Warning: Apple Pro Raid Partition Disappeared

[bsbeamer]

If anyone else has reports on this, please specify if your machine is an authentic MacPro5,1 or if it was upgraded from a 4,1 to register/display as a MacPro5,1. Please also specify your SMC version and boot ROM version. Unsure if this is isolated to 4,1>5,1 machines or if it also happens on 5,1 machines. Fairly positive the client machine above was a 4,1>5,1.

Does not excuse the poor RAID support in Mojave for even internal direct SATA connected drives, but may help to explain issues with internal RAID controllers.

 

[eksu]

I went pretty far down the rabbit hole trying to virtualize MacOS in hyper-v, but it turns out some of the virtualization features (SR-IOV?) are broken on this particular chipset, and there isn't a software workaround to passthrough devices.

Now that I've done that and back, really happy to be booted back into MacOS. I'll keep my RAID drives around and see if the array comes back later, but I probably won't invest in any new SAS HDD's.

 

[eksu]

Upon fresh installing and updating to 10.14.15b1, my RAID Array has returned.

Previously I was somewhere between 10.14.0 and 10.14.2 and it disappeared.

EDIT: I also had updated my firmware to 141.0.0.0.

 

[AlexBurdov]

Upon fresh installing and updating to 10.14.15b1, my RAID Array has returned.

Previously I was somewhere between 10.14.0 and 10.14.2 and it disappeared.

EDIT: I also had updated my firmware to 141.0.0.0.

Just happened to me( AppleRAID on cMP 4.1>5.1 MacOS 10.14.4. I guess will wait for official 10.14.5 release. Anybody figured out why is this happening?

 

[bsbeamer]

Looks like Apple MIGHT (finally) be seriously addressing some of the major RAID issues in Mojave. Wonder if SoftRAID 6 beta users reporting issues had anything to do with this. Personally had numerous RAID issues with Mojave testing in 10.14.0 and public betas during High Sierra. So unreliable that I disabled software setup RAID completely.

Let's hope 10.14.5's official release fixes all of this. Do wish we were really on 10.14.15, however.

 

[eksu]

Just happened to me( AppleRAID on cMP 4.1>5.1 MacOS 10.14.4. I guess will wait for official 10.14.5 release. Anybody figured out why is this happening?

Good to know that it also happens on 10.14.4. I wonder if the issue was fixed because I'm running 10.14.5, or if it has more to do with a fresh install and things like NVRam, SMC resets.

 

[AlexBurdov]

Good to know that it also happens on 10.14.4. I wonder if the issue was fixed because I'm running 10.14.5, or if it has more to do with a fresh install and things like NVRam, SMC resets.

It happened to me before on 10.14.2. Partition did not come back on 10.14.3. Then came back after 10.14.4 upgrade and disappeared today while still on 10.14.4. I am curious what gets reset (software wise) during system upgrade that brings it back. I retained all data when it appeared first after 10.14.4 upgrade. NVRam and SMC reset did not do anything for me.

 

[AlexBurdov]

Reset PRam again, no partition. Booted to Windows 10 then back to MAC and it returned! I am lost now for any logical reason why this has worked.... All data is intact and well)

 

[eksu]

I as well dual boot between Windows 10 (CSM) and MacOS, and I know the RAID card doesn't have any drivers or support in Windows.

I wonder if it's dual booting between the two that causes these issues.

 

[bsbeamer]

Would not be the first issue or resolution involving Windows boot - just look at the TB hacks.

Do they now appear on COLD boot, WARM boot, or both?

 

[eksu]

Disappeared Again, after I had my computer powered down and transported it from one house to another.

Raid Utility sees the set & volume, but they aren't mounted. Not sure how to mount it. Will try NVRAM & SMC reset, then will try fresh installing 10.14.5b4.