ok, i hope i haven't completely screwed my unRAID up.  i've been running a new build for a week or so. i followed all the walk throughs and moved all my data one disk at a time then stared the parity got all green lights, ran a parity check, a-ok and then proceeded to move the disks into the array and format them.  i set up shares and connected laptops, PC, mac and apple tv.  everything was running smooth.  i move a lot of data so i figured i'd add an old 80GB drive as my cache.

 

so i was setting up my cache drive turning on the function for each share. i had several, 'movies', 'music','programs' and the like. then i started testing it but as i moved files to the shares with the cache drive enabled it went right to the array.  meaning i could see the free space drop on a data disk and nothing on the cache drive. after doing some searching on the forum i stopped the array and tried some trouble shooting. i tried changing other settings like 'min size' and then disabling and enabling the cache drive. and starting and stopping the array.

 

then BOOM.  all my shares disappeared.  so i went back to the forums to see why the shares might disappear. i tried  to copy the flash drive and edit and recopy the config\shares files and restarted the array. i tried creating a new share.  it worked when i used the main \\tower page to create the share, but if i created a folder on the root of one of the disks.  nothing.  all my data seemed to be there so whew, because i don't have additional backups since i moved everything the unRAID. then BOOM.  the last time i tried to stop the array it got stuck.  now all i see is the attached status.  it's been that way for an hour.  i don't know what to do.  i don't want to loose anything. i have 750GB of music and a TB or so in movies. i afraid to do anything.  any suggestions would be much appreciated

help please.  i know everyone is busy.  i can't loose my data.  i don't know what to do.  i have to go to work today.  should i just leave it like this?  should i hard boot the machine?  it's in my basement and not connected to a monitor or keyboard.  so all i have is the web portal.

hard to tell without a syslog.http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=9880.0

Did you see smart status of your drives ? See if any of them died.

thanks for the replies.  i'll try those when i get home, but i couldn't see the machine on the network, so i guess i'll bring a monitor downstairs and see if the console interface is there.

ok, after two long shifts at work i can finally focus on my unRaid.  i took a monitor downstairs and plugged it in.  nothing blank screen. keyboard did nothing.  still couldn't see it on the network any where, nothing.  so i got down on my knees, said a little prayer and hit the reset button.  it came back up and seemed to be ok. it seemed to start a parity check.  i've attached the syslog and a screen shot of the web management.

 

so at least it seems that my data is still there i can see the folders and files on the disk shares on the network. but the user shares are still missing.  i'm afraid if i recreate them it will overwrite the original and i'll loose data. 

how can i get my shares back?

syslog-2011-09-23.txt

so i know the shares are still on the flash because the files are still there. see attached

but the web management doesn't show any shares at all.

heres my smart report. might be helpful

smart.txt

Try to restart using the webGUI.

I had similar issue tried everything but shares still missing... I installed new the OS, resigned the drives at the same slot and voila, all came back... you want loose data if you don't press delete, format accidentally... :-)

 

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Ps. When I was taken out the cache drive shares where there again... resign cache shares gone. That was my case.

thanks guys, but 'dgaschk' restarting the machine didn't help.  'naxiand' were you running 4.7?  and did you add the cache drive after setting up the shares?  that''s what i did.  maybe i'll try taking out the cache drive and see if that helps.

 

YIPPEE!!  all i did was unassign the cache drive and bingo,  everything came back.  i didn't even take it out.  just stopped the array clicked 'unassigned' for the cache drive slot. 

ok, so that is some kind of bug or something?  is there a way to add a cache drive after setting up shares?  did i miss something?

exactly the same have happened to me yes 4.7......no solution was provide it to me make new install and it will work just make sure to take a snapshot of your configuration drives and put them the same

man that stinks.  well, i changed the name of my post since the machine is not frozen anymore and the real problem seems to be the cache drive.  since i'm still quite the noob and i just built and set up the thing last week, i'm not going to mess with any beta.  i believe 4.7 is the current stable release.  and as far as far as the cache drive, I'm just going to forget it for now it seems like it just a problem. i can manage with the slower write speeds to the tower.  and 'naxiand' thanks again!

 

I think even if you add the drive to the array, you might have the same issue. Better to deal now. You want loose data probably you will have to reconfigure the shares and that's all. Make a back up of the current usb first just in case....

 

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Save the /boot/config directory and replace it once the server is working. Then you will not have to restore any settings.