September 7, 20214 yr So, i just started my server and one of my hdds is showing as "disabled - contents emulated" No id wth is going on...No weird noises from the HDD, replaced cables, changed sata ports on mobo..power supply is brand new!.. Attached diagnostic and smart results...appreciate if anyone can take a look. ST33000651AS_Z290KWCT-20210907-2229.txt ST33000651AS_Z290KWCT-20210907-2228 disk2 (sdf) - DISK_DSBL.txt
September 8, 20214 yr Community Expert Looks like you rebooted after disk was disabled so can't see what caused it in syslog. Emulated disk mounts so that is good. SMART attributes for that disk look OK, but it is very old and hasn't had an extended SMART test run on it recently. Do you have a spare disk you can rebuild to?
September 8, 20214 yr Author Yeah its very old haha. I dont have any cold spares atm no.. I replaced the cables and ports from the drive.. Anything i can do or is it toast? Edit: so i tried the disk in question on another pc, ran smart tests..all seems normal, despite its age..at a loss now..
September 8, 20214 yr Author Cant atm..bought a new drive and im zeroing it atm, gonna switch it as my new parity when its done..Removed the disabled drive for the time being..
September 8, 20214 yr 4 hours ago, igk said: gonna switch it as my new parity when its done..Removed the disabled drive for the time being.. Do you know how to do that without losing the data that is on the drive slot currently being emulated?
September 8, 20214 yr 1 hour ago, igk said: Never done it before..but i read the docs Don't hesitate to ask questions BEFORE you do anything permanent.
September 8, 20214 yr Community Expert 5 hours ago, igk said: Cant atm..bought a new drive and im zeroing it atm, gonna switch it as my new parity when its done..Removed the disabled drive for the time being.. You can't replace single parity when you already have another disk disabled. Probably no good reason to remove disabled drive unless you are going to replace it.
September 8, 20214 yr Author Ok i admit i haven't read the instructions compleatly YET.. But can't i copy from the old to the new parity drive??As per instructions on the unraid wiki..
September 8, 20214 yr Author 16 minutes ago, trurl said: You can't replace single parity when you already have another disk disabled. Probably no good reason to remove disabled drive unless you are going to replace it. Khm..im ashamed to day, but i cant find my spare sata cables🤣
September 9, 20214 yr Author Ok so the new parity disk is finaly synced... Can i now remove the old parity drive and set it as a data disk and rebuild onto it?
September 9, 20214 yr 38 minutes ago, igk said: Ok so the new parity disk is finaly synced... Can i now remove the old parity drive and set it as a data disk and rebuild onto it? I'm confused, can you explain exactly what you did so far and why? Maybe recap step by step where you started and what the status is right now?
September 9, 20214 yr Community Expert 4 minutes ago, JonathanM said: I'm confused, can you explain exactly what you did so far and why? Maybe recap step by step where you started and what the status is right now? And new diagnostics might help explain your explanation.
September 9, 20214 yr Author Haha sorry if im being cryptic, will attach new diagnostics in a min. I disconnected the "failed" drive I put in a second parity drive and synced it Atm i have: 2 parity drives, 2 data drives active The third data drive is disconnected.
September 9, 20214 yr Community Expert A lot of stuff going on in syslog, including at some point unassigning parity, so I was worried about that. But if I am reading it right, it looks like you built parity2 in maintenance mode without rebuilding parity. Is that correct? We really need you to spell these things out in greater detail. Why did you unassign parity at some point? I'm still a little worried, but the simplest way to see what you have now is to start the array in normal mode and see if disk2 is emulated. Start array in normal mode and post new diagnostics.
September 9, 20214 yr Author Hm i was doing this stuff thru my phone..so i know i miss clicked the first time. Wait what? Im 99% sure i started the array normaly... Ok phew...disk2 IS emulated!
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