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MWT
Dec 18, 2023Aspirant
On No - "Remove inactive volumes to use the disk. Disk #1,2,3,4,5,6."
First of all the volume became very slow and then went read-only. After a reboot I now get a message "Remove inactive volumes to use the disk. Disk #1,2,3,4,5,6." and the data volume is totally gone!...
- Dec 19, 2023
Sandshark wrote:
If you already made that backup, you can save yourself some time and just delete and re-create the volume or do a factory default and restore your data from backup.
The good news is that MWT has a backup.There were a bunch of ATA errors (both read and write failures), which affected several of the disks. Three of the disks were out-of-sync when the NAS was rebooted, so the array failed to assemble.
No clear cause for the ATA errors at this point. Hopefully not the NAS hardware.
StephenB
Dec 19, 2023Guru - Experienced User
Sandshark wrote:
If you already made that backup, you can save yourself some time and just delete and re-create the volume or do a factory default and restore your data from backup.
The good news is that MWT has a backup.
There were a bunch of ATA errors (both read and write failures), which affected several of the disks. Three of the disks were out-of-sync when the NAS was rebooted, so the array failed to assemble.
No clear cause for the ATA errors at this point. Hopefully not the NAS hardware.
MWT
Dec 20, 2023Aspirant
It must be because of Christmas magic but the array just appeared again from nowhere and is fully working again. I'm capturing the logs in case there's something there to look at but the big question is: Should I reboot?
- StephenBDec 20, 2023Guru - Experienced User
MWT wrote:
It must be because of Christmas magic but the array just appeared again from nowhere and is fully working again. I'm capturing the logs in case there's something there to look at but the big question is: Should I reboot?
At some point you'll have to ...
Maybe run some of maintenance functions first. In order I suggest
- disk test
- balance
- scrub
If all three are successful, then reboot.
The disk test and scrub will take a while (12-24 hours),
- SandsharkDec 20, 2023Sensei - Experienced User
And definitely back up your data.
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