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Shares disappeared after partition filled
A few days ago, network access to my ReadyNAS became unreliable. I logged into the control panel and saw a warning in the logs that the root partition was >90%. I SSHed in and deleted a mess of what looked like orphaned .m4s files, and rebooted the system. Afterward, all of my shares disappeared from the control panel (but the data is there when I SSH in).
From searching here, it sounds like my config got messed up when the partition filled up. I've only seen references to Netgear tech support going in to fix it, but no instructions on how to do so myself. Does anyone (maybe mdgm-ntgr) know how to do this? My unit is out of warranty.
Thanks in advance.
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Hi pl804
For these kinds of issues we usually advised to go to Support for assistance especially if Data recovery service is needed but if you are comfortable using SSH then you may want to check with mdgm-ntgr on how you can DIY.
Out of Support devices are subject for purchase of a Support contract.
Regards
pl804, I've sent you a PM.
If you want to troubleshoot it yourself start by doing e.g.
# mount --bind / /mnt
Then you need to look in /mnt to see what's using up the space e.g.
# du -csh /mnt/*
# du -csh /mnt/var/*
Depending on what you find it will depend on what needs to be done to proceed.
When the root volume is full some config files may get corrupted leading to additional steps being needed to resolve the problem. It sounds like that has happened in this case.
You can look under /data/._share/ (where data is the volume name) to see if the config files are still there. If they are then you could do e.g.
# cat /data/._share/*/samba.conf > /etc/frontview/samba/Shares.conf
Or,
# touch /var/readynasd/.need_export
# systemctl restart readynasd
If the config files on the data volume are corrupt then they'll need to be manually recreated.
()Thanks, both. I tried replying to the PM but it says I've reached my limit.)
So I thought I had fixed it. I renamed the old shares, created new shares in the Control Panel, then copied the files from the old shares into the new shares. All was well, until Disk 2/6 and 4/6 started showing errors. I replaced Disk 4, only to get wind up with another bad disk (the RMA unit). I went on vacation, and during that time, the volume went from degraded to dead. So I think I'm toast.
A little more detail and a question:
I thought I had fixed the issue on my rn716x by renaming my old shares, creating new shares, and copying the files from the old shares to the new shares. All was good for a few weeks.
Then, 2 disks started showing errors. I did an advance RMA but foolishly started wiping the old bad disk before the new one was resynced. It failed to resync b/c it too had sector errors.
At that point, I went on vacation, during which time, the other bad disk failed, and the volume went from degraded to dead.
I tried cloning the disk that failed, but I guess it's out of sync now. Do you know if there's any way to get it back in sync?
I started looking at ReclaiMe and their RAID recovery tool, but can't tell if it will work with my X-RAID configuration.
Thanks for any advice/help.
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