Hello Fellow Unraid,

 

I hope you have a nice day.

 

My server Plus, code name Chopstick, had been in service for 3 years, or so. During those times, it has one red ball and I manage to, with the help of fellow Unraid, replace the red ball drive and everything were up and running. I returned the WD drive and they promptly replaced it.

 

Today my daughter discovers that the DVD directory suddenly disappears! gaps!!

I quickly get on the console and scan the drive. They are all green. Next I check the free column. The disk free size is correct, which mean the dvd directory did not got delete.

 

What I did next is I got to the server and hit the red button, cut the hard line, slap the panic button. Actually, I just hit the power down button which actually orderly power down.

Then  I took a shower and start the server again.

 

The server power up and got online. I was able to have it started. Every thing is green across the board.

 

Next I start looking in every other directory and eventually I found the dvd directory.

 

It now resides in documentary directory.

 

My questions are.

 

First how did it it happen, would look in the log help.?. what should I look for.

 

Second how do I get the dvd directory back to where it was.

 

Dvd directory is about 1TB so I was sure it couldn’t have move in 20 minutes time.

From the time I last saw it, to the time my daughter discover it.

 

At this time I have not do anything else to it.

 

Thanks you for your help.

 

You can move a directory within seconds if the files are already on the unRAID server.  I strongly suspect that it was 'user error' when the wrong action was taken on a share. 

 

I have 'lost' folders myself when I accidentally dragged one folder on top of another with the result that the 'dragged' folder ended up inside the one I accidentally dropped it on.

Set up a read-only account.

Thanks for response.

 

I agree that the DVD must have accidental move over.

 

How do I move it back

 

 

here is the layout:

 

accessing Unraid console from one of the PC, the Movies directory should contain as follow:

 

Movies/DVD

Movies/Documentary

 

 

But now it

 

Movies/Documentary

Movies/Documentary/DVD

 

 

so is it all I have to do is click on DVD and hold down the the mouse button, then drag it back out to Movies directory ?.

 

How do I set the read only option ?

 

Thanks for your help.

Yes, drag and drop should be fast if the files stay on the same disk. Change the unRAID user that your currently using to have read-only access to each share. Create a new user on the server and configure that user with full access in each share. Call the new user "admin".

Whew!,

 

I did it, I drag the directory back to where it should be and it take only a second!.

 

Sorry for raise the alarm over such a mundane issue. Every time there is a hiccup or abnormal behavior, the possibility of permanently damage or lost suddent crop up so that a profational help it needed.

 

Thanks again for hand holding me.

 

Chopstick is back to operational status ! at once.

 

What did we do before unraid.. and home theater...