May 31, 20188 yr currently my system has 2 parity drives, 2 cache drives and 16 data drives with a non raid controller. I was going to move all the hardware in to a new bigger case and the only change with be the hard drive connections, but doing the move the motherboard died. I've had to order new system parts, motherboard, CPU, I just hope the HDD controller still works. will the my data still work when rebuilt? will the USB still have the fully paid version on the new system? is there anything I need to do when rebuilding to keep my data? any help or advise?
May 31, 20188 yr Community Expert 3 hours ago, phileeny said: will the my data still work when rebuilt? Yes. 3 hours ago, phileeny said: will the USB still have the fully paid version on the new system? Yes. 3 hours ago, phileeny said: is there anything I need to do when rebuilding to keep my data? It should be plug'n play but if you run into any issues ask for help, don't start trying random stuff.
June 3, 20188 yr Author HELP! Got the system built all drives detected booted unRaid, it got to the login screen. On computer tried to login no connection, tried to login on unRaid screen, keyboard not working. Rebooted unRaid to option screen keyboard working, selected GUI option, at login keyboard not working. HELP!
June 3, 20188 yr Author The USB has never been touched on removing from old system to new, surly it wouldn't boot if the name was wrong, how do I check?
June 3, 20188 yr Community Expert 1 minute ago, phileeny said: The USB has never been touched on removing from old system to new, surly it wouldn't boot if the name was wrong, how do I check? The name does not affect the basic boot. What it does affect is unRAID later loading up configuration information and starting services. The easiest way to check the label is to put it into a pc or Mac and see what label is shown there.
June 3, 20188 yr Try a different USB port for the unraid stick, preferably one with a black, not blue insert.
June 3, 20188 yr Author USB doesn't show up on PC other USB sticks work on PC Edited June 3, 20188 yr by phileeny add info
June 3, 20188 yr 18 minutes ago, phileeny said: USB doesn't show up on PC other USB sticks work on PC Implies that the stick is pooched
June 3, 20188 yr Author if that's true what about all my data? can I download a new copy of my paid for unRaid? and will it find my data?
June 3, 20188 yr Your data should be safe since it's stored on the actual array disks (and possibly also on cache disks). Did you configure your unRAID to send out regular mails with the status of the machine? In that case, the mail will contain the list of the disks which would make it easy for you to create a new configuration matching the array. Or maybe you have happened to mail some status file to this forum in some previous support thread? How easy it is to get running again with a new USB drive will depend on how much disks your machine have and how many of these disks that are part of the array and how many disks that aren't. If all disks are part of the array and you only used a single parity drive, then the single disk without a valid file system is the parity drive and the other are data drives. And unless your single parity is configured to be parity2, then it will not matter what order you use to assign the data disks.
June 3, 20188 yr Author The email never got it to work. I know two parity drives I know two cache drives There are 16 data drives, I have a good clue which drive is #1, #2 etc would this picture help Edited June 3, 20188 yr by phileeny
June 3, 20188 yr Just now, phileeny said: would this picture help It would if you have a copy with the serial numbers visible. Just assign the disks exactly as shown, assuming that list of disks is still the same as what you have currently.
June 3, 20188 yr Author I have the serial numbers. I made a new USB but It will be a trial, I still have the email with my paid key, do I just use that again?
June 3, 20188 yr 5 minutes ago, phileeny said: I still have the email with my paid key, do I just use that again? Yes, when you successfully boot the new USB with your paid key, go to tools and registration and it will walk you through moving the license. Be sure to remove the trial key.
June 3, 20188 yr Author I will let you know when I do this tomorrow I hope If anyone else has any advice all welcome. thanks all
June 3, 20188 yr Before you transfer the license I'd try whatever else you can think of to read the old USB stick, different PC, whatever, to see if you can get a backup. Your data is easy to get back up and running, any VM's and dockers will be a little more challenging without some files from the USB stick.
June 3, 20188 yr Since the machine starts booting the first stage of unRAID, that means the USB drive isn't totally dead. Potentially a recovery software could be able to locate the configuration files on the drive.
June 4, 20188 yr Author it did boot until I put the stick in windows usb drive, now it doesn't even show up in any computer
June 4, 20188 yr Author this is getting ridiculous now, I made a new usb boot stick, booted the server and got to the login, windows will not login to http://tower, I get IPv4 169.254.153.16
June 4, 20188 yr Author Before I pull the trigger and start the array, I've assigned all data drives to there original slots, I've assigned the two cache drives to their original slots. But I and unsure of the two parity drives, I don't know which is 1 and 2 does the parity slots matter?
June 4, 20188 yr 10 minutes ago, phileeny said: But I and unsure of the two parity drives, I don't know which is 1 and 2 does the parity slots matter? Yes, the two parity drives are two different types, not interchangeable. On 6/3/2018 at 1:52 PM, phileeny said: I have the serial numbers. So why are you unsure?
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