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OMV fix accidentally split mirror RAID
I had setup a mirrored RAID in OMV and then the PC hardware, not the disks I should emphasize, failed and I needed to move the system disk and two data disks to other hardware. Because I decided to test each disk separately this broke the mirror and in OMV I now saw: Work off… read more…
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Replacing faulty drive in OMV
I have a OMV box with two disks in RAID 1, mirroring, with one disk failing. This post describes the process. Write down, on paper, the serial number of the failing disk. If you are like me all your disks may well be the same brand/model, so serial number is important. Removing the failing disk… read more…
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OMV.data.Store.ImplicitModel-ext-1057-7 error adding a RAID disk
I have been trying to add a single mirrored disk to Open Media Vault and been getting: In my case the new disk was created using a Debian live USB disk. I think this was the problem. So I booted to OMV and looked at the mdadm config file in Debian: # mdadm.conf # #… read more…
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Create a single mirror disk for a RAID1 array
I have a problem, I have a 3TB drive which has all my data on it but I need to move to a new RAID solution using Open Media Vault, OMV. I want to set up a mirrored, RAID1, 3TB array so will need two 3TB drives. I plan to use my current 3TB drive… read more…
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Access contents on a single disk from a Debian mirror array
I am setting up an Open Media Vault, OMV, NAS box for my home storage requirements, detailed in the post Installing Open Media Vault. I don’t have the resources to setup a full RAID 5 array, this would require a box with space for 3 drives plus which I would actually need to purchase 3… read more…
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Wipe a RAID disk
If for some reason you have a disk which used to be in a software RAID and you need to add it back into OMV then OMV will still recognize it as a RAID disk, even if you have reformatted it. In my case I had a disk that was removed from the array for… read more…
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