January 24, 20233 yr Sorry. Sooo many of these...and they usually have this twist, or that variance. Just want to make sure, I get the proper advice for my (seemingly simple) situation (never can be too careful, when it comes to your precious data after all, right?). 8 x 3T array...with an 8T Parity. I want to replace (2) of the 3Ts, with a new 8. FTR...I'm not worried about down time, or being able to use the array while I'm doing the switcharoo. Simple and safe, take precedence. Thx, Edited February 19, 20233 yr by CDLehner
January 24, 20233 yr Community Expert Follow the process documented here in the online documentation accessible via the ‘Manual’ link at the bottom of the GUI or the DOCS link at the top of each forum page.
January 25, 20233 yr Author Thank you for indulging me itimpi! I did just want to follow-up, about 2 (3s) into 1 (8). Thx
January 25, 20233 yr Community Expert Rebuild one disk to larger disk. Then copy contents of disk to be removed to that larger disk. Then New Config without the disk to be removed and rebuild parity.
January 25, 20233 yr Author And sorry 😬 Never copied data, from one drive to another. Link to best/current method? Again…I don’t plan/need to use the array, until I’m all done. Thx
January 27, 20233 yr Author I think I'm in the home-s t r e t c h. 2 things: 1) This is a great community. I'm not a "power-user", and admittedly...only come here, when I often have what others might consider, a simple question. I do Google...and try to search the Forum the best I can...before posting. But as I said earlier...sooo much info; and a lot of it changes with time, and updates. Can't be too careful, lest you make a dumb mistake and lose precious files. For the most part...advice and procedures, are offered up without ridicule. Thank you! 2) That unBALANCE thing is awesome!! 25s, to transfer 2.45T of data!? Well done. I'll [SOLVE] as soon as I've finished.
January 27, 20233 yr Community Expert 4 minutes ago, CDLehner said: 25s, to transfer 2.45T of data!? The only way that could happen is if the data was moved (re-pathed) to the same disk. I thought you were intending to move data from one disk to other disks so you could remove it. Not sure what you did, but it must have resulted in something else. Don't remove any disk until you are sure all your data is where you intend. You can see how much of each disk is used by each user share by clicking Compute... for the share on the User Shares page, or the Compute All button. Post new diagnostics if you need us to take a look.
January 27, 20233 yr Author Yikes! I felt like I did it correctly. Picked my from and to disks (have to be a real idiot, to not understand that). Did a dry run, which came back "successful". Now...I did do a COPY, not MOVE; if that makes a difference. So, that disk is still intact. Here's what I did...so we can see, if I need to re-trace my steps; how to do so... - Ran "fresh" parity check - Stopped array - Unassigned fullest 3T disk - Started array - Stopped array - Assigned new 8T, into fullest 3T slot - Start array (re-build, another parity check) - Stopped array - Then "copied" from another 3T, to the new 8T - And I think it's another parity check (that'll be done, by the time I get home from work this evening EST) Edited January 27, 20233 yr by CDLehner
January 27, 20233 yr Author I know; and I was super surprised. I thought about asking; but I thought...well, data just "within the array" or something. I didn't want to seem stupid...and honestly; it seemed pretty straight-forward. What's done is done. So...even though the data from the "copied" 3T disk, is still intact; I have since, written new data to the array. Nothing I would miss, or couldn't re-write; but at this point...have I likely screwed things up so bad, it's unrecoverable?? Edited January 27, 20233 yr by CDLehner
January 28, 20233 yr Community Expert 21 hours ago, trurl said: You can see how much of each disk is used by each user share by clicking Compute... for the share on the User Shares page, or the Compute All button. Post new diagnostics if you need us to take a look.
January 28, 20233 yr Author Yeah; I didn't even look closely enough, at a simple indicator. This is the new 8T...and it should have more like 5+T used; the almost 3T, from the drive it replaced...and like 2.5 that I was trying to copy. So...to-be-copied drive back in, and try unBALANCE again?
January 28, 20233 yr Community Expert 19 minutes ago, CDLehner said: to-be-copied drive back in, and try unBALANCE again? Are you referring to the missing/emulated disk8? If you put that drive back in it will try to rebuild it. I will wait on a reply, there are several possible ways to proceed from here.
January 28, 20233 yr Author I also just noticed this... I was thinking, 430RX...was the to-be-copied drive; but it's actually the drive, the new 8T (45HCW) replaced. Just FYI.
January 28, 20233 yr Author 6 minutes ago, trurl said: Are you referring to the missing/emulated disk8? If you put that drive back in it will try to rebuild it. I will wait on a reply, there are several possible ways to proceed from here. 45HCW (8T), replaced 430RX (3T). 55926 (3T) is the drive, I wanted to copy to 45HCW...after it replaced 430RX (with the procedure, documented above). I will sit tight and wait. TY Edited January 28, 20233 yr by CDLehner
January 28, 20233 yr Community Expert Just noticed from your screenshot your drives are reiserfs. You need to work on getting away from that completely. We should have been working on that instead of rebuilding that filesystem onto new disks. Do you still have all the original disks?
January 28, 20233 yr Community Expert Just now, trurl said: Do you still have all the original disks? With their data intact?
January 28, 20233 yr Community Expert 1 minute ago, trurl said: Just noticed from your screenshot your drives are reiserfs And that is the only way we could tell since you never gave us diagnostics.
January 28, 20233 yr Community Expert Do you have enough ports to attach all the new and old disks? I'd like to see diagnostics with all of the disks involved.
January 28, 20233 yr Author Yes; and let me elaborate... 430RX was removed from the array, and replaced with 45HCW (and I still have 430RX, untouched since it was pulled). I also have 55926...which I thought I had copied to 45HCW; but which obviously didn't take (and I too, have that...and did not do a move data from it; but a copy. Point being, even though it didn't work; as opposed to a failed move...it was failed copy. Therefore...55926, should be exactly as I pulled it. TY,
January 28, 20233 yr Community Expert Install all of the removed disks, don't change any disk assignments, leave disk8 unassigned, start the array. Attach diagnostics to your NEXT post in this thread.
January 28, 20233 yr Community Expert If you have any additional new disks that aren't installed, I'd like to see them too.
January 28, 20233 yr Author 4 minutes ago, trurl said: Do you have enough ports to attach all the new and old disks? I'd like to see diagnostics with all of the disks involved. I don't think so trurl. I was doing all this, before moving to a new case...because it appears the bottom (4) hot-swap bays...of my (12)...aren't working. So...I'm trying to get (9) drives, down to (8) for a new case. I have (8) in hot-swap bays...with break-out cables; and that 9th, for now, running on SATA from the board and power. If there's no other way, I'll check if I could run a 10th...all at once.
January 28, 20233 yr Community Expert Just zoomed in on your screenshot and I see the missing disk is actually disk9, not disk8. Why is there a missing disk?
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