October 12, 20205 yr Community Expert Original parity swap was with disk6: Oct 10 00:04:40 Zeus emhttpd: copy: disk6 to disk0 running How come now it's disk3? What happened to disk6?
October 12, 20205 yr 54 minutes ago, itimpi said: Are you also trying to rebuild disk4? No disk4 was removed from the server.
October 12, 20205 yr 51 minutes ago, JorgeB said: How come now it's disk3? What happened to disk6? I tried all slots just to test the error. Same on all disk slots
October 12, 20205 yr Community Expert 5 minutes ago, xxbigfootxx said: I tried all slots just to test the error. Same on all disk slots That's not how parity swap works, it only works when you have a disable data disk. And that still doesn't answer what happened to disk6, if parity was valid with it it's not without it.
October 12, 20205 yr 7 minutes ago, JorgeB said: And that still doesn't answer what happened to disk6, if parity was valid with it it's not without it. After a few reboots the disk was showing as unassigned. Disk was showing errors before
October 12, 20205 yr Community Expert 22 minutes ago, xxbigfootxx said: After a few reboots the disk was showing as unassigned. Disk was showing errors before Then is should still be disabled, or did you do a new config?
October 12, 20205 yr Community Expert 5 minutes ago, xxbigfootxx said: New config And parity was re-synced?
October 12, 20205 yr Community Expert Just now, xxbigfootxx said: Yes it was Without a disable disk there's no real need to use the parity swap procedure, but it can still be used if you disable the data disk first, like mentioned here: https://wiki.unraid.net/The_parity_swap_procedure
October 12, 20205 yr 11 minutes ago, JorgeB said: Without a disable disk there's no real need to use the parity swap procedure, but it can still be used if you disable the data disk first, like mentioned here: https://wiki.unraid.net/The_parity_swap_procedure So how would i go about inserting a disk that is larger than the current parity? Add the old drive back in, wait for the data rebuild then action the steps in the link to stop array, unassign the disk, restart array, stop again, assign new 8tb disk as parity and the 6tb as same data drive that was rebuilt? Would that be the best way to do it? Or is there an easier/faster method?
October 12, 20205 yr Community Expert 1 minute ago, xxbigfootxx said: So how would i go about inserting a disk that is larger than the current parity? First upgrade parity, then the data disk.
October 12, 20205 yr Would this be the correct process for that? 1. Remove the 6tb parity. 2a. Add the 8tb as a parity drive. Allow the array to rebuild. 2b. Start the array Allow the array to rebuild. 3. Pre clear the 6th (old parity) 4a. Stop the array 4b. Add the 6tb (old parity) to the array. 4c. Start the array
October 12, 20205 yr Community Expert Are you going to replace an existing disk with the 6TB or add it as a new disk? If it's to replace an existing disk no need to preclear, even as a new disk Unraid can now clear it in the background, but you can use preclear.
October 12, 20205 yr 12 minutes ago, JorgeB said: Are you going to replace an existing disk with the 6TB or add it as a new disk? Just add it back in as a new disk. I've started the parity sync/ data rebuild, so will hopefully have good news tomorrow when it's completed. Thanks for all your help @JorgeB!
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