LSQVL/R5 Series Cannot delete references to old array

[bolouswki]

Hi there

my problem seems very simple.  I had bays 1-3 filled with 3x1TB drives in a Raid 5.  I backed these up to a standalone 2TB drive in Bay 4.  This was done manually, no automated backup. 

I then got a further 2x2TB drives identical in make/model/firmware to the original single 2TB drive.

I removed the 3x1TB drives, inserted the 2x2TB drives into bay 2 and 3 (Bay one is now empty).

On reboot, my NAS navigator still sees the 4th bay drive as a share (Status: Normal), but even after removing the original share, I get Bay 1 (Status: Error) Bay 2 (Status: Error) with drive ID with no capacity listed and then Bay 3 (Status: Array 1) with the Drive ID and no capacity listed.  Bay 4 as before, is (Status: Normal RMM available) and drive ID, capacity etc is listed as expected.

All 3 drives (2x new 2TB and the original 2TB) are definitely functional as I have tested them on a PC and also by switching the drives around in the NAS.

From what I can see, the old Raid 5 array is listed as "Array 1" but I can see no way to remove it and then reconfigure bays 2,3 and 4 as a new Raid 5 using RMM.

Can anyone advise on what I am doing wrong?  And how I can do it right?  As far as I can see, all I need to do is tell the NAS to remove Array 1 and then migrate the standalone Disk 4 into becoming a Raid 5 - however, I cannot for the life of me find where I can do this!

Thanks for any help!

Firmware is 1.69 NASNAV is 2.78

[joma90]

Put the old one back in the right order they were in. Then delete that array. Then go back and make sure no disk is in a array. Then power down and go from there. You have to delete the array so the records are deleted of an array existing. This is software raid. It keeps data on whats what.

[bolouswki]

Excellent advice - thank you!  I did this actually before seeing your message as I guessed that might be the case.  Thanks very much for the reply.

For anyone else doing an upgrade this way, in order to create the New Raid 5 I have discovered you must first make a Raid 1 using RMM (takes about 10 hours for 2TB apparently) and then once that is created, you can migrate from R1 to R5.

Anyways, thanks again Joma.