Fix common problem alerted me that i have a problem with disc2 in my array. I  looked a possible problems  however i unable to find the culprit. I have flowed  the Spaceinvaderone video for a possible cause regarding full disk.  for a few weeks now i have not been able SMB into my appdata file as it stated that the Appdata Original file is missing. I have not been able to find a solution to reinstate it as this could be my problem? I have included  diagnostics and  screenshot of the error.

 

Is it possible to reinstall the Flash Drive  for a fresh install and not loose my containers setting etc as this my olve my problem??

 

Any advise and procedure would be appreciated.

pine-diagnostics-20221227-1812.zip

Fix common problem alerted me that i have a problem with disc2 in my array. I  looked a possible problems  however i unable to find the culprit. I have flowed  the Spaceinvaderone video for a possible cause regarding full disk.  for a few weeks now i have not been able SMB into my appdata file as it stated that the Appdata Original file is missing. I have not been able to find a solution to reinstate it as this could be my problem? I have included  diagnostics and  screenshot of the error.

 

Is it possible to reinstall the Flash Drive  for a fresh install and not loose my containers setting etc as this my olve my problem??

 

Any advise and procedure would be appreciated.

2 minutes ago, mikey6283 said:

I have included  diagnostics and  screenshot of the error.

Looks like you forgot something

4 minutes ago, trurl said:

Looks like you forgot something

For some reason you created another thread. I have merged them. Please don't post in multiple threads about the same problem. It makes it impossible to coordinate responses.

No SMART report for disk2 in those diagnostics.

 

USB drives are not recommended for array or pools due to many reasons, including unreliable connections.

2 hours ago, trurl said:

No SMART report for disk2 in those diagnostics.

 

USB drives are not recommended for array or pools due to many reasons, including unreliable connections.

 The reason for the same post due to it not appearing when I submitted originally. USB drives are not recommended? I'm confused now you see and read that it is used it has been working fine until recently, when i somehow lost my appdata file. How do i provide the smart report and how else can i  connect the drives to my bare pc running  running unRaid. Is it possible to install Unraid from my Flash Stick  or will i lose all my containers?

Unraid installs itself to RAM from the archives on flash at each boot. Think of it as firmware.

 

Flash also contains your configuration (settings from the webUI) in its config folder, so they can be reapplied after Unraid installs itself into RAM. You must always have a current backup of flash.

 

Unraid itself is not on any of your disks, only your data (including appdata) are on the disks

 

SATA or SAS connections are recommended for array or pool devices

 

USB should only be used for temporary connections, such as to transfer files to/from your server.

 

Might be possible to use it the way you have it if you don't try to have parity, since without parity there is nothing to get out-of-sync when a drive disconnects. But you will have to deal with the disconnects.

 

Possibly that missing USB drive has gone to sleep. Check its documentation and see if there is something you can do to prevent that.

 

Stop the array then see if rebooting brings the drive back. You might have to reassign it. Maybe you will find your appdata there.

 

 

 Thanks for you comments i will follow them and see how to change things around

31 minutes ago, trurl said:

 

SATA or SAS connections are recommended for array or pool devices

 I have a spare nmve m2 which i could use in the future.

USB should only be used for temporary connections, such as to transfer files to/from your server.

 

Might be possible to use it the way you have it if you don't try to have parity, since without parity there is nothing to get out-of-sync when a drive disconnects. But you will have to deal with the disconnects.

 

Possibly that missing USB drive has gone to sleep. Check its documentation and see if there is something you can do to prevent that.

 

Stop the array then see if rebooting brings the drive back. You might have to reassign it. Maybe you will find your appdata there.

 

 

 Thanks for the info  much appreciated , i will follow them and see how i go one.

 

 

 

Hi I have tried the above without success.  Could you advise/help on the following which i have found regarding my appdata folder in unRaid. After looking at  Spaceinvaderone videos in setting unraid and dockers  i do not think my unraid configuration is not setup correctly my shares does not show the content of  appdata  with the dockers  the other folders are the same. Yet i  can find the /mnt/user/appdata on the terminal.  Can i reinstall new unraid OS and restore the docker containers as these have been backup with the CA Backup.  

pine-diagnostics-20221229-1003.zip

On 12/29/2022 at 5:27 AM, mikey6283 said:

my shares does not show the content of  appdata

Do you mean you don't see them on the network?

17 hours ago, trurl said:

Do you mean you don't see them on the network?

Yes, however i installed unraid on a trial key and it reconfigured it now i can see  everything on the network  thru macOS/windows. Only problem is that i cannot edit the templates as the edit option has disappeared. Any ideas what i do  see below screenshot.

 

 I will tag this as solved when i am satisfied and installed my key. Thanks for advice as i have learnt alot by reading the unraid manuals and video. 

You can copy the templates from the old flash drive. 

6 hours ago, mikey6283 said:

installed unraid on a trial key and it reconfigured it now i can see  everything on the network  thru macOS/windows. Only problem is that i cannot edit the templates

If you didn't copy config folder from the original flash, you lost all of your configuration, including the docker templates that allow you to work with your dockers from the webUI.

 

Not clear how anything you did actually helped with anything and it seems like going backwards.

 

Will it boot from the original flash drive?