Braulio Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 (edited) Guys, I need help, I did something and I don't know which way to go! I will explain in detail. 1) Step 1 I have two HD, being. 1 parity 4tb and 1 data disk 4tb. The data disk started to show problems. I did the following procedure to change. 1) Step 2 I connected a new disk to the motherboard and did not remove the current one. I stopped the array and added the new disk (I didn't remove the old one). So I was left with two discs of dates in the array. Then I realized that I did it wrong, because I need to remove disk 1 and put disk 2 in its place. 1) Step 3 I stopped the array and removed disk 2 from the array list (I selected the "no disc" option), but I didn't touch disk 1. I restarted the server and turned on array. 1) Step 4 The files that appear in "shared" have a triangle on the icon. I read on the unraid wiki they're not protected by parity, but they are there, nothing was deleted. 1) Step 5 I don't know what I should do right now! My concern is if when I put disk 2 in, if new files were copied to it. And what I need to do is swap disk 1 with disk 2. Tks Braulio Edited February 25 by Braulio Quote Link to comment
JorgeB Posted February 26 Share Posted February 26 Please post the diagnostics. Quote Link to comment
Braulio Posted February 26 Author Share Posted February 26 13 hours ago, JorgeB said: Please post the diagnostics. server-diagnostics-20230226-1930.zip Quote Link to comment
JorgeB Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 Disk1 shows some reallocated sectors but looks mostly OK, run an extended SMART test on disk1, if it passes do a new config with just parity and disk1, check parity is already valid and run a parity check. Quote Link to comment
Braulio Posted February 27 Author Share Posted February 27 (edited) 15 hours ago, JorgeB said: Disk1 shows some reallocated sectors but looks mostly OK, run an extended SMART test on disk1, if it passes do a new config with just parity and disk1, check parity is already valid and run a parity check. I've been having trouble with Disk 1 for a long time. In this post you helped me understand and I came to the conclusion that I should change. I do SMART test and said "Completed without error". Initially I needed to change the disc 1 to disk 2. If I stop array, remove the disc 1, and put the disk 2 in it's place, is it possible to redo parity or is not possible because it is invalid? Edited February 28 by Braulio Quote Link to comment
JorgeB Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 First you must make the array valid again without disk2, so do a new config, keep all assignments, check that only parity and disk1 are assigned, check "parity is already valid" and start the array, since disk2 was never formatted parity should still 100% in sync, but run a parity check to confirm, if all OK then you can replace disk1. Quote Link to comment
Braulio Posted February 28 Author Share Posted February 28 (edited) 5 hours ago, JorgeB said: First you must make the array valid again without disk2, so do a new config, keep all assignments, check that only parity and disk1 are assigned, check "parity is already valid" and start the array, since disk2 was never formatted parity should still 100% in sync, but run a parity check to confirm, if all OK then you can replace disk1. For do a new config I only need click "parity is already valid" and start the array? I "run a parity check to confirm" after a new config? For test just click in Check? Edited February 28 by Braulio Quote Link to comment
JorgeB Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 1 hour ago, Braulio said: For do a new config I only need click "parity is already valid" and start the array? After doing the new config (tools -> new config) and selecting keep all assignments. 1 hour ago, Braulio said: I "run a parity check to confirm" after a new config? For test just click in Check? Yes. Quote Link to comment
Braulio Posted March 5 Author Share Posted March 5 On 2/28/2023 at 12:30 PM, JorgeB said: After doing the new config (tools -> new config) and selecting keep all assignments. Yes. JorgeB, I did the last step and now parity is ok. Now, I need change disk1 to disk2. On the Unraid website it says: "Unassign the old drive if still assigned (to unassign, set it to No Device)" I already connected the disk2 before power. Now, I just need assign disk2 in place of disk1, or is need unassign (no device) before and restart server? Quote Link to comment
JorgeB Posted March 5 Share Posted March 5 8 hours ago, Braulio said: Now, I just need assign disk2 in place of disk1, or is need unassign (no device) before and restart server? Just assign new disk to disk1 slot and start array, no reboot needed. Quote Link to comment
Braulio Posted March 11 Author Share Posted March 11 On 3/5/2023 at 8:16 AM, JorgeB said: Just assign new disk to disk1 slot and start array, no reboot needed. I did it today. Looks like it's all right. Parity is OK. The old disk showed up under Unassigned Devices, and when I opened it, all the files were there. The files are opening normally. Are they valid or could something be missing due to parity? I'm going to use this HD for backup, so I thought I'd leave these files inside. Quote Link to comment
Solution JorgeB Posted March 12 Solution Share Posted March 12 14 hours ago, Braulio said: The files are opening normally. Are they valid or could something be missing due to parity? They should be all valid, assuming parity was in sync. Quote Link to comment
Braulio Posted March 13 Author Share Posted March 13 23 hours ago, JorgeB said: They should be all valid, assuming parity was in sync. Great...I need to thank you for everything. Thanks again thanks 1 Quote Link to comment
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