2x 970 Pro NVMe RAID O Backup and Restore to single NON-RAID 970 Pro NVMe
I've decided that RAID 0 on 2 NVMe in RAID is too risky, AND it appears that it grants no speed benefit sue to shared PCIe lanes.... so is THIS how to do this RAID 0 to non-RAID properly?
( Note Win 10 Pro 64-bit)
Use Acronis Boot Media (or Desktop from w/in Windows?) to run application and make a complete backup of the RAID 0 to a separate drive.
Test Backup to yet another drive to make sure it will 1) restore and 2) boot up.
Assuming Backup is usable....
Blow away the RAID 0 volume/set and format the drives.
Restore the backup to the single 970 Pro NVMe drive (yes, the entire backup SHOULD fit on one drive... the data is only 76GB of the 2 TB RAID 0 or 1TB single 970Pro.
Assuming restore works....
Set the 970 Pro as the boot drive and see if it will boot into windows and spot check the data and apps...
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Steve makes a good point about the setting boot from Windows Boot Manager.
Reformatting the NVMe drives is a good suggestion; while there is not liekly to be the disk signature issues that happen with RAID 1, it would a minimim delete all partitions on those drives. Not sure that it would be necessary to reformat the drives - I assume you are conisdering a quick format (defult) rather than full format. I can only recall disk signature issues with RAID 1; have not used RAID 0 since the 1990s.
Ian
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Thanks y"all.
1) Definitely a UEFI BIOS (Asus Z370 motherboard).
Will verify the Boot Media can in fact see the RAID Volume first of course. It's using Intel RAID that is included in the BIOS, so I am hopeful.
2) While I realize the format is not technically necessary, I learned that hard way to always give the OS an apparent "new" drive.
I FULL format also as an extra data protection step.
If you have any extra hints/tips, would be appreciated. Have only used the CD version of the boot media, but this system has no optical drive. DOES have multiple 3.1 Gen 1/2 ports though.
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Sorry for the typos... on my phone.
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What RAID controller is being used to create the RAID. Is it the Intel RST controller. If you are using recovery media the Linux version will not have drivers for Intel RST. Cannot remember if the Linux recovery media has generic drivers for NVMe devices - but I suspect it does (have not tested it as far as I can remember). Recovery media create with Windows RE or PE should have the necessary drivers.
Edit: Not use ATI 2017 for long time, cannot remember if it has native support for RE or PE. Just checked the user guide and it only supports PE (see section 11.1.1.3 Creating a custom WinPE ISO with your drivers).
You may well be better off using MVP Tool - CUSTOM ATI WINPE BUILDER.
Ian
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Definitely the Intel RST RAID... So looks like I will need a WinXX setup... which I have not ever had need to do, so that'll be new,
Thanks for the link... I'll check it out.
I DEFINTELY would prefer some resource/link that would shortcut my homework in creating the proper recovery media for WinPE or RE... whatever the latter diff... See I need to add some things to my homework list. <blush & smile>
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Clay, when using either the Acronis Media Builder tool or the MVP Custom ATIPE Builder script, both can use the Windows 10 Recovery Environment for obtaining the required WinPE files without needing to install the Windows 10 ADK files that would otherwise be needed.
With the MVP tool, download the zip file from the MVP User Tools and Tutorials link found here in the forum pages. This leads to a Google Drive page where you need to click on the Advanced version of the tool (the basic version is no longer being updated), then download the v182 signed zip file.
Expand the zip file so that you have a MVP_ATIPEBuilder_v182 folder in the root of your C: drive, then open this folder where you will see the main MVP_ATIPEBuilder.exe application file. This is a standalone program that just needs to be run with Administrator authority, so right-click on the exe and take the option to 'Run as administrator' after which you can follow the prompts shown.
One of those prompts is to inject Custom 64-bit device drives which will automatically include the Intel RST drivers needed for RAID support.
You will be asked later in the process if you want to create optical media (CD / DVD) then after this if you want to create a bootable USB stick. The USB stick should be size 2GB to 32GB max and formatted as FAT32 (larger drives are unlikely to work correctly and are not needed).
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VERY straightforward.... I believe I can make that all happen if I can get my TI 2017 to download from my account in functional form.
Sweet!
Thanks!
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The build is going fine, but I have some concerns...
I'm pretty sure the UEFI BIOS on my machine has some sort of Intel RST built into it... As the RAID worked right out of the gate BEFORE I ever installed Intelo RST on the Win64 system...
I'm noticing that the RST stuff in the default (C:\MVP_ATIPEBuilder_v182\Drivers_Custom\x64\IRST) folder are from 2017....
I know my system has newer files, and the initial version, much less the current, was created well after updates later to the ones in the default.
So, 1) I'm not sure they are necessary at all, and 2) hoping that having conflicting sets of drivers IN USE vs. what's on the recovery flash drive don't cause issues...
I'm sure it is unnecessary worrying... Wonder if I can update the RST files in the default "file for file" with a newer version.... lots of times that is not an option even for exact file names...
Thanks!
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Clay, the drivers used in the rescue media are only for temporary use when that media boots into the WinPE environment for the purpose of launching the ATI application.
I would recommend leaving all as supplied and testing the media to see if all looks OK. Your current installed drivers are those that you will be backing up and then later recovering when using the rescue media.
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ALRIGHT!!! It works! Mostly...
I can see the RAID ) as a drive and thus can see (and choose as a source from Backup)! Yea!
Now... my mouse doesn't work... but I COULD live without it...
It's a wireless (Logitech dongle and Bluetooth). I don't currently own a wired USB mouse...
Sure would be a lot easier if I could get the mouse working...
Right now I am using Mouse without Borders from Microsoft to share the Logitech MX Anywhere 2S in Bluetooth mode between two computers... I'm going to see if setting up one of the unifying receiver slots to work on the new computer and see if I can get it to work as a basic USB mouse...
Anyway... making progress!
Thanks!
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Made the Media...
Created the backup tib on an external USB3 3 TB drive. (uncompressed)
Rebooted and mounted the .tib to make sure it was readable.
Rebooted, blew the RAID 0 away, created the RAID 1
Rebooted to the WinRE....
Initialized the RAID 1
Restored the .tib
Rebooted.....
I am now typing this SUCCESS! message from the system I just converted from RAID 0 to RAID 1.
Thank you ALL for all of your assistance!!!
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Clay, always glad to hear of success, thank you for the feedback.
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