Hey again,

 

So after all the problems I've run into after the automatic 6.2 update I am now deciding making a backup of my most important files and starting over.

 

I have 3x 4TB HDD's in my server + 2x cache drives.

We can call the 3 HDD's A, B and C.

 

A is Parity.

B is full to 3TB of 4TB.

C is almost empty.

 

I started with downloading the unbalance plugin and I have moved all data from C to B.

Then I went to http://lime-technology.com/wiki/index.php/Shrink_array#The_.22Remove_Drives_Then_Rebuild_Parity.22_Method following this method.

 

But after step 6 "Click on the box for Yes I want to do this, then click Apply then Done".

At step 7. When I am supposed to reassign the disks except disk C as I want to get rid off.

 

But when I assign my parity disk a huge red text says "ALL DATA ON THIS DISK WILL BE ERASED WHEN ARRAY IS STARTED".

 

This is before new config

 

This is now

 

What shall I do??

Thanks

http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=52228.msg501161#msg501161

http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=52228.msg501161#msg501161

 

Okey, thanks! Strange warning. They should rephrase that.

I suspect I could as you said in http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=52228.msg501164#msg501164 also check the party is already valid.

But I will not do that to be safe.

I think the warning was added to try and protect against folks accidentally assigning the wrong disk to the parity slot -- unfortunately that seems to happen quite a bit.    Better to have you ask about it and confirm it's okay than to not have the warning and wipe out all of the data on a data disk you incorrectly assigned as parity