MyCloud Solid Red Light

My MyCloud is displaying a solid red light and its complaining it has a critical error and that the content status is “not mounted”. Short of ripping the drive out and running SpinRite does anyone have any ideas as to how I can go about this? I think it might be a corrupted block thats making the RAID array fail but am not sure how to proceed.

I obviously still have WEBUI and SSH access.

What have you tried since this started? Have you looked at the user manual, (see Table of Contents, LED’s)?

cat0w
USA

There is nothing on page 10 thats of any help.

Fault/action required Red Solid The following faults trigger this state:
• Disk SMART failure ← I’m not getting any smart warnings.
• Data volume does not exist ← it exists the array is just not mounting.
• System volume does not exist ← system volume is fine I have ssh and web access.
• System thermal shutdown (75° C) ← There are no thermal warnings and yes I tried giving it a cool down it did nothing

Which brings me back to I think theres a corrupted block thats causing the array to fail. Do you know how I can rebuild the array?

Wow, okay just an update this worked, I have all my data again and I’m in the middle of backing it up.
Now I’m not sure on whether I should continue using this drive or replacing it.

"1. Log onto the drive, root and welc0me are the default username/password combo.
2. Make sure your paritions are intact. # parted -l will tell you this.
3. Type # mke2fs -n /dev/sda4. This will get you the filesystem, but more importantly at the end give you the superblock backup locations by block location.
4. Pick one, then enter this command.
e2fsck -b blocknumber /dev/sda4

It will look for bad blocks and ask for your confirmation to continue/ignore then write over any corrupted ones. Yes to ignore, yes to rewrite.

It will do up to five passes of diagnostics, prompting if it finds anything out of the ordinary such as file countes and errant inodes. I answered yes to everything.

When it is complete it will either report “Killed” or a summary. Type # reboot and let the drive rebuild its library. 30-ish minutes later (depending on how much data you had on it) you should have access to your files."

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you confirmed my worst fears but yet you assuage them.

My worst fear is just the standard fsck’ing “Blinking White LED” can go awry and thus the cloud is a brick. However the fact that you can still SSH into the drive, do a manual e2fsck on the drive and then reboot is a blessing.

I always had this theory that the red light is actually e2fsck waiting for you to answer “yes”.

Good Job Theagustin!!

Hi Theagustin, i have exactly the same problem as you have and read youre solution and wondered if you could simplify it so that a simpleton could do the same to access to the drive. Ive never SSH into anything before and realise that warranty is void if i do so butive already open up the box in desperation to get the info offthe drive and have a solid red light. Do i assume you plugthe box into the mains and directly plug the etherenet cable directly into the mac do ssh, how do i find the ip address is if the box has a a red light as it wont initiliseoram i missing something? Thanks for any reply or help

Andy I’m so very sorry I didn’t reply truth is I forgot to check the forums after I found a solution. I can however still assist you if you still require the help. Let me know.

Hi, Theagustin,

Thanks for posting a solution. I had the same problem (red LED, data volume failed to mount). Contacted WD support but they couldn’t help further after doing full test show no error.

I tried the “mke2fs” then “e2fsck” but was getting message superblock cannot be read. Have tried a few but still same problem (see below).

Any further advice? anyone?

MyBookLive:~# mke2fs -n /dev/sda4
mke2fs 1.41.12 (17-May-2010)
Filesystem label=
OS type: Linux
Block size=4096 (log=2)
Fragment size=4096 (log=2)
Stride=1 blocks, Stripe width=0 blocks
182861824 inodes, 731437568 blocks
36571878 blocks (5.00%) reserved for the super user
First data block=0
Maximum filesystem blocks=0
22322 block groups
32768 blocks per group, 32768 fragments per group
8192 inodes per group
Superblock backups stored on blocks:
32768, 98304, 163840, 229376, 294912, 819200, 884736, 1605632, 2654208,
4096000, 7962624, 11239424, 20480000, 23887872, 71663616, 78675968,
102400000, 214990848, 512000000, 550731776, 644972544

MyBookLive:~# e2fsck -b 32768 /dev/sda4
e2fsck 1.41.12 (17-May-2010)
e2fsck: Bad magic number in super-block while trying to open /dev/sda4

The superblock could not be read or does not describe a correct ext2
filesystem. If the device is valid and it really contains an ext2
filesystem (and not swap or ufs or something else), then the superblock
is corrupt, and you might try running e2fsck with an alternate superblock:
e2fsck -b 8193

MyBookLive:~# e2fsck -b 98304 /dev/sda4
e2fsck 1.41.12 (17-May-2010)
e2fsck: Bad magic number in super-block while trying to open /dev/sda4

The superblock could not be read or does not describe a correct ext2
filesystem. If the device is valid and it really contains an ext2
filesystem (and not swap or ufs or something else), then the superblock
is corrupt, and you might try running e2fsck with an alternate superblock:
e2fsck -b 8193

MyBookLive:~# e2fsck -b 163840 /dev/sda4
e2fsck 1.41.12 (17-May-2010)
e2fsck: Bad magic number in super-block while trying to open /dev/sda4

The superblock could not be read or does not describe a correct ext2
filesystem. If the device is valid and it really contains an ext2
filesystem (and not swap or ufs or something else), then the superblock
is corrupt, and you might try running e2fsck with an alternate superblock:
e2fsck -b 8193

MyBookLive:~# e2fsck -b 229376 /dev/sda4
e2fsck 1.41.12 (17-May-2010)
e2fsck: Bad magic number in super-block while trying to open /dev/sda4

The superblock could not be read or does not describe a correct ext2
filesystem. If the device is valid and it really contains an ext2
filesystem (and not swap or ufs or something else), then the superblock
is corrupt, and you might try running e2fsck with an alternate superblock:
e2fsck -b 8193

MyBookLive:~# e2fsck -b 294912 /dev/sda4
e2fsck 1.41.12 (17-May-2010)
e2fsck: Bad magic number in super-block while trying to open /dev/sda4

The superblock could not be read or does not describe a correct ext2
filesystem. If the device is valid and it really contains an ext2
filesystem (and not swap or ufs or something else), then the superblock
is corrupt, and you might try running e2fsck with an alternate superblock:
e2fsck -b 8193

MyBookLive:~# e2fsck -b 512000000 /dev/sda4
e2fsck 1.41.12 (17-May-2010)
e2fsck: Invalid argument while trying to open /dev/sda4

The superblock could not be read or does not describe a correct ext2
filesystem. If the device is valid and it really contains an ext2
filesystem (and not swap or ufs or something else), then the superblock
is corrupt, and you might try running e2fsck with an alternate superblock:
e2fsck -b 8193

Did you try this?

Yes, that’s was the first block I tried…

Because you appear to be using a My Book Live, have you checked and or posted to the My Book Live subforum where there may be users more familiar with that device? It is possible that the commands that work on the My Cloud may not work on the My Book Live due to differences in firmware/Linux OS/hardware.

https://community.wd.com/c/personal-cloud-storage/my-book-live

Hi team,
I can see this is dated some time ago, but I’m having the same problem. I’m pretty new to this, so really don’t understand how you access the drive if its not showing up on the Mac finder? How do I find its IP address?
once there, what and how does one enter these fsk things?
imagine you’re explaining this to a real simpleton!!

Anks

From your router’s device IP table, in the router’s admin UI.

By logging in to the MyCloud Linux OS using an SSH client; the commands listed above are run on the MyCloud. Hopefully, you had SSH access enabled before you got a red light…

Thanks for the info,
I have an AirPort Extreme
I have no idea what Ssh is, therefore could tell you if I had it set up or not!

Anks

Using utilities app on the Mac, the my cloud device does not show up?
previously I had the device connected to the my ISP router. I still have this. This is now connected to my AirPort Extreme. I did this to improve the home wifi network. Initially when I set this up (2 weeks ago) all was well. I unplugged the cycloid device to move position in my apartment…when I plugged it it again… solid red light!
It was initially plugged into a surge protected multi plug. So I changed it back to a wall socket…same red light
I then checked the ethernet connections…
I have tried all 4 ports in the router…no joy
I then changed the ethernet cable… no joy
I then tried a soft reboot, and hard reboot… no joy
I then left unplugged for 2 days… no joy
When I initially set this up( with help of apple support) the my cloud device was working(blue light and in my finder menu)
it was literally after I unplugged it and moved it.
I have moved this device several times before with no issues.
No I’m stuck!!
And help would be appreciated

There are a number of causes of a red light. This thread addresses one of them. Google will help with SSH on a Mac, given suitable search strings.

Search the forums for other red light issues.

Thanks

SSH not enabled on my cloud device.
I just checked how to set it up… I didn’t change any of the settings under network

As I mentioned before
Other causes of red light have been reviewed
over heating-not the cause
resetting did not help
with out access to the dashboard to power off and restart- cannot assess firmware or set up issues
if its not showing up on the network I can’t access it not SSH enabled.
I feel this has become a “brick”?
I shall wait for WD to come back to me

Thanks again

There are other red light causes, but without SSH access, you’re a bit stuck resolving them. The thread above will help you recover data if the HDD is working. If you manage that, you may be able to unbrick the drive; see the guides.