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tyrrminal
Jul 22, 2023Aspirant
Volume missing following crash and rebuild
ReadyNAS NV+ v2 running RAIDiator 5.3.12
When I woke up this morning I found that my NAS was turned off. I turned it back on and it immediately started an array rebuild (4x3 TB Toshiba disks, X-RAID). While it was rebuilding, I was able to view and access files on the NAS throughout the day (the rebuild took around 14 hours).
When the rebuild completed, I tried to access my files and received errors, so I rebooted the device. Once it came back up, it no longer shows my volume from the array, although it shows all disks as healthy. I suspect/hope that the data is intact, but the device just has become unconfigured for accessing it. I have ssh access, but I need guidance for how to go about recovering this.
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- StephenBGuru - Experienced User
tyrrminal wrote:
ReadyNAS NV+ v2 running RAIDiator 5.3.12
When I woke up this morning I found that my NAS was turned off. I turned it back on and it immediately started an array rebuild (4x3 TB Toshiba disks, X-RAID). While it was rebuilding, I was able to view and access files on the NAS throughout the day (the rebuild took around 14 hours).
When the rebuild completed, I tried to access my files and received errors, so I rebooted the device. Once it came back up, it no longer shows my volume from the array, although it shows all disks as healthy. I suspect/hope that the data is intact, but the device just has become unconfigured for accessing it. I have ssh access, but I need guidance for how to go about recovering this.
Have you downloaded the full log zip file? There are likely more clues in the logs.
- tyrrminalAspirant
The Logs section of the Dashboard just says "No Logs" and the Download Logs button does nothing
- StephenBGuru - Experienced User
tyrrminal wrote:
I have ssh access, but I need guidance for how to go about recovering this.
First enter
cat /proc/partitions
Check that all disks are shown.
Check the disk health for thost disks using smartctl
smartctl -x /dev/sda smartctl -x /dev/sdb smartctl -x /dev/sdc smartctl -x /dev/sdd
Look for
- errors in the smart stats (pending sectors, reallocated sectors, etc)
- failures in the SMART Extended Self-test Log section
- errors in the SMART Extended Comprehensive Error Log
Then
cat /proc/mdstat
and see what RAID arrays are assembled.
Last try
mdadm --examine /dev/sd[a-d][3-6]
You can post back with the output of these commands.
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