Posted March 15, 20223 yr I was trying to format this drive after removing it from the array. To do so, I tried to stop the array which is now stuck with... `Retry unmounting user share` How do I force the unmount on the drive? Afraid to power down server and lead to data loss
March 15, 20223 yr Community Expert 45 minutes ago, andyd said: trying to format this drive after removing it from the array Do you mean you actually shrunk the array with New Config and rebuilt parity? If not what were you hoping to accomplish by formatting an array disk outside (or even inside) the array? attach diagnostics to your NEXT post in this thread.
March 15, 20223 yr Community Expert After checking your posting history looks like this may be a continuation of other things you were doing. Maybe instead of saying you removed the drive from the array you really meant you had replaced it. You should link to those other threads if they are relevant, or even just continue in that same thread so we have some context. Still not clear where you are though so will await further explanation and diagnostics.
March 16, 20223 yr Author Oh this is a completely separate issue - not related to the thread but it is a continuation of what I'm doing... 1. Removed a smaller drive from the array that was functioning properly but had data that I wanted 2. Drive not in array anymore 3. Moved the data from that drive back onto the array 4. Array is fine now / no data issues I now want to format that drive / erase all data on it as I will replace another smaller drive I keep around as an unassigned device homeserver-diagnostics-20220315-2038.zip Edited March 16, 20223 yr by andyd
March 16, 20223 yr Author Solution lol figured it out ... i had terminal windows opened and that was blocking the stop Edited March 16, 20223 yr by andyd
March 16, 20223 yr Community Expert 13 hours ago, andyd said: Removed a smaller drive from the array 17 hours ago, trurl said: Do you mean you actually shrunk the array with New Config and rebuilt parity?
March 18, 20223 yr Author Yes exactly - I shrunk the array using a new config and rebuilt the parity afterwards. I moved the data still on the drive back onto the array then formatted to be used as an unassigned device
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