I am working my way thru upgrading my server from ReiserFS to XFS, following the steps in the "File System Conversion" Document.

 

I have 3 data drives(14/12/10) and a new 18TB drive formatted as XFS.

 

So far I have

1. Emptied the 14TB Drive using UnBalance

2.  Stopped the Array

3.  New Config to Preserve

4. Changed positions of the swap drive and the Reiser data drive I emptied.

5.  Start Array with the "Parity is Valid" option.

 

Now I am ready to start emptying the 12TB Data Drive to the 14TB Swap Drive.

At this point I need to format the Empty 14TB Drive as XFS.  How do I do this while it's already in the array?

 

 

Edited February 23, 20233 yr by a12vman

Stop array, click on that disk, change filesystem to xfs, start array, format.

Got it, thank you for clarification!