UMD Posted January 20, 2013 Share Posted January 20, 2013 I am attempting to perform a swap-disable with 5.0rc10 and I'm not sure anything is happening... I have 4 2TB data drives and a 2TB parity drive. Disk3 of the array was showing read errors during my last parity check. I have a new 3TB drive that I would like to use as my new parity drive while at the same time replacing disk3 with the old parity drive. From my understanding, swap-disable is what I need to accomplish this. I've removed Disk3 from the box and have placed the new 3TB drive in its place. The array is currently started and valid. From this point, what exactly do I need to do to get the swap-disable to start. I've tried stopping the array, switching the old parity drive to Disk3 and the 3TB drive to the parity slot. This results in a blue dot for Disk3 and the parity slot states "Wrong Disk". I get the option to Copy the parity to the new disk. I click yes and hit copy, but nothing happens. In fact, I can after this point, just reassign the drives to start the array again. What am I missing here? Thanks Quote Link to comment
limetech Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 I am attempting to perform a swap-disable with 5.0rc10 and I'm not sure anything is happening... I have 4 2TB data drives and a 2TB parity drive. Disk3 of the array was showing read errors during my last parity check. I have a new 3TB drive that I would like to use as my new parity drive while at the same time replacing disk3 with the old parity drive. From my understanding, swap-disable is what I need to accomplish this. I've removed Disk3 from the box and have placed the new 3TB drive in its place. The array is currently started and valid. From this point, what exactly do I need to do to get the swap-disable to start. I've tried stopping the array, switching the old parity drive to Disk3 and the 3TB drive to the parity slot. This results in a blue dot for Disk3 and the parity slot states "Wrong Disk". I get the option to Copy the parity to the new disk. I click yes and hit copy, but nothing happens. In fact, I can after this point, just reassign the drives to start the array again. What am I missing here? Thanks For 'swap disable' you want to assign your "old" parity disk to the disabled disk slot, and assign the "new" parity disk to the parity disk slot, and you should see a button that says 'Copy'. Looks like that's what happened for you. So in this state, after clicking Copy please capture and post the system log. Quote Link to comment
gtroyp Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 Please post updates as you work out your situation, UMD. I am about to go through the same process. My original 1TB data drive is failing, and a new 2TB drive is inbound. I intend to replace the parity (1TB) with the new drive and move the parity drive into service. A quick question, should I pre-clear the NEW parity drive before starting the swap/disable process? Quote Link to comment
Fr4ncois Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 Hi have tried to go through the same process for the past couple of days but run into a strange issue... I have a 2tb drive that failed and swap-disable my 2tb parity disk with a new 3tb WD red. I have preclear the new drive 3 times but always run into a weird issue where the log tells me there is no more space left on the disk. Here is the part of the log: Jan 21 10:56:46 unRaid emhttp: copy: disk3 to disk0 Jan 21 11:00:15 unRaid emhttp: copy: 1% complete Jan 21 11:03:42 unRaid emhttp: copy: 2% complete Jan 21 11:07:08 unRaid emhttp: copy: 3% complete Jan 21 11:10:35 unRaid emhttp: copy: 4% complete Jan 21 11:14:06 unRaid emhttp: copy: 5% complete Jan 21 11:17:38 unRaid emhttp: copy: 6% complete Jan 21 11:21:10 unRaid emhttp: copy: 7% complete Jan 21 11:24:42 unRaid emhttp: copy: 8% complete Jan 21 11:28:16 unRaid emhttp: copy: 9% complete Jan 21 11:31:50 unRaid emhttp: copy: 10% complete ... Jan 21 15:48:35 unRaid emhttp: copy: 65% complete Jan 21 15:55:42 unRaid emhttp: copy: 66% complete Jan 21 16:02:07 unRaid emhttp: copy: 67% complete Jan 21 16:06:53 unRaid emhttp: copy: 68% complete Jan 21 16:11:42 unRaid emhttp: copy: 69% complete Jan 21 16:16:32 unRaid emhttp: copy: 70% complete Jan 21 16:21:24 unRaid emhttp: copy: 71% complete Jan 21 16:26:28 unRaid emhttp: copy: 72% complete Jan 21 16:31:31 unRaid emhttp: copy: 73% complete Jan 21 16:32:58 unRaid emhttp: copy_disk: write: No space left on device Jan 21 16:32:58 unRaid emhttp: copy: syncing I have also attached a screenshot of my Main page showing my drives and the option to copy the parity. Has anyone done successfully a swap-disable on unRaid 5.0rc10? Thank you for your help, Francois Quote Link to comment
limetech Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 Has anyone done successfully a swap-disable on unRaid 5.0rc10? Yes, several times since this is some code that was changed to prevent webGui from appearing to 'hang'. Please post entire system log. Quote Link to comment
Fr4ncois Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 Here is a copy of the whole log. http://pastebin.com/xcRiMt1d While copying the parity I tried to preclear the disk that failed to see what kind of SMART report I would get so that's why you have a lot of error in the middle of the second parity-swap... Thanks for the help, Francois Quote Link to comment
UMD Posted January 22, 2013 Author Share Posted January 22, 2013 I will reattempt the swap-disable. I actually went back and rebuilt the array back on the failing drive. The drive no longer shows any pending sectors and the parity check was successful. There are some raw read errors in the smart report, so I will try the swap-disable again. One thing I remember from the first time I tried was that I physically moved the old parity drive SATA cable to the empty slots cable and placed the new parity drive on the old drives sata cable. Could this possibly have any impact? I didn't think that physical sata slot had no impact, but maybe in this case it does? After hitting COPY, I remember the array not doing anything. No additional entries were made in the log. Quote Link to comment
UMD Posted January 22, 2013 Author Share Posted January 22, 2013 Well, I tried the swap-disable again, but nothing seems to happen after I hit the copy button.... attached is the log... unraid_log.txt Quote Link to comment
Fr4ncois Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 Mine starts copying but run out of space at exactly 73%... which is very odd since I am copying a 2tb drive to a 3tb one... Does anyone have an idea why I experience this behaviour? Thanks, Francois Quote Link to comment
limetech Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 Looking at this... Quote Link to comment
UMD Posted January 22, 2013 Author Share Posted January 22, 2013 Looking at this... Thanks! Quote Link to comment
Fr4ncois Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 Looking at this... Thank you! I am actually running unprotected until a solution is found and I don't want to just go buy a 2tb drive to rebuild the failed one... I would rather start consolidating my storage with 3tb ones. So anxiously waiting for your findings! Francois Quote Link to comment
gtroyp Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 I am attempting to swap-disable a new 2TB for 1TB Parity, where my 1TB data drive has failed. I also am not able to make this happen, as it drops out before ever beginning the copy. Not sure how to save the log to attach it. Someone tell me how and I'll post. Quote Link to comment
UMD Posted January 25, 2013 Author Share Posted January 25, 2013 I am attempting to swap-disable a new 2TB for 1TB Parity, where my 1TB data drive has failed. I also am not able to make this happen, as it drops out before ever beginning the copy. Not sure how to save the log to attach it. Someone tell me how and I'll post. From the web GUI: hit Utils hit System Log copy and paste contents into a text file and then post as attachment Quote Link to comment
gtroyp Posted January 26, 2013 Share Posted January 26, 2013 Tried with pre cleared drive fresh from restart. Here's the log. syslogsd.txt Quote Link to comment
limetech Posted January 26, 2013 Share Posted January 26, 2013 Well, I tried the swap-disable again, but nothing seems to happen after I hit the copy button.... attached is the log... This one is a bug, fixed in -rc11. Quote Link to comment
gtroyp Posted January 26, 2013 Share Posted January 26, 2013 Timeframe for release?? (i know almost a rude question, but drive purchase decisions need to be made....) Thanks for staying on top of it. Quote Link to comment
Fr4ncois Posted January 26, 2013 Share Posted January 26, 2013 Well, I tried the swap-disable again, but nothing seems to happen after I hit the copy button.... attached is the log... This one is a bug, fixed in -rc11. Does it also fix the issue where I run out of space before finishing the copy? Thanks, Francois Quote Link to comment
Fr4ncois Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 I will try to "swap-disable" tonight with 5.0rc11 and post back how it goes. Quote Link to comment
limetech Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 I will try to "swap-disable" tonight with 5.0rc11 and post back how it goes. Thank you. Quote Link to comment
Fr4ncois Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 Everything worked like a charm with 5.0rc11. Thank you! Francois Quote Link to comment
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