagnostics-20250104-1320.zip

@JorgeB I'm not sure at what point Disk 2 got disabled - is there a way to check that? How do I rebuild with 2 invalid disks? I don't see the option on the "Array Operation" page ("Start" is greyed out. The only other option is Safe Mode) Thank you!

Version: UNRAID 6.12.8 Hello! I've got myself in a bit of a bind - any help is appreciated. One of my drives ("Disk 6") crapped out on me (it's unuseable), so I swapped it out with another. On the Array Devices page, it currently says "Wrong" next to this (expected, because I need to update it). However, a different drive ("Disk 2") says "Device is disabled, contents emulated". My parity seems ok (I think?). How do I get Disk 2 to play nice, so I can rebuild Disk 6? Diagnostics attached. Thank you! unraid-diagnostics-20241216-1634.zip

That seemed to do it. Thanks for the quick fix!

Hello! I have a share called "Photos". The other day, I stopped being able to access its contents. Windows displays it as an empty folder, and the "Share Status" in UNRAID says "Share is empty." When I browse the raw disks in UNRAID, I still see its contents. I'm not sure what triggered it. The only other symptom I can think of is that some of my dockers have mysteriously disappeared recently as well and I've had to re-install them (it kept my settings, just removed it from the interface). Diagnostics are attached. Any help is appreciated - thank you! unraid-diagnostics-20240914-2035.zip

Just wanted to circle back and say this worked! Thanks so much.

@JorgeBThanks for clarifying! That step is done. Server is currently running with Disk 6 disabled - diagnostics are attached. unraid-diagnostics-20240823-1112.zip

Thanks @JorgeB! Just to be clear, should both Disk 2 & Disk 6 be assigned BEFORE I do the "New Config" step? (Disk 2 is currently assigned and reading as "New Drive', and Disk 6 is currently assigned and reading as "Device Contents Emulated". Am I good to go ahead Apply the "Preserve current assignments"?)

Hello! I'm in a bit of a tricky situation. I recently upgraded one of my drives (Disk 6) to a larger drive. All was going well, until I got to the Data Rebuild portion. When I started doing the Data Rebuild, it was going extremely slow (estimated time to finish was about 500 days). I figured a cable was loose, so I paused the Data Rebuild, shut it down, and re-seated the cables. Then, when I rebooted, one of my other disks (Disk 2) was showing as "deactivated". I ran an Extended SMART Test on Disk 2. There were no issues, so I unassigned/reassigned the drive to get it back in. But now Disk 2 is reading as a "New Drive" (with a blue square next to it). Which brings me to my current situation: UNRAID thinks Disk 2 is a new drive (but it's not - I'd like it to be re-added in with all of its existing data). I can't rebuild from parity, because Disk 6 hasn't been rebuilt yet. I don't know if I can save this as a "new config", because Disk 6 isn't correct yet. Disk 6 IS a new drive and needs to be rebuilt from parity, but that can't work until Disk 2 is back online. Diagnostics are attached. Any help is appreciated! unraid-diagnostics-20240822-1741.zip

Got everything back in working order. Thanks, you're a rock star!

Disk 6 is mounted and running, thank you! One final question, just to make sure I'm not being an idiot. If I want to now replace Disk 6 with a larger disk, I just do this as normal, by shutting down the server, replacing Disk 6, then doing a Data Rebuild? Or should I do a Parity Check first? Not sure how xfs_repair affects the parity sync.