unRAID USB died, no backup..

[StrayanDropbear]

Hi, My unraid usb has recently died, completely dead and can't access anything on it. Sadly, my backup is on the array itself (I feel like a complete idiot)

What would be the safest way to setup a new config without harming any of the data? I have over 14TB of personal files.

[sjaak]

If the array is not encrypted you can acces then through a Linux liveUSB, i'm not sure how to acces a encrypted disk...

[StrayanDropbear]

I'll give that a shot. Only issue is the array config is old and I have added a few drives since then.

[Squid]

Tools - New Config

 

Main Tab - Assign all drives as data drives.

 

Start the array.  Your parity drive(s) will come up as unformatted / unmountable.  If more drives come up as unformatted / unmountable than you have parity disks, then stop and post your diagnostics and wait before doing anything else.

 

Reassign those drives as the parity disks.  (Another new config)

 

* if you do have 2 parity drives, then you have to toss a coin as to which is which

Edited March 3, 2019 by Squid

[StrayanDropbear]

20 hours ago, Squid said:

Tools - New Config

 

Main Tab - Assign all drives as data drives.

 

Start the array.  Your parity drive(s) will come up as unformatted / unmountable.  If more drives come up as unformatted / unmountable than you have parity disks, then stop and post your diagnostics and wait before doing anything else.

 

Reassign those drives as the parity disks.  (Another new config)

 

* if you do have 2 parity drives, then you have to toss a coin as to which is which

Every HDD shows up as unassigned.

volpe-nas-diagnostics-20190304-0358.zip

[StrayanDropbear]

I managed to narrow down the parity drive, started array and all the data is here. 

[trurl]

You can download a zipped copy of your flash drive at any time by going to Main - Boot Device - Flash - Flash Backup.

 

If you want to have CA Backup automatically backup flash, you should use a destination that is not on the array using Unassigned Devices. Some people use UD to access networks shares on another computer, for example. I have an NTFS Unassigned Device I use for my flash backup. I can always just plug it into Windows and read its files.