December 5, 20232 yr Unfortunately I'm in a situation where I'm using on old configuration backup to deal with a lost USB drive. One of the drive are showing as this: "All existing data on this device will be OVERWRITTEN when array is Started" Is there a way I can start the array and trust the data on that drive, not overwrite it?
December 5, 20232 yr Author I pretty sure the assignments are correct. I think the backup was taken just before drive that's being marked as "will be overwritten" was added.
December 5, 20232 yr Author No option to just take the drive/array as is? Trust its existing data? (preferably in a read-only mode to verify things look right, just in case.) Edited December 5, 20232 yr by brainbone_
December 6, 20232 yr Community Expert If disk1 is healthy you could do a new config instead, but at least check SMART first, or post diags.
December 6, 20232 yr Author 7 hours ago, JorgeB said: If disk1 is healthy you could do a new config instead, but at least check SMART first, or post diags. Disk1 one is healthy. What do you mean "do a new config"?
December 6, 20232 yr Community Expert Tools - New config then check "parity is already valid", start the array, and run a parity check, before the new config it would be a good idea to check that disk1 mounts with the UD plugin, you can do that after unassigning the disk.
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