withwolf1987 Posted October 28, 2016 Posted October 28, 2016 Hello I'm using DrivePooler since a couple of years. Still I run Windows Server Essentinal 2012R2 with DrivePooler "StableBit.DrivePool_2.2.0.727_x64_BETA". I want to remove a Disk from the Pool to replace it with a bigger one. The last times I did it, I moved all folders in the hidden DrivePool folder to a temporary folder on the same drive. This did go well now. But now I if try to remove the disk from the Pool I get an error Message. Error removing Drive "Access Denied". I tried with force but still the same problem. Can someone tell me what’s wrong? Regard withwolf1987 Quote
0 Christopher (Drashna) Posted October 28, 2016 Posted October 28, 2016 Could you grab the logs from the system? http://wiki.covecube.com/StableBit_DrivePool_2.x_Log_Collection Quote
0 withwolf1987 Posted October 28, 2016 Author Posted October 28, 2016 Thank you for the reply. Here are the logs. https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/58180926/Service.zip Quote
0 Christopher (Drashna) Posted November 4, 2016 Posted November 4, 2016 It looks like you still have applications accessing the pool and are not closing. Close anything that is using the pool and then try removing the disks. Otherwise, use the "Drive Usage Limiter" balancer, uncheck both "duplicated" and "Unduplicated" on the drive in question. This will prevent new files from being placed on the drive, and will try to balance the data off of the drive, until it's empty (provided there is enough space on the rest of the disks in the pool). Quote
0 Spider99 Posted November 12, 2016 Posted November 12, 2016 Hi Chris I have the same problem with removing a drive from the pool - i think its the sys vol info directory as it flashes up briefly before the error shows Have tried all three options to remove the drive from the remove "button" - i.e. no checked, one checked and both checked same result Logs have been uploaded Drive only has "other" files on it Quote
0 Christopher (Drashna) Posted November 12, 2016 Posted November 12, 2016 Could you grab the logs then? You can also check them yourself (search for "warning"). Errors like this should be written to the log file. Quote
0 Spider99 Posted November 14, 2016 Posted November 14, 2016 Chris Any ideas on this as have this again on multiple disks - basically dp wont let you remove any disk? these are fresh volumes (deleted and recreated) prior to adding to the pool?????????????????????? on 2012 r2 essentials Quote
0 withwolf1987 Posted November 17, 2016 Author Posted November 17, 2016 I managed to remove the disk by disconnecting it from the system.I copied the data over network to the pool.I also tried to run the Wss.Troubleshoot_1.0.0.169 a couple of time with problems. The last try was successful and now I have no problems accessing the pool anymore. But still I don't if it is possible to remove a disk. Quote
0 Christopher (Drashna) Posted November 21, 2016 Posted November 21, 2016 The removal should complete. The only reason it wouldn't is if there is a file system error, or ... well, a bug. If you're using the latest version, then I'm not sure ... I've looked at the service logs (text) and it doesn't indicate why. It may be worth running "CHKDSK \\?\Volume{31d83938-70f6-43e2-bc03-0c21894a3381} /f" on the system (as this appears to be the problem drive). During removal, we mark the folder in a couple of ways, and that may be where it's erroring out on. Additionally, there is the dpcmd's "ignore-poolpart" command. That will IMMEDIATELY drop the drive from the pool. This DOES NOT remove the data on the drive, and causes the disk to show up as "missing" in the pool. You should be able to run "dpcmd ignore-poolpart X: PoolPart.e95092e8-fbdf-4701-9e2e-33d190be8786" (where "x:" is the pool drive letter) to do this. You'd need to then manually move the contents of the 'PoolPart" folder from that drive back into the pool, though. https://stablebit.com/Admin/IssueAnalysis/27242 https://stablebit.com/Admin/IssueAnalysis/27242 Quote
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withwolf1987
Hello
I'm using DrivePooler since a couple of years.
Still I run Windows Server Essentinal 2012R2 with DrivePooler "StableBit.DrivePool_2.2.0.727_x64_BETA".
I want to remove a Disk from the Pool to replace it with a bigger one.
The last times I did it, I moved all folders in the hidden DrivePool folder to a temporary folder on the same drive.
This did go well now.
But now I if try to remove the disk from the Pool I get an error Message.
Error removing Drive "Access Denied".
I tried with force but still the same problem.
Can someone tell me what’s wrong?
Regard
withwolf1987
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