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Hi! I received an alert my volume was degraded (Disk #2). It then told me: Detected increasing reallocated sector count: [606] on disk 2 (Internal) [WDC WD60EFRX-68L0BN1 WD-WX21D5533R6R] 32 times in...
ummjay wrote:
thanks StephenB and MikeD1234 . So now I've backed up the data from my 6TB to the new 10TB drive. Can someone please walk me through the next steps?
Just to be clear, I am assuming that you connected the 10 TB drive to a PC (windows or mac), and backed up the data on the NAS over the network. If you didn't do that, let us know the details, as the steps below might not be correct.
(a) hot-insert the blank 10 TB drive into the NAS, and wait for it to sync.
If the sync is successful, then
(b) remove the 6 TB drive. Hot-insert the other 10 TB drive and format it in the NAS. It will resync and expand the volume to 10 TB.
if the sync fails, then
(c) remove the 6 TB drive and do a factory default with the blank 10 TB drive in place
(d) reconfigure the NAS (recreating shares etc)
(e) copy the files from your current 10 TB drive
(f) hot-insert the current 10 TB drive into the NAS, select it, and format it. It will then sync with the first drive.
Note if you like, you can skip (a) and (b), and instead just do steps (c)-(f). More work, but you would get a completely clean volume and OS partition.
ummjay wrote:
Once I get my 2nd 10TB drive, do I just take out the 6TB, and insert both 10TB (one has my data, and the other would be the new blank one)?
No, that won't work. So don't try that.
thanks everyone. So I'm expecting my new 10tb drive to arrive this Thursday. What I am thinking of doing is to backup all my data from my 6TB drive that I can currently get the data from, to the new 10TB drive. Assuming all I need to do is, leave the right disc in place (which has the data), and insert the 10TB drive on the left? If so, do I want to boot up my NAS in read only mode, or let it sync automatically? How do I know that it will think the right disc is the primary, and needs to copy over to the left disk? once I get that sorted and backed up to the new 10tb drive. Assume the next steps are to take out the new (now with all my data) 10TB drive, and look to reformat the 2 bad 6TB drives, to see if any can be salvaged?
Understood on making sure both drives are the same size. I'd have to order another 10TB drive, which should take some time to get after I receive my initial one this Thurs.
I will try and get the logs over. I had issues downloading it, and was afraid to leave the ReadyNAS on too long, as I only have 1 drive, and somewhat a miracle I have the data, so didn't want to risk loosing it by keeping the ReadyNAS on longer.
Is there another way to download the logs, other than clicking the download logs from the admin panel?
Thanks!
ummjay wrote:
I will try and get the logs over. I had issues downloading it, and was afraid to leave the ReadyNAS on too long, as I only have 1 drive, and somewhat a miracle I have the data, so didn't want to risk loosing it by keeping the ReadyNAS on longer.
If you have data access, then the best thing to do now is to copy as much of the data as you can to your PC. If you can't copy it all, then try to copy the data that is not replaceable (personal files, photos, as opposed to music or movies).
ummjay wrote:
I will try and get the logs over. I had issues downloading it, and was afraid to leave the ReadyNAS on too long,
Is there another way to download the logs, other than clicking the download logs from the admin panel?
What issues?
You can download logs via RAIDar, but if you can't get them from the admin panel, then you likely can't get them via RAIDar either.
ummjay wrote:
thanks everyone. So I'm expecting my new 10tb drive to arrive this Thursday. What I am thinking of doing is to backup all my data from my 6TB drive that I can currently get the data from, to the new 10TB drive. 2 bad 6TB drives, to see if any can be salvaged?
If you don't have the ability to store all the data on your PC, then the best path is to
- Connect the 10 TB drive to the PC (getting a USB data dock or enclosure if you need one).
- Format it as NTFS, and copy all the files over your network.
If the PC has an ethernet port, then connect it to your router with ethernet, as that will be quicker. Then the data will be safe.
Then you can hot-insert the second 10 TB drive in the NAS when it arrives. It will automatically sync with the existing 6 TB drive. If the 6 TB drive fails during the sync, you can remove it (just leaving the new 10 TB drive), and do a factory default (reconfiguring the NAS), and copy the data back to the NAS over the network.
Either way, once the data is on the NAS you can install the first 10 TB disk into the NAS. You'll need to select it from the web ui, and format it. It will then automatically sync to the first disk.
If you can't connect the drive to your PC, then a second option (not nearly as safe) is to simply hot-insert the 10 TB drive into the empty bay of the NAS with the NAS running. It will sync to your current disk, and give you 6 TB of storage. Don't power down the NAS, reboot it, or remove any disks until the resync is complete. If the resync fails for any reason, then get back to us.
If you later upgrade the second disk to 10 TB, the volume will expand to 10 TB. The risk with this option is that if the single disk with your data fails during the resync, then you will lose all your data.
ummjay wrote:
How do I know that it will think the right disc is the primary, and needs to copy over to the left disk?
The NAS will detect that the 10 TB disk is unformatted, so it won't sync the 6 TB disk to the blank 10 TB one.
Hi MikeD1234 and StephenB , I've sent you a private message with my log files.
I also wanted to mention, I was able to successfully transfer my files from my 6TB drive to the new 10TB drive. I've also ordered another 10TB, so the goal would be to have the 2 10TB drives in the RAID, and if any of the 6TB are salvageable, I'll use that as my backup.
I guess lets see what you both find in the logs on if I can keep any of the 6 TB drives, and use one as a backup?
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