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Replaced Drive Remove Inactive Volumes to use the Disk Disk#3
We have a RR2304 - ReadyNAS 2304 1U 4-Bay unit. It's running a 4 disk RAID 5 array with X-RAID. Disk 3 failed (Causing the volume to become degraded) and has been replaced. 20 minutes after being replaced an error has come up:
"Remove inactive volumes to use the disk. DIsk #3"
The volume has remained degraded so the replacement disk hasn't become part of the existing volume. How can i remove the inactive volume?
I've looked through the manuals but can't find anything relating to replacing a disk and post checks. What is even more strange is the the new data-0 volume that has turned up is being deteccted as 32.72 TB.
snewtonit wrote:
The drive was sent as a replacement by NetGear. ...
Will formatting or destroying that volume make it available?Well, it looks like they tested the drive in a NAS, and didn't zero it when they removed it. At least that is consistent with what you are seeing. If so, it was sloppy on their part.
If they in fact did that, then destroying the inactive volume (from the volume settings wheel) and then formatting the disk in the NAS would make it available (and it would be automatically added to your degraded volume if you are set to use XRAID).
But I urge you to make sure you have a backup of the degraded volume before you do this (out of an abundance of caution).
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snewtonit wrote:
We have a RR2304 - ReadyNAS 2304 1U 4-Bay unit. It's running a 4 disk RAID 5 array with X-RAID. Disk 3 failed (Causing the volume to become degraded) and has been replaced. 20 minutes after being replaced an error has come up:
"Remove inactive volumes to use the disk. DIsk #3"
Did you replace the disk with an unformatted disk?
- Thank you for replying so quickly. The drive was sent as a replacement by NetGear. I dont know the state of the drives partitions before as it wasn't tested before installation.
Will formatting or destroying that volume make it available?
snewtonit wrote:
The drive was sent as a replacement by NetGear. ...
Will formatting or destroying that volume make it available?Well, it looks like they tested the drive in a NAS, and didn't zero it when they removed it. At least that is consistent with what you are seeing. If so, it was sloppy on their part.
If they in fact did that, then destroying the inactive volume (from the volume settings wheel) and then formatting the disk in the NAS would make it available (and it would be automatically added to your degraded volume if you are set to use XRAID).
But I urge you to make sure you have a backup of the degraded volume before you do this (out of an abundance of caution).
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