I am running a WHS2011 server using Stablebit Drivepool 1.3 and Flexraid snapshot parity for unduplicated shares. I want to upgrade/replace an existing drive.
This is how I would like to do it.
1. Stop Drivepool service, remove drive.
2. Install new hard drive
3. Manually create Folder: PoolPart.7ff9720d-58fa-4081-9ebc-70ae65a7a336 and make hidden
4. Restart Drivepool service.
5. If added to pool, wait for duplicate file re-build
6. copy back shares from old drive to new drive
My Question is, will this new drive be added into the pool? After some research, I read this older blog on Stablebit:
It is old, but I am assuming the basic structure and operation of drivepool hasn't changed from this?
It says there are 2 requirements to add a drive to the pool: Formatted in NTFS, and have a PoolPart folder.
The reason I want to do this, is that FlexRaid requires that exact path of the old drive to protect the underlying shares, and I am trying to avoid a 20+ hour update after I copy back all my files from the old drive to the new drive. If I use the Stablebit GUI Add-in, it will create the PoolPart.xxxxxxxx but the xxxxxxx won't be the same as the old number recorded in FlexRaid Data Configuration. I would like the new drive to use the exact same PooPart.xxxxxx path as the old drive.
Can I manually create the PoolPart folder in this manner?
Currently waiting for new drive to arrive, and am trying to plan accordingly.
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I am running a WHS2011 server using Stablebit Drivepool 1.3 and Flexraid snapshot parity for unduplicated shares. I want to upgrade/replace an existing drive.
This is how I would like to do it.
1. Stop Drivepool service, remove drive.
2. Install new hard drive
3. Manually create Folder: PoolPart.7ff9720d-58fa-4081-9ebc-70ae65a7a336 and make hidden
4. Restart Drivepool service.
5. If added to pool, wait for duplicate file re-build
6. copy back shares from old drive to new drive
My Question is, will this new drive be added into the pool? After some research, I read this older blog on Stablebit:
http://blog.covecube.com/2011/03/stablebit-drivepool-technical-overview/
It is old, but I am assuming the basic structure and operation of drivepool hasn't changed from this?
It says there are 2 requirements to add a drive to the pool: Formatted in NTFS, and have a PoolPart folder.
The reason I want to do this, is that FlexRaid requires that exact path of the old drive to protect the underlying shares, and I am trying to avoid a 20+ hour update after I copy back all my files from the old drive to the new drive. If I use the Stablebit GUI Add-in, it will create the PoolPart.xxxxxxxx but the xxxxxxx won't be the same as the old number recorded in FlexRaid Data Configuration. I would like the new drive to use the exact same PooPart.xxxxxx path as the old drive.
Can I manually create the PoolPart folder in this manner?
Currently waiting for new drive to arrive, and am trying to plan accordingly.
Appreciate any insight or help with this.
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