mediacowboy 438 Posted May 30, 2017 Posted May 30, 2017 I have created a pool from scratch just in the past two months. I'm not sure that is what he is looking for. I will try to help tomorrow as I will be off work with a sick kid. What I will do is take a spare hard drive I have put some files on it and then create a pool off that. I will also try to do a write up as I go. @@CBers or @@jlr19 can one of you post the link to the drive bender thread on the drive bender forum and we can move the talk over there. 1
CBers 7450 Posted May 30, 2017 Posted May 30, 2017 @@CBers or @@jlr19 can one of you post the link to the drive bender thread on the drive bender forum and we can move the talk over there. https://community.division-m.com/index.php?/topic/5816-just-getting-started/
CharleyVarrick 283 Posted May 30, 2017 Posted May 30, 2017 @@CBers, meant to ask for a while about your avatar, is it some kind of flying saucer? And your nickname, CB as in "10-4 good buddy" kind of CB?
CharleyVarrick 283 Posted May 30, 2017 Posted May 30, 2017 I have a really specific question now. As I have DrivePool running on all cylinders, can I re-install DriveBender "on top of it"? Asking the question, the obvious answer is no...
CharleyVarrick 283 Posted May 30, 2017 Posted May 30, 2017 I have created a pool from scratch just in the past two months. I'm not sure that is what he is looking for. I will try to help tomorrow as I will be off work with a sick kid. What I will do is take a spare hard drive I have put some files on it and then create a pool off that. I will also try to do a write up as I go. @@CBers or @@jlr19 can one of you post the link to the drive bender thread on the drive bender forum and we can move the talk over there. Looking forward to it, lets do like in old time spy movies and sync our watch. Here its 7:22pm ETD, Texas time is 2 hrs earlier if I'm not mistaken. When, give or take a couple hrs, do you expect to go about it?
mediacowboy 438 Posted May 30, 2017 Posted May 30, 2017 I have a really specific question now. As I have DrivePool running on all cylinders, can I re-install DriveBender "on top of it"? Asking the question, the obvious answer is no... I don't see why you couldn't with the exception being that you will not be able to pool the same drives to both. As they pool their drives differently. Does that answer your question?
mediacowboy 438 Posted May 30, 2017 Posted May 30, 2017 Looking forward to it, lets do like in old time spy movies and sync our watch. Here its 7:22pm ETD, Texas time is 2 hrs earlier if I'm not mistaken. When, give or take a couple hrs, do you expect to go about it? At this time it is 6:27 PM. So it is just a hour difference. I am hoping to help the wife out after we finish dinner and get my three kids to bed and then let her take a hot bath and can start working on it. So maybe a hour or two. I also have a 4tb spare drive and a 2 tb spare drive that I can simulate more of what you are wanting to do if I understand what you are trying to achieve. I did ask you another question over on the DB forum so that I understand what you are wanting.
CharleyVarrick 283 Posted May 30, 2017 Posted May 30, 2017 Yes, but to keep it short, I think its better if I (temporarily) cancel DP, as I need 2 data drives to have a fair testing ground.
CharleyVarrick 283 Posted May 30, 2017 Posted May 30, 2017 At this time it is 6:27 PM. So it is just a hour difference. I am hoping to help the wife out after we finish dinner and get my three kids to bed and then let her take a hot bath and can start working on it. So maybe a hour or two. I also have a 4tb spare drive and a 2 tb spare drive that I can simulate more of what you are wanting to do if I understand what you are trying to achieve. I did ask you another question over on the DB forum so that I understand what you are wanting. You summed it up exactly over there, but I thought this was going to happen tomorrow, but I'm good, don"t forget your kid in the tub, though...
Swynol 375 Posted May 31, 2017 Posted May 31, 2017 has anyone ever replaced a drive in drivepool? i am changing out some of my old 3TB to 4TB drives. my thought was Add new drive to pool to create the poolpart hidden folder turn off drivepool service move contents from old drive poolpart folder to new drive poolpart folder Remove old drive from machine restart drivepool service remove old drive from pool
Happy2Play 9780 Posted May 31, 2017 Posted May 31, 2017 has anyone ever replaced a drive in drivepool? i am changing out some of my old 3TB to 4TB drives. my thought was Add new drive to pool to create the poolpart hidden folder turn off drivepool service move contents from old drive poolpart folder to new drive poolpart folder Remove old drive from machine restart drivepool service remove old drive from pool If you have the space to add the drive to the pool. I would add the drive to the pool then go to the balancer "File Placement Limiter" and unselect "duplicated" and "unduplicated" and allow the balancer to evacuate the drive. But your way would work also. 1
CBers 7450 Posted May 31, 2017 Posted May 31, 2017 @@Swynol Depends if the 3Tb is failing. If not, do as H2P says. 1
Swynol 375 Posted May 31, 2017 Posted May 31, 2017 I have a really specific question now. As I have DrivePool running on all cylinders, can I re-install DriveBender "on top of it"? Asking the question, the obvious answer is no... ye you can have it running side by side. you can add the same drives to both pools. they will create their own hidden folders on individual drives.
Swynol 375 Posted May 31, 2017 Posted May 31, 2017 If you have the space to add the drive to the pool. I would add the drive to the pool then go to the balancer "File Placement Limiter" and unselect "duplicated" and "unduplicated" and allow the balancer to evacuate the drive. But your way would work also. @@Swynol Depends if the 3Tb is failing. If not, do as H2P says. ok thanks both. the drive isnt failing although has been reporting smart errors for 3 years.... however i dont think there is an issue (long story) so just to be clear. I add the new drive to the pool then In Balancers under Drive Usage Limiter i untick Duplicated and unduplicated for the drive i want to remove. The data then gets moved off the drive automatically?
CBers 7450 Posted May 31, 2017 Posted May 31, 2017 Don't forget though, that it won't move everything off of the 3Tb, unless you remove it from the pool. Physically removing will be quicker, but you'd have to manually move the files off of it back into the pool.
Swynol 375 Posted May 31, 2017 Posted May 31, 2017 (edited) mmmm ok so do the unticking in the balancers. then add new drive then click remove in Drivepool on the old is probably the best way. that way drivepool does all the work with re-duplicating the files. I have 3 hard drives to replace so may take some time. at least my data will be fully accessible whilst the swap is happening. they should implement a "swap drive feature" would be much simpler Edited May 31, 2017 by Swynol
CharleyVarrick 283 Posted May 31, 2017 Posted May 31, 2017 Removing a Drive from the Pool (from user manual) https://stablebit.com/Support/DrivePool/2.X/Manual?Section=Removing%20a%20Drive%20from%20the%20Pool I put the link in case you weren't aware it existed, and please note I assumed you're on v.2
CharleyVarrick 283 Posted May 31, 2017 Posted May 31, 2017 has anyone ever replaced a drive in drivepool? i am changing out some of my old 3TB to 4TB drives. Please report back once you're done, with the exact process you went thru
CBers 7450 Posted May 31, 2017 Posted May 31, 2017 @@jlr19 - How did you get on with @@mediacowboy helping you with DriveBender?
CharleyVarrick 283 Posted May 31, 2017 Posted May 31, 2017 (edited) I have to say he's amazing, I was impressed by his professionalism and calm and good nature. As stubborn as me, but in the end, we were unable to make drive bender work. He will explain better than me what went wrong, but again, it was not because lack of trying, hat's off to the Texas cowboy! Once we parted, I reinstalled DrivePool by myself and was up and running in 15 minutes. As I told him, DriveBender plain and simple doesn't like me Edited May 31, 2017 by jlr19
CBers 7450 Posted May 31, 2017 Posted May 31, 2017 That's weird. It would be good if you could raise a Support Ticket with DriveBender, as it will assist in helping others going forward. What OS were you running it on?
CharleyVarrick 283 Posted May 31, 2017 Posted May 31, 2017 (edited) Win 7 ultimate sp1 x64 I had a suprise wating for Cowboy, my OS is French Canadian, it was hilarious at time to see him ask me where's "My Computer". Happily for him though, DB installed in English I'll think about the support ticket, but I will let it rest for now Edited May 31, 2017 by jlr19
CharleyVarrick 283 Posted May 31, 2017 Posted May 31, 2017 (edited) I think we would have needed at least 3 support tickets actually, there were that many things that didn't work as expected. 1) After install, DB didn't show any of my drives. The only way it would is having to use the wizard 2) DB kept creating a 2nd mount point for one of the source drive 3) We were never able to have the 2 drives actually "merge", one was always beside the pool instead of inside it Again MediaCowboy will word that better than me. Edited May 31, 2017 by jlr19 1
CharleyVarrick 283 Posted May 31, 2017 Posted May 31, 2017 Thanks, and how's your French this morning?
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