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shaneswartz
Nov 29, 2025Aspirant
ReadyNAS Ultra 6 Plus No volume after replacing failed drive
I have a ReadyNAS Ultra 6 Plus (RNDP600U) with 6 x 3TB drives. It is running RAIDiator version 4.2.31. I thought that I had created a backup of the media and backup volumes, but either I did not...
shaneswartz
Nov 30, 2025Aspirant
Thanks for the updates on those commands and your assistance so far. I was able to go through those commands, but still /dev/md2 is not active.
Output from running "start_raid.sh":
# start_raid.sh
mdadm: /dev/md/0 has been started with 6 drives.
mdadm: /dev/md/1 has been started with 6 drives.
mdadm: failed to RUN_ARRAY /dev/md/2: Input/output error
mdadm: failed to RUN_ARRAY /dev/md/2: Input/output error
After running the mount and chroot commands then the vgscan and vgchange output is:
# vgscan
Reading all physical volumes. This may take a while...
No volume groups found
# vgchange -a y
No volume groups found
The output of the last mount command using /dev/c/c is:
# mount -o ro /dev/c/c /c
mount: special device /dev/c/c does not exist
Some interesting side notes:
Running "mdadm --detail --scan" lists information for /dev/md/0 and /dev/md/1. Output is below.
# mdadm --detail --scan
ARRAY /dev/md/0 metadata=1.2 name=001F33EAFC49:0 UUID=cb2a9985:1d9f0cff:5775d31f:ef046e9e
ARRAY /dev/md/1 metadata=1.2 name=001F33EAFC49:1 UUID=22ca41b6:f04989b8:5e85faa3:cc9ad2e4
Then running "mdadm --assemble --scan" gives similar information as I noted earlier that showed that md2 was rebuilding. See output below.
# mdadm --assemble --scan
mdadm: /dev/md/001F33EAFC49:2 assembled from 5 drives and 1 rebuilding - not enough to start the array while not clean - consider --force.
mdadm: No arrays found in config file or automatically
Running "mdadm --examine on /dev/sd[a-f], which should be the devices for /dev/md2, shows that each one's state is "Active" and the array state is "AAAAAA".
Short of using the "--force" option. which concerns me, with the command "mdadm --assemble /dev/md2 /dev/sda3 /dev/sdb3 /dev/sdc3 /dev/sdd3 /dev/sde3 /dev/sdf3" or the command "mdadm --assemble --scan", is there any other way to try to get the rebuild to complete? Is there any problem with using the "--force" option?
Based on my experience, I believe that the volume group name for md2 is "c" and the logical volume name is "c", also. Am I correct?
If I am unable to get the rebuild to complete, I'm thinking about acquiring a Terramaster D6-320 SATA enclosure and probably the Stellar Data Recovery Technician software to try to recover the data.
Thanks again for your assistance.
StephenB
Nov 30, 2025Guru - Experienced User
shaneswartz wrote:
Short of using the "--force" option. which concerns me,
You'll need to use --force (or perhaps even --really-force).
Or RAID recovery software - requiring an enclosure, software, and storage to offload the data.
R-Studio would be less expensive than Stellar Data Recovery Technician (at the moment, you can get the R-Studio license you'd need for about $60 USD). You can download prior to payment, so you can see what it would recover prior to purchase.
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