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After update of 516 from 6.6.1 to 6.8.1 old volumes from prior factory default showed back up
I just upgraded from 6.6.1 to 6.8.1 (after testing 6.8.1 on a 316). The upgrade process went smootly and it seems to work okay, however, some old volumes (vol2 and vol3) that were from a prior factory default showed back up in the UI. Under system --> volumes it now shows data, eda1 (expected), but also shows vol2 and vol3 (that should not exist). The volumes vol2 and vol3 do not show that they are using any disks and the only option I have is to destroy or balance them (balance is strange as there are no disks assigned). I would like to destroy them, but I am a little nervous and want to check with someone from Netgear before doing so as I dont want to inadvertantly destroy data or eda1 volumes.
Thanks in advance,
-David
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Somewhere in between those two updates (I forget where), Netgear did add something that more aggrssively finds "lost" volumes. It is most likely completely safe to destroy them, as that is why they are searched out. But if you want to be sure, SSH into the unit and execute lsblk and make sure that the phantom volumes are not associated with any of your drives. You should probably update your backup, too, just in case things get messy.
Yes you can destroy the old volumes, but updating your backup first as Sandshark suggested is a good step. We do recommend where possible that you update your regular backup before updating the firmware.
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