I've had an old NUC sitting around with a 1TB NVMe as a test Unraid for a while as the only Data Drive - No Parity. 

 

I decided to add a 1TB SSD 2.5FF into the NUC as a Parity, but apparently, the new drive is apparently bigger. 

Is a Parity Swap the right procedure for this? 

 

Or do I assign the new drive as an "Unassigned Device" copy the content of the Data Drive to it with a simple "cp /*"

Then do a new config?

 

4 minutes ago, wesman said:

Is a Parity Swap the right procedure for this? 

No, since there's no valid parity.

 

5 minutes ago, wesman said:

Or do I assign the new drive as an "Unassigned Device" copy the content of the Data Drive to it with a simple "cp /*"

Then do a new config?

That works

13 minutes ago, johnnie.black said:

That works

@johnnie.black Do i need to do CA Backup, first, backup the Flash, Appdata?

I don't have any actual data on the drive, just, dockers and the Flash configuration, but i do need to keep the docker, like the self hosted BitWarden, etc. 

What will you backup to?

1 minute ago, trurl said:

What will you backup to?

@trurl DO you mean while using the CA Backup? I was thinking just onto the NVMe. I was thinking. 

1.) Keep the config as it is, using CA, to backup the flash and appdata (to the vmne - Data Drive)
2.) Do - New Config, Keep nothing

3.) Start the new Config with Just the New 1TB Drive, and add the NVMe as "Unassigned"

4.) Copy the backups, restore backups. Confirm its working properly

5.) Then add the NVMe as the parity and let it clear it out. 

 

Or, is it simplier to just do my orginal though?

 

Or do I assign the new drive as an "Unassigned Device" copy the content of the Data Drive to it with a simple "cp /*"

 

I just don't want to mess up a Bitwarden, and a couple other dockers 

1 minute ago, wesman said:

DO you mean while using the CA Backup? I was thinking just onto the NVMe. I was thinking. 

Do you mean backing up to the same device that already has appdata on it?

 

I guess it would be useful to backup Flash, but you can download a flash backup by going to Main - Boot Device - Flash and clicking on Flash Backup

2 minutes ago, wesman said:

do I assign the new drive as an "Unassigned Device" copy the content of the Data Drive to it with a simple "cp /*"

30 minutes ago, johnnie.black said:

That works