This is going to be a very noobish question but I'm not sure how to search for this. I'm testing out unraid right now and am using the trial version. I have one drive on the array as Disk 2. No parity yet. The array is started and is on the same work group as my PC. I'm trying to transfer files over on to the drive but I do not see it on my network. When I key the IP address to access the server it only shows my flash drive as available. I thought the drive would just automatically show up once it is linked to the network. I'm sure I'm doing something wrong or missing something simple. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

What unraid version?

Is it a Windows PC? Does the unraid server show under Network?

 

How are the SMB settings?

Check your share settings t see if your are exporting disk shares, sounds like you have no user shares and are not exporting the disks. That would leave you with just the flash share.

Sorry, it was late and I just wanted to get that question out because I thought it'd be simple enough that someone could easily answer. Running Windows 7 Pro on the PC. Unraid server does not show under Network. I have to manually enter the IP to see the Flash drive. Running the latest Unraid v5 beta.

 

I have no user shares. I may not be understanding this correctly but I thought user shares was to combine drives so they have a unified view from other computers viewing them on the network. I have to set up shares just to even see one drive?

 

Last night, I did think it may be possible that I needed to create shares to see hard drives so I tried to do it with my one drive. I got an error saying something like it could not mount it because the location did not exist. Prior to doing this, I had precleared the drive, added it to the Disk2 location and started the array. Did I miss a step? When configuring the share, I named it, left the storing option as high water, chose to include Disk2 and exclude Disk1.

 

Since this wasn't working I just started preclearing 2 other harddrives that probably won't be done for a day. If there is a solution, can I do it while the server is working on preclearing two other drives?

 

Thanks for your replies so far.

Can you click on disk2 under devices on the main screen (where you start the array)? The disk2 settings screen opens. Is the disk exported under SMB security settings? Is there a green ball next to disk2?

Yes, I can click on disk2 under devices. Yes, there is a greenball next to the drive. How can I tell if it is exported under SMB security settings?

What do you see after you click on the disk2 link?

Ok, I see what you're talking about. Under SMB Security Settings, export is set to Yes and Security is set to Public.

Try restarting the server and the client.

By client, I'm guessing you meant the PC I'm trying to access the drives with. Yeah I've restarted both multiple times.

What are you SMB and Network Settings? You can find them under settings in Main.

I see the Main tab but there's no settings in it. In the Settings tab, there is a icon for SMB. In there the options are: Enable SMB - Yes, Connected Users - 0, Security Mode - Workgroup, Workgroup - "the name of my workgroup", Local Master - No

strange: I don't have connected users there.

 

try setting local master to yes

is the name of the workgroup spelled right (case-sensitive)