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Managing Disks - Certify, Verify, Initialize
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Hi
Wondering if you can help
Using SoftRAID XT, I have a 4 x 3TB drives set up as a RAID 5
I had an alert pop up about one of the drives failing in the next 20-60 days.
I copied most of my work and did a restart and now the failing drives didn’t show and the RAID doesn't mount
I have purchased a replacement drive
OWC suggested this.......
Within the SoftRAID select the new drive:
1. Go to volume and "Validate" to validate the new drive.
2. Go to Erase under volume to format the new drive.
3. Go to volume and with the RAID selected you should then be able to select the new drive as part of that and use the Rebuild option.
I did a certified the new drive, but “Validate” didn't show so I tried verify the drive
But I can’t get to join my RAID 5
do I need to remove the faulty drive before adding new one?
Any ideas
I’m really stuffed as I have a deadline (I know in these times) and need to get the data off the RAID
Any help appreciated
thx
mike
Posted : 28/03/2020 12:45 pm
Do not do ANYTHING if your volume is not mounting.
Does your volume mount?
Is there a "disk Identifier" in the volume tile, or a "-"?
Let me know, we can take it from there.
Posted : 29/03/2020 12:32 am
Topic starter
after restart RAID doesn't mount
I can send a screen grab
thx for getting
mike
Posted : 29/03/2020 11:32 am
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Hi Thx for getting back to me
I can see the 4 drives
Here is screen grab
I followed the instructions from OWC they never mentioned about removing bad drive.
so I tried to add but had no luck, I think I have to remove bad drive first
I'm just scared to do something wrong and loose data
OWC advice. .....
With the unit turned off replace the specific drive that is having the problem and then you can turn that back on.
Within the SoftRAID select the new drive:
1. Go to volume and "Validate" to validate the new drive.
2. Go to Erase under volume to format the new drive.
3. Go to volume and with the RAID selected you should then be able to select the new drive as part of that and use the Rebuild option.
Posted : 29/03/2020 11:43 am
Note: you cannot replace the drive until the volume is mounted.
Try following these instructions and see if your volume mounts:
https://srforums.wpengine.com/pages/support/5.8_Volumes_Not_Mounting.pdf
Note: If this is a newer, T2 equipped machine, you must also have Secure Boot disabled:
https://srforums.wpengine.com/pages/support/faq/faq_imacpro_secureboot.html
Posted : 30/03/2020 12:31 am
