Access denied during drive removal ?

[Peter van der Ploeg]

I currently removing a drive from my drivepool (I selected to immediatly duplicate the files, which I shouldn't have doen, its taking hours).

Since then, I can't copy or delete any files in the pool. ("Access denied"). I can access files by going directly to the files of the drives that make up the pool.

Is this by design, or do I have a problem with access rights or ownerships?

[Christopher (Drashna)]

This is by design.

 

The pool is set into a read only mode, to prevent any sync issues with files.

 

However, if that's undesirable, you can use the "Drive Usage Limiter" balancer to evacuate a drive.

To do so, open up the balancing setting, open the balancing tab, and click on the balancer.  Find the disk in question, and uncheck both "duplicated" and "unduplicated".

 

This will move the contents out of the drive in the background... essentially prepping the drive for quick removal, and allowing you to access the pool without any issues.

[Peter van der Ploeg]

ah thx!

Indeed, the drive removed correctly and I can now access the pool again.

I will do it the other way next time.

[Christopher (Drashna)]

I'm glad to hear it.

 

And yeah, the "drive usage limiter" balancer makes it much simpler.