Every now and then it will let me see the Admin page but usually it does not and gives me a message(See attached picture) Please help asap I just put in a drive to replace one that failed but can not tell it to format disk so that it will start recover/syncing.
Every now and then it will let me see the Admin page but usually it does not and gives me a message(See attached picture) Please help asap I just put in a drive to replace one that failed but can not tell it to format disk so that it will start recover/syncing.
One thing you could try is pulling the disk you just inserted, and see if that restores admin access. If it does, then download the full log zip and look in there for clues on what is going wrong.
I tried again before I read your message and it let me log in, I was able to get it to start syncing. I do not know what to try next time it will not let me log in as next time there will not be a new drive, as I said even before replacing drive it would not always let me log into admin page. RAIDar sees it and whether I click on RAIDar to open the admin page or I myself type in the IP/admin sometime it will sometimes it won't, but thanks for your help
If/when it completes, download the full log zip right away, and see if you find any errors during the sync. System.log, kernel.log, systemd-journal.log are all good places to look.
Normally you do get admin access during sync. But the web server does run at lower priority than other processes, and if something isn't going well, then you can end up struggling to get access. I'm not saying something is failing - just that it is a warning sign when access to the web ui is hit-or-miss.
Okay, worst case if the web UI is/does fail is there a fix?? or is it a purchase?
Enable ssh when you do have access, that will provide the most options for troubleshooting.
The web ui itself isn't failing, sometihng is preventing it from getting the resources it needs to run. Whether that is easily fixed or not depends on what it is wrong.
Okay never worked with "ssh" so is there a video or instruction I can read? I am on a Windows 10 PC. It might take a bit before I reply waiting for it to finish syncing.
SSH is a way of getting to the command line interface of the underlying Linux system. Linux is a complex OS, so you won't find a simple video showing you what to do. But we can help you here with specific commands and Google is always an option for generic Linux assistance.
Okay never worked with "ssh" so is there a video or instruction I can read? I am on a Windows 10 PC. It might take a bit before I reply waiting for it to finish syncing.
I'm not suggesting that you try to use it right now. Just that you should enable it, so you would be able to use it later on if needed.
