SSMI Posted May 25, 2015 Share Posted May 25, 2015 Something happened to my server and I was unable to take a screenshot of my old configuration. Is there a way to determine the parity drive from the .cfg files or in some other way? Or an easy way to restore the disk and share setup? Quote Link to comment
garycase Posted May 25, 2015 Share Posted May 25, 2015 Do a New Config and assign ALL of your drives as data drives. The one that shows as unformatted was your parity drive. Then do another New Config and assign everything correctly. Quote Link to comment
garycase Posted May 25, 2015 Share Posted May 25, 2015 ... if you had a cache drive, you'll also need to look at the file system on the drives => assuming you used btrfs for the cache, it will stand out from the data drives. If not, then it's probably a much smaller drive, so the size of the drive is another good clue. Quote Link to comment
SSMI Posted May 25, 2015 Author Share Posted May 25, 2015 That worked thank you. Quote Link to comment
RobJ Posted May 25, 2015 Share Posted May 25, 2015 Another quicker way is to view the super.dat file (in the config folder), with any editor that can view binary files. The very first drive listed is the Parity drive. Or at a console or telnet session, you can use the strings command (first drive is the parity) - strings /boot/config/super.dat Quote Link to comment
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