Hello,

 

I'm planning to upgrade my current Plex server from old Dell R720 to a more powerful Dell R730. Yet, I'm very afraid of loosing or destroying my existing Undraid configuration and especially my large PLEX library (54Tb of made of 6x HDD + 2x SSD) including 40Tb of existing files.

 

Therefore, I'm seeking for guidance or support with the procedure. I have naively drafted that I think :

 

0) Set new server R730to default bios setting.

1) Set the new server R730 (with Perc h730mini) to HBA mode (forcing non RAID). On the R720 I had to flash the Perc H710 to IT mode

2) Remove from old R720 the registered OS UNRAID USB and install it into the new R730 free interval USB (see additional question below)

3) Insert all 8x HDD from R720 to new R730 in the HDD slots using exactly the same sot allocation.

4) Boot new R730 server, logging in to Unraid, run Plex.

5?) Any other steps? IE what about IP Server IP address. I have a fixe address on the R720. Will Unraid Os automatically port it to the new server? Or shall I do it manually?

 

==> Will this work? Is there a risk of loosing all my Plex files?

 

==> Additional question: Using Dell Internal Dual SD Module (IDSDM). This is a module with dual sd card for hypervisor. I like to use it as my UNRAID OS boot disk (replacing the old low quality USB stick.

 

Many thanks for your collaboration Unrais is just perfect and combined with Plex it makes the best ever multimedia server. 

 

Thibaut

 

 

My reservation is the H730, AFAIk that is not a true HBA, but a RAID controller, so even in HBA mode there can be issues.

Thanks for the info. I have read Perc HBA mode is working fine?

Nevertheless my main concern is to destroy my Plex library and its 40Tb of files by running a wrong upgrade. Thus anyone has any view on this.

Thanks

This finally went smoothly,

just inserted plugged all HDD in the new server, installed the unraid usb and boot the new system. no issues, juste a tedious parity sync in background.

 

I close the subject

 

On 2/7/2025 at 5:41 AM, Thib001 said:

Hello,

 

I'm planning to upgrade my current Plex server from old Dell R720 to a more powerful Dell R730. Yet, I'm very afraid of loosing or destroying my existing Undraid configuration and especially my large PLEX library (54Tb of made of 6x HDD + 2x SSD) including 40Tb of existing files.

 

Therefore, I'm seeking for guidance or support with the procedure. I have naively drafted that I think :

 

0) Set new server R730to default bios setting.

1) Set the new server R730 (with Perc h730mini) to HBA mode (forcing non RAID). On the R720 I had to flash the Perc H710 to IT mode

2) Remove from old R720 the registered OS UNRAID USB and install it into the new R730 free interval USB (see additional question below)

3) Insert all 8x HDD from R720 to new R730 in the HDD slots using exactly the same sot allocation.

4) Boot new R730 server, logging in to Unraid, run Plex.

5?) Any other steps? IE what about IP Server IP address. I have a fixe address on the R720. Will Unraid Os automatically port it to the new server? Or shall I do it manually?

 

==> Will this work? Is there a risk of loosing all my Plex files?

 

==> Additional question: Using Dell Internal Dual SD Module (IDSDM). This is a module with dual sd card for hypervisor. I like to use it as my UNRAID OS boot disk (replacing the old low quality USB stick.

 

Many thanks for your collaboration Unrais is just perfect and combined with Plex it makes the best ever multimedia server. 

 

Thibaut

 

 

Sorry to bring back this old thread, but I have an old r720xd that I would like to set it up as my second server, but keep getting nowhere quickly. If I keep the BIOS in UEFI I can boot to the unRaid screen, but get stuck at "failed to allocate memory for kernel command" message. Changing to the legacy BIOS instead and the USB is not recognized at boot.

What BIOS setting did you have to modify /change to be able to load unRaid on 720? I tried formatting the USB with the old custom way and through the one step app. No go. I disabled the Lifecycle Controller without any change. Did you have to do anything in the PERC itself?

Any help would be great!

Thanks,

Lev