During the time that the server had to build a new RAID array, it was not usable. With 2 drives it took 50 hours before I could have access to the server. The server is powered on and building the array.
The procedure for rebuilding the array is documented in the WD pdf. it is slighty different then a Server Recovery, you only need a 512 meg USB.
However if you have a running server with 2 drives and want to add a 3rd drive. The access to the server files will be very slow while it adds the 3rd drive and modiifies the drives from RAID 0 to RAID 5. Again this could go on for 48 hours (2 days). So if this is for work, it’s best to start this on a Friday night so it will be ready by Monday.
Really the only thing we have to complain about much is the fact that it takes forever for a RAID to rebuild if there’s a problem, like accidentally unplugging the NAS. Okay, forever may be a bit much, but ours took a week to rebuild, which if you’re a business who needs that data - might as well be forever. We can’t strongly recommend enough that you put a UPS behind any NAS; but with the DX4000 a UPS is even more critical. An additional power supply would also be a good item to look into, since it would help prevent data loss or system downtime if one power supply failed.
Yea, some progress :) You know the lil chains on ceiling fans? Get one and chain that thumb drive to the box LOL
But I don’t think it is reloading. I must admit I have not broken mine yet to try this, but I have done some headless recovery(s) on other boxes.
Again I ask, do you have a dhcp server on the lan? Can you look at it and see what IP the serveer got? If so can you ping the server at that ip from your other PC?
If it does not seem to be doing anything and you can not decide if it got an IP, just plug a cat 5 cable straight from the WD box and the PC you are doing the recovery from. Also if you have any 3rd party firewalls on your PC turn them off for this. Turn off both boxes, plug a cable between the 2. Start you PC and begin the recovery process again
Let me know how it goes. Sorry to be so slow with a reply. I went to my daughters soccer game. (They won:smiley:) And I can’t reply to these on my old phone.
FWIW there is a post at the top of this forum for a MS group and there is also a group on yahoo groups (WSSE) Just got to yahoo groups and search WSSE. This group is an email thing, so as soon as you post a question it gets mailed out to folks all around the world. It may offer faster responses for some questions.
But this is really more of a WD issue than a general Storage server thing, so I think you are in the right place.
No need for a crossover cable anymore. These new nic figure it out on their own
Http and rdp would not work at this time. I would expect ping to work, though I have not tested it.
If you still can boot with the thumb drive on the server and it says “trying” and it does not work connected dirrectly, I may just have to “break” mine to compare tomorrow
There is no sense booting the laptop with the stick.
So you booted your laptop normally. You are connected to the wd box directly (And the laptop is set to use dhcp, does not have a static ip) and started the recovery wizzard. when you get to the point in recovery when it says to stick the drive in the wd box.
You went to the wd box,
Hold in button, power on, it said starting recovery and then you ending back up at the laptop saying not found?
Looks like the drive array is messed up. Follow the PDF on rebuilding the drives. They talk about using a 512meg USB. Maybe if that works then you can try reinstalling the OS
It’s been a while since I did this, but I’m thinking there should be a message after that. Didn’t you have to click on something on the PC’s WD restore app to continue ?
You said nothing happening ? The drives should be whirling and the LCD display should have a progress counter.
OK, this is my first contribution to WD Community and I hope it will benefit some of you.
I just got my dx4000 two weeks ago to be used for personal purposes. However, the unit became inaccessible through the network because I freaked out when I found an IP Address from China! is trying to hack into my SQL Server every second. I mistakenly disabled the network adapter in the server. Guess what? I was kicked out from the remote desktop session immediately and was not able to access the server anymore even with LAN cable hooked into the second port in the server.
I called WD support and they advised me to do a recovery and here where I got the same problem discussed in this topic. I kept getting “startup failed 0xD9”. After careful investigating, I found out that the ISO file that I used to create the bootable usb was not downloaded completely! According to WD, it is 6.22 GBs. However, I downloaded it twice at first with only two point something GBs and it was a successful download without errors reported to me?! Then, I downloaded the file a third time and it finally downloaded as 6.22GBs. Only then I was able to pass the error message in recovering my server using the new bootable usb that I created with the “6.22GB” ISO file. Please, pay attention to the warning given by WD before downloading the file. And here I quote it
Very Important: The ISO file is very large in size and it will requires at least 6.5 GB of space on the applicable Client PC. Due to the file size limitation on Internet Explorer, please use Firefox, Google Chrome, or Safari browser to download this file.