ghart999 Posted November 29, 2017 Share Posted November 29, 2017 (edited) Hello all. I've had Unraid 6.2 running smooth for years and one of my 3TB drives finally failed. It's not the parity drive!!! No big deal right. I swapped in a new one and Unraid says its faulty as well. I put the new drive in the same SATA slot. Then I tried another open slot and new cable thinking that might be the problem, but I get the same issue. I even plugged the new drive into a PC and was able to format it as NTFS without issue, so I know the drive's not bad. Any idea? Thank you all so much. Edited November 29, 2017 by ghart999 Quote Link to comment
JorgeB Posted November 29, 2017 Share Posted November 29, 2017 Post your diagnostics: Tools -> Diagnostics Quote Link to comment
trurl Posted November 29, 2017 Share Posted November 29, 2017 I am guessing that you have already rebooted so it might be useful to get some more information in addition to your diagnostics, which won't tell us what happened before the reboot. It is very unclear from your text where exactly your screenshot fits into this whole scenario. Seems like that screenshot must have been taken with the original disabled disk in place. Is that correct? Quote Link to comment
ghart999 Posted November 29, 2017 Author Share Posted November 29, 2017 The screenshot is what's there now with the new drive in place. I have rebooted numerous times since the original fail. Enclosed is the diagnostics. Thank you very much. vader-diagnostics-20171129-1410.zip Quote Link to comment
JorgeB Posted November 29, 2017 Share Posted November 29, 2017 We need diagnostics that show the problem happening, current diags are right after reboot and the array was no even started, re-enable disk3, it it fails again grab and post the diags before rebooting. To re-enable the disk: https://wiki.lime-technology.com/Troubleshooting#Re-enable_the_drive Quote Link to comment
ghart999 Posted November 29, 2017 Author Share Posted November 29, 2017 OK. I followed the directions in the link and I hope I got this right. I started the array, then I stopped again and then restarted. Attached are more diagnostics after the array was started. vader-diagnostics-20171129-1424.zip Quote Link to comment
JorgeB Posted November 29, 2017 Share Posted November 29, 2017 2 minutes ago, ghart999 said: OK. I followed the directions in the link No you didn't, you didn't re-enable the disk, you just started the array with the emulated disk, try again, you just need to follow the instructions. Quote Link to comment
ghart999 Posted November 29, 2017 Author Share Posted November 29, 2017 Yes you're right. I forgot to remove the disk and start the array without it. I have now done so. I accidentally assigned the new device in Disk 4 slot instead of Disk 3. Does this matter? What does Disk 3 still show the red X? The array has started and clearing things out. I assume this is all good? Quote Link to comment
JorgeB Posted November 29, 2017 Share Posted November 29, 2017 5 minutes ago, ghart999 said: I assume this is all good? No, not good, unless you have another disk to then replace disk3, if you don't cancel the clear, stop the array, unassign disk4 and re-assign it as disk3, then start the array again to begin the rebuild. Quote Link to comment
ghart999 Posted November 29, 2017 Author Share Posted November 29, 2017 OK. I did what you said. I think all is looking good now. See below. I'll chime back once the rebuild has been done. Thank you very much. Quote Link to comment
JorgeB Posted November 29, 2017 Share Posted November 29, 2017 ? Don't forget to grab the diags before rebooting if there are any more issues. Quote Link to comment
ghart999 Posted November 29, 2017 Author Share Posted November 29, 2017 Will do. Thank you Johnnie. You saved my marriage. Quote Link to comment
trurl Posted November 29, 2017 Share Posted November 29, 2017 57 minutes ago, ghart999 said: Will do. Thank you Johnnie. You saved my marriage. Maybe a joke, maybe not. Do you mean you had the baby photos with no backup? Any irreplaceable files absolutely must be backed up. unRAID parity is no substitute for a good backup plan. Quote Link to comment
ghart999 Posted November 30, 2017 Author Share Posted November 30, 2017 Yes I know I need to do this too. Quote Link to comment
trurl Posted November 30, 2017 Share Posted November 30, 2017 5 hours ago, ghart999 said: I've had Unraid 6.2 running smooth for years And you have no backups? Quote Link to comment
ghart999 Posted November 30, 2017 Author Share Posted November 30, 2017 I just bought an 8TB drive and I will do my backups. Quote Link to comment
ghart999 Posted November 30, 2017 Author Share Posted November 30, 2017 The array is back online and working. Thank you guys very much!!! Quote Link to comment
BobPhoenix Posted November 30, 2017 Share Posted November 30, 2017 19 hours ago, ghart999 said: I just bought an 8TB drive and I will do my backups. I would get 2 8TB drives and store one at a relatives house. Then as you add photos you swap your drives with the relative so that you have backups at an off site location. You might even consider a cloud backup as well for a third off site location. If I had any pictures that precious to me I wouldn't take any chances. Quote Link to comment
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