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    No clue what happened… unable to make any changes via GUI or SSH to box

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    • DerelictD
      Derelict LAYER 8 Netgate
      last edited by

      I would guess failing storage.

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        dalequalls
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        Thanks for the prompt reply!

        I'm using GEOM but I can't add the widget to the dashboard to see if the array is healthy.  Is there a way to from the console?

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          dalequalls
          last edited by

          They look fine in Diagnostics - GEOM Mirrors…

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          • DerelictD
            Derelict LAYER 8 Netgate
            last edited by

            Hmmm. Something else must have gotten corrupted. About all I can think of doing is dropping to single user mode and running a few /sbin/fsck -y / commands to see if that helps and if not a reinstall / restore.

            I would take a new config backup if that is working.

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              dalequalls
              last edited by

              Thanks, I'll give that a try!

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              • jimpJ
                jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
                last edited by

                It still sounds like failing storage hardware.

                All of the symptoms line up, and though it may have been able to rebuild the mirror, it's probably a ticking time bomb.

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                  dalequalls
                  last edited by

                  Thanks, I'll replace the drives and report back.

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                    dalequalls
                    last edited by

                    I broke the mirror and swapped out ada1.  It finished the rebuild so I broke the mirror again and replaced ada0.  After a rebuild I'm still unable to make changes to anything.  Here's what I receive:

                    Fatal error: Cannot create references to/from string offsets nor overloaded objects in /etc/inc/xmlparse.inc on line 103 Call Stack: 0.0002 128780 1. {main}() /usr/local/www/status_logs_settings.php:0 0.0340 852800 2. write_config() /usr/local/www/status_logs_settings.php:195 0.0948 982232 3. cleanup_backupcache() /etc/inc/config.lib.inc:593 2.0669 1374200 4. parse_xml_config() /etc/inc/config.lib.inc:859 2.0669 1374228 5. parse_xml_config_raw() /etc/inc/xmlparse.inc:178 2.1324 1740504 6. xml_parse() /etc/inc/xmlparse.inc:217 2.1324 1740696 7. startElement() /etc/inc/xmlparse.inc:217 PHP ERROR: Type: 1, File: /etc/inc/xmlparse.inc, Line: 103, Message: Cannot create references to/from string offsets nor overloaded objects

                    Any additional thoughts?

                    TIA!

                    Dale

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                      doktornotor Banned
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                      Yeah, reinstall the thing and restore a config backup. Rebuilding corrupted mirrors does no good.

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                        dalequalls
                        last edited by

                        Dang, I was afraid that was going to be the next step…

                        Thanks!

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