luminus Posted June 2, 2023 Share Posted June 2, 2023 I recently upgraded to the most recent version of Unraid. I was running a separate z pool on unread, but now since the feature was added I created a native Z pool with extra drives then transferred the data from my old Z pool to the new one. I was trying to figure out how I could integrate those drives into the new Z pool. Total there are 6 14 terabyte drives (native Z pool) and 8 12 terabyte drives. When I try to use the native feature to add them it spit out an error saying the drives were not of the same size. Is there a way around this without losing the data that I have on the 14 terabyte drives? I was hoping not to have to lose another drive for parody. Quote Link to comment
Solution JorgeB Posted June 2, 2023 Solution Share Posted June 2, 2023 There's currently an issue where the GUI doesn't let you add a vdev with smaller capacity drives, but you can do it manually and then re-import the pool, note that the new vdev needs to be the same width as the existing one, so if you have 6 x 14TB you can add only another 6 x 12TB. Quote Link to comment
luminus Posted June 5, 2023 Author Share Posted June 5, 2023 I swapped the 14TB for the 12s. How do you add them as a vdev"? Quote Link to comment
JorgeB Posted June 5, 2023 Share Posted June 5, 2023 If you mean adding the 14TB drives to the pool you can use the GUI, don't forget new vdev needs to be of the same width. Quote Link to comment
luminus Posted June 5, 2023 Author Share Posted June 5, 2023 (edited) I tried to add them via the GUI...no joy. Does same width mean since I have 8 12TB drives I wound Need to add 8 14TB drives? Currently only have six. Is there a different way to add them? Or would I need to delete pool and reestablish it with all the drive at once instead of adding to it? Edited June 5, 2023 by luminus Quote Link to comment
JorgeB Posted June 5, 2023 Share Posted June 5, 2023 1 hour ago, luminus said: Does same width mean since I have 8 12TB drives I wound Need to add 8 14TB drives? Currently only have six. Correct, you cannot add just six, it won't work. Quote Link to comment
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