mnt_schred
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I have a running a FreeNAS-8.2.0-RELEASE-p1-x64 (r11950) machine with 8 drive bays, all members of a raidz2 pool.
I want to replace a drive with smart errors but have no spares configured, nor space for extra disks.
I've looked into the documentation for the right procedure to replace a disk, but both methods don't seem to work for me.
The first method uses the 'replace' feature where you can select a new disk, but a new disk is not available because of the fact that all disks are in use.
The seccond method is booting without the disk you want to replace, but when I do this the pool won't start and I cannot view the volumes.
The third suggestion is removing the disk or failing it by sending it ata faults so that freenas puts the status on offline. I followed that suggestion but it created another problem (http://forums.freenas.org/showthrea...vice-cannot-be-removed-from-pool-force-remove). I had to power the server off, put the old disk in and am back at square one.
So, does anyone know what the right procedure is to replace a disk in a running system without spares?
Or am I forced to add a spare with an external usb disk?
I want to replace a drive with smart errors but have no spares configured, nor space for extra disks.
I've looked into the documentation for the right procedure to replace a disk, but both methods don't seem to work for me.
The first method uses the 'replace' feature where you can select a new disk, but a new disk is not available because of the fact that all disks are in use.
The seccond method is booting without the disk you want to replace, but when I do this the pool won't start and I cannot view the volumes.
The third suggestion is removing the disk or failing it by sending it ata faults so that freenas puts the status on offline. I followed that suggestion but it created another problem (http://forums.freenas.org/showthrea...vice-cannot-be-removed-from-pool-force-remove). I had to power the server off, put the old disk in and am back at square one.
So, does anyone know what the right procedure is to replace a disk in a running system without spares?
Or am I forced to add a spare with an external usb disk?