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UnknownAXHF
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Sep 19, 2018
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Remove inactive volumes - RN314

Hi,

 

So I updated to Firmware 6.9.4 the other night, I turned the nas off yesterday afternoon and restarted it this morning to be greeted with "Remove inactive volumes to use the disk. Disk #1,2,3,4." Currently running x4 4TB harddrives in a Raid 5.

 

Below is a copy of the system log, all hard drives appear to be in 'good health' and weren't showing any issues relating to performance etc. 

Sep 19, 2018 10:19:40 AM	System: The system is rebooting.
Sep 19, 2018 09:47:01 AM	System: ReadyNASOS background service started.
Sep 19, 2018 09:46:36 AM	System: ReadyNASOS service or process was restarted.
Sep 18, 2018 08:12:53 PM	Volume: Volume data is resynced.
Sep 18, 2018 08:12:42 PM	Disk: Disk in channel 4 (Internal) changed state from ONLINE to FAILED.
Sep 18, 2018 08:12:42 PM	Disk: Disk in channel 3 (Internal) changed state from RESYNC to ONLINE.
Sep 18, 2018 08:12:42 PM	Disk: System will be shut down in 30 minutes because of disk failure.
Sep 18, 2018 08:12:42 PM	Volume: Volume data health changed from Degraded to Dead.
Sep 18, 2018 07:55:32 PM	Volume: Resyncing started for Volume data.
Sep 18, 2018 07:53:32 PM	System: ReadyNASOS background service started.
Sep 18, 2018 07:53:08 PM	Volume: Volume data is Degraded.
Sep 18, 2018 07:53:07 PM	System: Alert message failed to send.

Any issues what would've caused this / if the volume and data are lost for good?

 

Regards

Tom

  • Marc_V's avatar
    Marc_V
    Sep 19, 2018

    Hi Marc,

     

    Thanks for that, I hadn't replaced any disk taken anything out for that matter.

    So it's possibly down to a drive failure? If so, do I have to have replacement disks ready? (I have none atm) The drive is still under warranty though, it also says it's healthy on raidar

    Are the drives bundled with the NAS? or they still have warranty with the Manufacturer? I would advised claiming warranty from the Manufacturer or NETGEAR if this is the case.

     

    You will have to ready your replacement once this is handled by L3 experts, The lost of volume data is from the drive failure and not the upgrade itself.

     

    RAIDar might be showing healthy disks but what needs to be done is to have your RAID mounted so you can access Data. I do think that only Disk on Ch4 is the only one needing replacement.

     

    Hope this helps!

     


    Regards

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  • I have also just seen there are a few topics all posted today with same reported issue? Firmware issue?

     

     

    https://community.netgear.com/t5/Using-your-ReadyNAS/ReadyNAS-2120-remove-inactive-volumes/td-p/1636222/jump-to/first-unread-message - ‎2018-09-18 10:37 PM 
    https://community.netgear.com/t5/Using-your-ReadyNAS/Lost-all-disks-after-firmware-6-9-4-upgrade/td-p/1640701/jump-to/first-unread-message - ‎2018-09-18 09:14 PM
    https://community.netgear.com/t5/Using-your-ReadyNAS/ReadyNAS-316-Volume-gone-Remove-inactive-volumes-to-use-disk/td-p/1638434/jump-to/first-unread-message - 2018-09-18 05:20 PM 
    https://community.netgear.com/t5/Using-your-ReadyNAS/Urgent-Help-Needed-ReadyNas-214-gives-a-No-Volume-Exists-error/td-p/1640652/jump-to/first-unread-message - 2018-09-18 01:39 PM 

     

    • Marc_V's avatar
      Marc_V
      NETGEAR Employee Retired

      Hi UnknownAXHF

       

       

      Welcome to the Community!

       

      Base on the logs you posted, your disks failed after the update. Were you having warnings before the update regarding your disks status? Losing the volume might be of multiple disk failure or another issue.

       

      You may want to check if you can still download the full logs and see disk_info, volume, kernel and systemd-journal

       

      You can PM me the contents if possible.

       

       

      Regards

       

      • UnknownAXHF's avatar
        UnknownAXHF
        Aspirant

        Hi Marc, 

        I updated Sunday or Saturday night I believe, I had no warnings or alerts from what I could see logging into the NAS throughout Monday.

         

        I've sent you a PM with a link to the log file.

        Thanks

        Tom

  • Marc_V's avatar
    Marc_V
    NETGEAR Employee Retired

    Hi UnknownAXHF

     

    Data might still be intact but that would need a Recovery service (You can contact NETGEAR Support for the service or a 3rd party recovery service).

     

    Checking on the logs, the update pushed through last Sept 16 [18/09/16 19:33:08 WEST] notice:system:LOGMSG_FIRMWARE_UPGRADED Firmware was upgraded to 6.9.4.

     

    The possible cause would be disk on Ch 3 is resyncing and Ch 4 failed rendering your Data volume dead.

     

    Sep 18, 2018 08:12:42 PM Disk: Disk in channel 4 (Internal) changed state from ONLINE to FAILED.

    Sep 18, 2018 08:12:42 PM Disk: Disk in channel 3 (Internal) changed state from RESYNC to ONLINE.

     

    8/09/18 19:53:08 WEST] warning:volume:LOGMSG_HEALTH_VOLUME_WARN Volume data is Degraded.
    [18/09/18 19:53:32 WEST] info:system:LOGMSG_START_READYNASD ReadyNASOS background service started.
    [18/09/18 19:55:32 WEST] notice:volume:LOGMSG_RESILVERSTARTED_VOLUME Resyncing started for Volume data.
    [18/09/18 20:12:42 WEST] notice:volume:LOGMSG_HEALTH_VOLUME Volume data health changed from Degraded to Dead.
    [18/09/18 20:12:42 WEST] crit:disk:LOGMSG_DISK_FAIL_HALT System will be shut down in 30 minutes because of disk failure.
    [18/09/18 20:12:42 WEST] notice:disk:LOGMSG_ZFS_DISK_STATUS_CHANGED Disk in channel 3 (Internal) changed state from RESYNC to ONLINE.
    [18/09/18 20:12:42 WEST] err:disk:LOGMSG_ZFS_DISK_STATUS_CHANGED Disk in channel 4 (Internal) changed state from ONLINE to FAILED.

     

     

    Have you replaced Disk on Channel 3? Under Smart history your disk on Channel 4 was already getting errors (Pending Sector)

     

     

     

    The best action right now is to contact NETGEAR Support and ask for L3 assistance for Data recovery. Have replacement disks ready as well. You can login to my.netgear.com and create a case so it can be prioritized.

     

    Hope this helps!

     


    Regards

     

    • UnknownAXHF's avatar
      UnknownAXHF
      Aspirant

      Hi Marc,

       

      Thanks for that, I hadn't replaced any disk taken anything out for that matter.

      So it's possibly down to a drive failure? If so, do I have to have replacement disks ready? (I have none atm) The drive is still under warranty though, it also says it's healthy on raidar?

      • Marc_V's avatar
        Marc_V
        NETGEAR Employee Retired

        Hi Marc,

         

        Thanks for that, I hadn't replaced any disk taken anything out for that matter.

        So it's possibly down to a drive failure? If so, do I have to have replacement disks ready? (I have none atm) The drive is still under warranty though, it also says it's healthy on raidar

        Are the drives bundled with the NAS? or they still have warranty with the Manufacturer? I would advised claiming warranty from the Manufacturer or NETGEAR if this is the case.

         

        You will have to ready your replacement once this is handled by L3 experts, The lost of volume data is from the drive failure and not the upgrade itself.

         

        RAIDar might be showing healthy disks but what needs to be done is to have your RAID mounted so you can access Data. I do think that only Disk on Ch4 is the only one needing replacement.

         

        Hope this helps!

         


        Regards

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