hawihoney Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 Do I need to stop the array for a flash backup? Are all files (e.g. disk.cfg) identical for started or stopped arrays? Thanks in advance. Quote Link to comment
itimpi Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 11 minutes ago, hawihoney said: Do I need to stop the array for a flash backup? Are all files (e.g. disk.cfg) identical for started or stopped arrays? Thanks in advance. Most files are not affected by array status but not quite all of them! The file super.dat contains the state of whether the array is started or not. If you back it up with the array started, and then later try to use the backup unRAID will think you have done an unsafe shutdown and automatically start a parity check on starting the array. If the array is stopped when that file is backed up then this will not happen. Quote Link to comment
hawihoney Posted March 20, 2018 Author Share Posted March 20, 2018 Good to know. Thanks. I vote for an additional hint for that backup button. "If a flash backup is taken with the array started, a parity sync will be issued after a restore of that flash backup. A parity sync will not start after a restore of a flash backup of a stopped array." or something like that. Quote Link to comment
JorgeB Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 It's a non correct parity check, so it won't damage anything and it can be canceled at anytime. Quote Link to comment
trurl Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 2 hours ago, itimpi said: The file super.dat contains the state of whether the array is started or not It also contains the disk assignments. Quote Link to comment
NewDisplayName Posted May 11, 2018 Share Posted May 11, 2018 I had it happen that the USB failed and then reconnected. Everything still works, docker, vms and plugins, but the GUI is not working anymore. (many errors everywhere) Quote Link to comment
pwm Posted May 11, 2018 Share Posted May 11, 2018 14 minutes ago, nuhll said: I had it happen that the USB failed and then reconnected. Everything still works, docker, vms and plugins, but the GUI is not working anymore. (many errors everywhere) A reconnect means that all open files gets invalidated - so any program that doesn't close the file handles and try to reopen after the reconnect will fail until the program or machine is restarted. Quote Link to comment
NewDisplayName Posted May 11, 2018 Share Posted May 11, 2018 Thats just my exp. Even plex was working fine. Quote Link to comment
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