- Subscribe to RSS Feed
- Mark Topic as New
- Mark Topic as Read
- Float this Topic for Current User
- Bookmark
- Subscribe
- Printer Friendly Page
Re: Volume root is degraded
- Mark as New
- Bookmark
- Subscribe
- Subscribe to RSS Feed
- Permalink
- Report Inappropriate Content
Volume root is degraded
I would like to completely reconfigue my NAS unit after a Volume root is degraded message showing up after running diagnostics.
I'm only running 2 drives in this unit as JBOD no need for RAID as I have the same amount of drives on the PC.
I have already taken the drives out and tested them for errors but are OK.
What is the best way to do this? so I can simply add another drive at a later stage.
I would like one drive storing TV Shows and the other drive Movies, Video's, Documents etc.
- Mark as New
- Bookmark
- Subscribe
- Subscribe to RSS Feed
- Permalink
- Report Inappropriate Content
Re: Volume root is degraded
@claynz wrote:
I would like to completely reconfigue my NAS unit after a Volume root is degraded message showing up after running diagnostics.
Just to clarify this, the OS partition is always mirrored on all drives - so it is RAID-1, no matter what RAID mode you are using for your data volume. That ensures that the NAS can boot from any disk.
@claynz wrote:
What is the best way to do this? so I can simply add another drive at a later stage.
I'd do a factory reset with one drive installed. Switch to FlexRAID as soon as the NAS is set up.
Then hot-insert the second drive, select that disk on the volume tab, and create a second jbod volume.
I suggest either erasing the second disk, or unformatting at in a PC before you insert it. If you don't do that, the NAS will require you to format the drive the NAS before it lets you create the second volume.
- Mark as New
- Bookmark
- Subscribe
- Subscribe to RSS Feed
- Permalink
- Report Inappropriate Content
Re: Volume root is degraded
What is the best way to do a factory reset?
- Mark as New
- Bookmark
- Subscribe
- Subscribe to RSS Feed
- Permalink
- Report Inappropriate Content
Re: Volume root is degraded
@claynz wrote:
What is the best way to do a factory reset?
There's no "best" way, but there are three options:
- use the web ui: system->settings->update has a "Perform Factory Default" control.
- use the boot menu: see pages 74-75 here: https://www.downloads.netgear.com/files/GDC/READYNAS-100/ReadyNAS_%20OS6_Desktop_HM_EN.pdf
- Remove the disks, and either erase them or un-partition them in a PC. Reinstall disk(s) with the NAS powered down. On power up, the NAS will do a factory install.
- Mark as New
- Bookmark
- Subscribe
- Subscribe to RSS Feed
- Permalink
- Report Inappropriate Content
Re: Volume root is degraded
I removed the drive from the NAS and performed a factory reset on the single drive left in the NAS.
I un-partitioned the other drive in another PC and added (16TB) back to the NAS and it took awhile to resync, now I can not do anyhting with it, I would like to use it as a seprate drive.
The only thing I can do is toggle the X-RAID
- Mark as New
- Bookmark
- Subscribe
- Subscribe to RSS Feed
- Permalink
- Report Inappropriate Content
Re: Volume root is degraded
@claynz wrote:
I removed the drive from the NAS and performed a factory reset on the single drive left in the NAS.
I un-partitioned the other drive in another PC and added (16TB) back to the NAS and it took awhile to resync, now I can not do anyhting with it, I would like to use it as a seprate drive.
The only thing I can do is toggle the X-RAID
Allowing the second disk to resync was a waste of time. What you should have done is toggled X-RAID off before you added the disk back, and then created a second volume.
What you do now is:
- toggle XRAID off
- destroy the current volume (option is on the volume settings wheel).
- create two new ones.