Drive extending gone wrong

I had a 6 wide Z1 VDEV i extended with another 20TB drive.
Unfortunately somewhere in the process it stopped extending.
Now it shows the drive with an error and all my apps wont show because of a docker error, but they all still work.
Does anyone have an idea what went wrong or how to fix it?

My system:

  • Truenas Scale 24.10.1
  • 6x 20TB hard drives in Z1 (7 now with the new one)

As already stated on Reddit, I have no idea why RAIDZ expansion would cause this - unless the pool is now offline.

Understanding the state of the pool and your configuration might help so please run the following commands and post the output back here with each command in a separate </> box:

  • lsblk -bo NAME,MODEL,ROTA,PTTYPE,TYPE,START,SIZE,PARTTYPENAME,PARTUUID
  • lspci
  • sudo sas2flash -list
  • sudo sas3flash -list
  • sudo zpool status -v
  • sudo zpool import

P.S. A 6x20TB RAIDZ pool should really have been RAIDZ2 - but it is too late to convert it now - you are stuck with RAIDZ1.

Thanks for the reply. Here the results.

NAME        MODEL                ROTA PTTYPE TYPE    START           SIZE PARTTYPENAME             PARTUUID
sda         ST20000NM007D-3DJ103    1 gpt    disk          20000588955648                          
└─sda1                              1 gpt    part     2048 20000586858496 Solaris /usr & Apple ZFS a238b596-47c6-4fbd-a831-da6f35053c9f
sdb         ST20000NM007D-3DJ103    1 gpt    disk          20000588955648                          
└─sdb1                              1 gpt    part     4096 20000586841600 Solaris /usr & Apple ZFS 46789880-6932-429a-8e37-5c9f368ca23c
sdc         ST20000NM007D-3DJ103    1 gpt    disk          20000588955648                          
└─sdc1                              1 gpt    part     4096 20000586841600 Solaris /usr & Apple ZFS 3bfb07ef-c4ca-4ac8-b458-1cfefd82578a
sdd         ST20000NM007D-3DJ103    1 gpt    disk          20000588955648                          
└─sdd1                              1 gpt    part     2048 20000587890176 Solaris /usr & Apple ZFS aff30a52-9d06-48d6-bc26-6b4ce57f3055
sde         ST20000NM007D-3DJ103    1 gpt    disk          20000588955648                          
└─sde1                              1 gpt    part     4096 20000586841600 Solaris /usr & Apple ZFS 85367f74-0401-4e3c-8f9d-d0eac0ecb266
sdf         ST20000NM007D-3DJ103    1 gpt    disk          20000588955648                          
└─sdf1                              1 gpt    part     4096 20000586841600 Solaris /usr & Apple ZFS 022662b0-e6bc-49b4-9ad5-9e0fbc1afd34
sdg         ST20000NM007D-3DJ103    1 gpt    disk          20000588955648                          
└─sdg1                              1 gpt    part     4096 20000586841600 Solaris /usr & Apple ZFS 6b54881f-9855-4c0d-8a50-eb29e24d9116
nvme0n1     KINGSTON SNV2S1000G     0 gpt    disk           1000204886016                          
├─nvme0n1p1                         0 gpt    part     4096        1048576 BIOS boot                b9f13970-efdc-4e29-ba31-95adf1dd4ccd
├─nvme0n1p2                         0 gpt    part     6144      536870912 EFI System               ad2e38d1-e354-4f14-924c-c5df0e032369
├─nvme0n1p3                         0 gpt    part 34609152   982484983296 Solaris /usr & Apple ZFS 9f9a3b67-09c5-4fd0-8744-e061a99a860e
└─nvme0n1p4                         0 gpt    part  1054720    17179869184 Linux swap               222567ac-07fe-4677-a111-686b8a3b55c9
nvme1n1     KINGSTON SNV2S1000G     0 gpt    disk           1000204886016                          
├─nvme1n1p1                         0 gpt    part     4096        1048576 BIOS boot                a658ba02-d492-4cd4-953b-b5407221f4d6
├─nvme1n1p2                         0 gpt    part     6144      536870912 EFI System               64964f1d-6db5-497e-9103-cf4496a6f119
├─nvme1n1p3                         0 gpt    part 34609152   982484983296 Solaris /usr & Apple ZFS b12cd586-9d09-4a17-9564-d4453a0e110a
└─nvme1n1p4                         0 gpt    part  1054720    17179869184 Linux swap               116f3ba1-8649-4be6-89bc-140ff746dc38

LSI Corporation SAS2 Flash Utility
Version 20.00.00.00 (2014.09.18) 
Copyright (c) 2008-2014 LSI Corporation. All rights reserved 

        No LSI SAS adapters found! Limited Command Set Available!
        ERROR: Command Not allowed without an adapter!
        ERROR: Couldn't Create Command -list
Avago Technologies SAS3 Flash Utility
Version 16.00.00.00 (2017.05.02) 
Copyright 2008-2017 Avago Technologies. All rights reserved.

        No Avago SAS adapters found! Limited Command Set Available!
        ERROR: Command Not allowed without an adapter!
        ERROR: Couldn't Create Command -list
        Exiting Program.

  pool: boot-pool
 state: ONLINE
  scan: scrub repaired 0B in 00:00:12 with 0 errors on Fri Jan 24 03:45:13 2025
config:

        NAME           STATE     READ WRITE CKSUM
        boot-pool      ONLINE       0     0     0
          mirror-0     ONLINE       0     0     0
            nvme1n1p3  ONLINE       0     0     0
            nvme0n1p3  ONLINE       0     0     0

errors: No known data errors

  pool: volume1
 state: ONLINE
status: One or more devices has experienced an unrecoverable error.  An
        attempt was made to correct the error.  Applications are unaffected.
action: Determine if the device needs to be replaced, and clear the errors
        using 'zpool clear' or replace the device with 'zpool replace'.
   see: https://openzfs.github.io/openzfs-docs/msg/ZFS-8000-9P
  scan: scrub in progress since Fri Jan 24 13:15:03 2025
        53.3T / 82.8T scanned at 339M/s, 52.8T / 82.8T issued at 336M/s
        0B repaired, 63.75% done, 1 days 02:01:11 to go
expand: expansion of raidz1-0 in progress since Wed Jan 22 12:06:54 2025
        53.3T / 82.9T copied at 163M/s, 64.21% done, 2 days 04:53:06 to go
config:

        NAME                                      STATE     READ WRITE CKSUM
        volume1                                   ONLINE       0     0     0
          raidz1-0                                ONLINE       0     0     0
            3bfb07ef-c4ca-4ac8-b458-1cfefd82578a  ONLINE       0     0     0
            46789880-6932-429a-8e37-5c9f368ca23c  ONLINE       0     0     0
            85367f74-0401-4e3c-8f9d-d0eac0ecb266  ONLINE       0     0     0
            022662b0-e6bc-49b4-9ad5-9e0fbc1afd34  ONLINE       0     0     0
            6b54881f-9855-4c0d-8a50-eb29e24d9116  ONLINE       0     0     0
            aff30a52-9d06-48d6-bc26-6b4ce57f3055  ONLINE       0     0     0
            a238b596-47c6-4fbd-a831-da6f35053c9f  ONLINE       0     0     1

errors: No known data errors

no pools available to import

It is possible that the docker service was the process that had the unrecoverable error and so it didn’t start on this occasion, but it will start on a reboot.

Also, the zpool status and lsblk commands point to the problematic disks, so please run the following and post the results:

  • sudo smartctl -x /dev/sda

P.S. Also, if you can wait 2 days for the expand to complete without having Docker running, then that would be best, but if you need to reboot after running the above command, then the expansion should pick up from where it was before the reboot.

Funny enough all my installed apps are working perfectly i just dont see them in the app section and get the error.

Here the copy paste:

sudo smartctl -x /dev/sda

Warning: the supported mechanisms for making configuration changes
are the TrueNAS WebUI, CLI, and API exclusively. ALL OTHERS ARE
NOT SUPPORTED AND WILL RESULT IN UNDEFINED BEHAVIOR AND MAY
RESULT IN SYSTEM FAILURE.

admin@truenas[~]$ sudo smartctl -x /dev/sda
[sudo] password for admin: 
smartctl 7.4 2023-08-01 r5530 [x86_64-linux-6.6.44-production+truenas] (local build)
Copyright (C) 2002-23, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org

=== START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
Device Model:     ST20000NM007D-3DJ103
Serial Number:    ZVT2QL73
LU WWN Device Id: 5 000c50 0e52e8068
Firmware Version: SN01
User Capacity:    20,000,588,955,648 bytes [20.0 TB]
Sector Sizes:     512 bytes logical, 4096 bytes physical
Rotation Rate:    7200 rpm
Form Factor:      3.5 inches
Device is:        Not in smartctl database 7.3/5528
ATA Version is:   ACS-4 (minor revision not indicated)
SATA Version is:  SATA 3.3, 6.0 Gb/s (current: 6.0 Gb/s)
Local Time is:    Sun Jan 26 11:26:10 2025 CET
SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability.
SMART support is: Enabled
AAM feature is:   Unavailable
APM feature is:   Unavailable
Rd look-ahead is: Enabled
Write cache is:   Enabled
DSN feature is:   Disabled
ATA Security is:  Disabled, frozen [SEC2]
Write SCT (Get) Feature Control Command failed: Connection timed out
Wt Cache Reorder: Unknown (SCT Feature Control command failed)

=== START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION ===
SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: PASSED

General SMART Values:
Offline data collection status:  (0x82) Offline data collection activity
                                        was completed without error.
                                        Auto Offline Data Collection: Enabled.
Self-test execution status:      (   0) The previous self-test routine completed
                                        without error or no self-test has ever 
                                        been run.
Total time to complete Offline 
data collection:                (  559) seconds.
Offline data collection
capabilities:                    (0x7b) SMART execute Offline immediate.
                                        Auto Offline data collection on/off support.
                                        Suspend Offline collection upon new
                                        command.
                                        Offline surface scan supported.
                                        Self-test supported.
                                        Conveyance Self-test supported.
                                        Selective Self-test supported.
SMART capabilities:            (0x0003) Saves SMART data before entering
                                        power-saving mode.
                                        Supports SMART auto save timer.
Error logging capability:        (0x01) Error logging supported.
                                        General Purpose Logging supported.
Short self-test routine 
recommended polling time:        (   1) minutes.
Extended self-test routine
recommended polling time:        (1675) minutes.
Conveyance self-test routine
recommended polling time:        (   2) minutes.
SCT capabilities:              (0x70bd) SCT Status supported.
                                        SCT Error Recovery Control supported.
                                        SCT Feature Control supported.
                                        SCT Data Table supported.

SMART Attributes Data Structure revision number: 10
Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds:
ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME          FLAGS    VALUE WORST THRESH FAIL RAW_VALUE
  1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate     POSR--   083   064   044    -    192916944
  3 Spin_Up_Time            PO----   098   098   000    -    0
  4 Start_Stop_Count        -O--CK   100   100   020    -    2
  5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct   PO--CK   100   100   010    -    0
  7 Seek_Error_Rate         POSR--   075   060   045    -    28310552
  9 Power_On_Hours          -O--CK   100   100   000    -    93
 10 Spin_Retry_Count        PO--C-   100   100   097    -    0
 12 Power_Cycle_Count       -O--CK   100   100   020    -    2
 18 Unknown_Attribute       PO-R--   100   100   050    -    0
187 Reported_Uncorrect      -O--CK   100   100   000    -    0
188 Command_Timeout         -O--CK   100   100   000    -    0
190 Airflow_Temperature_Cel -O---K   048   046   000    -    52 (Min/Max 34/54)
192 Power-Off_Retract_Count -O--CK   100   100   000    -    1
193 Load_Cycle_Count        -O--CK   100   100   000    -    4
194 Temperature_Celsius     -O---K   052   054   000    -    52 (0 22 0 0 0)
197 Current_Pending_Sector  -O--C-   100   100   000    -    0
198 Offline_Uncorrectable   ----C-   100   100   000    -    0
199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count    -OSRCK   200   200   000    -    0
200 Multi_Zone_Error_Rate   PO---K   100   100   001    -    0
240 Head_Flying_Hours       ------   100   100   000    -    93 (115 54 0)
241 Total_LBAs_Written      ------   100   253   000    -    17103697360
242 Total_LBAs_Read         ------   100   253   000    -    582640225375
                            ||||||_ K auto-keep
                            |||||__ C event count
                            ||||___ R error rate
                            |||____ S speed/performance
                            ||_____ O updated online
                            |______ P prefailure warning

General Purpose Log Directory Version 1
SMART           Log Directory Version 1 [multi-sector log support]
Address    Access  R/W   Size  Description
0x00       GPL,SL  R/O      1  Log Directory
0x01           SL  R/O      1  Summary SMART error log
0x02           SL  R/O      5  Comprehensive SMART error log
0x03       GPL     R/O      5  Ext. Comprehensive SMART error log
0x04       GPL     R/O    256  Device Statistics log
0x04       SL      R/O      8  Device Statistics log
0x06           SL  R/O      1  SMART self-test log
0x07       GPL     R/O      1  Extended self-test log
0x08       GPL     R/O      2  Power Conditions log
0x09           SL  R/W      1  Selective self-test log
0x0a       GPL     R/W      8  Device Statistics Notification
0x0c       GPL     R/O   2048  Pending Defects log
0x10       GPL     R/O      1  NCQ Command Error log
0x11       GPL     R/O      1  SATA Phy Event Counters log
0x13       GPL     R/O      1  SATA NCQ Send and Receive log
0x21       GPL     R/O      1  Write stream error log
0x22       GPL     R/O      1  Read stream error log
0x24       GPL     R/O    768  Current Device Internal Status Data log
0x2f       GPL     R/O      1  Set Sector Configuration
0x30       GPL,SL  R/O      9  IDENTIFY DEVICE data log
0x80-0x9f  GPL,SL  R/W     16  Host vendor specific log
0xa1       GPL,SL  VS     160  Device vendor specific log
0xa2       GPL     VS   16320  Device vendor specific log
0xa4       GPL,SL  VS     160  Device vendor specific log
0xa6       GPL     VS     192  Device vendor specific log
0xa8-0xa9  GPL,SL  VS     136  Device vendor specific log
0xab       GPL     VS       1  Device vendor specific log
0xad       GPL     VS      16  Device vendor specific log
0xb1       GPL,SL  VS     160  Device vendor specific log
0xb6       GPL     VS    1920  Device vendor specific log
0xbe-0xbf  GPL     VS   65535  Device vendor specific log
0xc1       GPL,SL  VS       8  Device vendor specific log
0xc3       GPL,SL  VS      24  Device vendor specific log
0xc6       GPL     VS    5184  Device vendor specific log
0xc7       GPL,SL  VS       8  Device vendor specific log
0xc9       GPL,SL  VS       8  Device vendor specific log
0xca       GPL,SL  VS      16  Device vendor specific log
0xcd       GPL,SL  VS       1  Device vendor specific log
0xce       GPL     VS       1  Device vendor specific log
0xcf       GPL     VS     512  Device vendor specific log
0xd1       GPL     VS     656  Device vendor specific log
0xd2       GPL     VS   10256  Device vendor specific log
0xd4       GPL     VS    2048  Device vendor specific log
0xda       GPL,SL  VS       1  Device vendor specific log
0xe0       GPL,SL  R/W      1  SCT Command/Status
0xe1       GPL,SL  R/W      1  SCT Data Transfer

SMART Extended Comprehensive Error Log Version: 1 (5 sectors)
No Errors Logged

SMART Extended Self-test Log Version: 1 (1 sectors)
Num  Test_Description    Status                  Remaining  LifeTime(hours)  LBA_of_first_error
# 1  Short offline       Completed without error       00%        82         -
# 2  Short offline       Completed without error       00%        47         -
# 3  Short offline       Completed without error       00%        46         -

SMART Selective self-test log data structure revision number 1
 SPAN  MIN_LBA  MAX_LBA  CURRENT_TEST_STATUS
    1        0        0  Not_testing
    2        0        0  Not_testing
    3        0        0  Not_testing
    4        0        0  Not_testing
    5        0        0  Not_testing
Selective self-test flags (0x0):
  After scanning selected spans, do NOT read-scan remainder of disk.
If Selective self-test is pending on power-up, resume after 0 minute delay.

SCT Status Version:                  3
SCT Version (vendor specific):       522 (0x020a)
Device State:                        Active (0)
Current Temperature:                    52 Celsius
Power Cycle Min/Max Temperature:     34/54 Celsius
Lifetime    Min/Max Temperature:     22/54 Celsius
Under/Over Temperature Limit Count:   0/47
SMART Status:                        0xc24f (PASSED)
Vendor specific:
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
00 00 00 00 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

SCT Temperature History Version:     2
Temperature Sampling Period:         4 minutes
Temperature Logging Interval:        59 minutes
Min/Max recommended Temperature:     10/40 Celsius
Min/Max Temperature Limit:            5/60 Celsius
Temperature History Size (Index):    128 (98)

Index    Estimated Time   Temperature Celsius
  99    2025-01-21 05:59     ?  -
 ...    ..( 27 skipped).    ..  -
 127    2025-01-22 09:31     ?  -
   0    2025-01-22 10:30    52  *********************************
   1    2025-01-22 11:29     ?  -
   2    2025-01-22 12:28    22  ***
   3    2025-01-22 13:27    48  *****************************
   4    2025-01-22 14:26    52  *********************************
 ...    ..( 35 skipped).    ..  *********************************
  40    2025-01-24 01:50    52  *********************************
  41    2025-01-24 02:49    53  **********************************
  42    2025-01-24 03:48    52  *********************************
 ...    ..(  3 skipped).    ..  *********************************
  46    2025-01-24 07:44    52  *********************************
  47    2025-01-24 08:43    53  **********************************
  48    2025-01-24 09:42    52  *********************************
  49    2025-01-24 10:41    52  *********************************
  50    2025-01-24 11:40     ?  -
  51    2025-01-24 12:39    34  ***************
  52    2025-01-24 13:38    44  *************************
  53    2025-01-24 14:37    49  ******************************
  54    2025-01-24 15:36    51  ********************************
  55    2025-01-24 16:35    52  *********************************
  56    2025-01-24 17:34    52  *********************************
  57    2025-01-24 18:33    53  **********************************
 ...    ..(  4 skipped).    ..  **********************************
  62    2025-01-24 23:28    53  **********************************
  63    2025-01-25 00:27    52  *********************************
  64    2025-01-25 01:26    52  *********************************
  65    2025-01-25 02:25    52  *********************************
  66    2025-01-25 03:24    51  ********************************
  67    2025-01-25 04:23    52  *********************************
 ...    ..(  2 skipped).    ..  *********************************
  70    2025-01-25 07:20    52  *********************************
  71    2025-01-25 08:19    53  **********************************
 ...    ..(  8 skipped).    ..  **********************************
  80    2025-01-25 17:10    53  **********************************
  81    2025-01-25 18:09    52  *********************************
  82    2025-01-25 19:08    53  **********************************
  83    2025-01-25 20:07    53  **********************************
  84    2025-01-25 21:06    52  *********************************
  85    2025-01-25 22:05    53  **********************************
  86    2025-01-25 23:04    54  ***********************************
  87    2025-01-26 00:03    53  **********************************
 ...    ..(  5 skipped).    ..  **********************************
  93    2025-01-26 05:57    53  **********************************
  94    2025-01-26 06:56    52  *********************************
  95    2025-01-26 07:55    52  *********************************
  96    2025-01-26 08:54    52  *********************************
  97    2025-01-26 09:53    53  **********************************
  98    2025-01-26 10:52    52  *********************************

SCT Error Recovery Control:
           Read:    100 (10.0 seconds)
          Write:    100 (10.0 seconds)

Device Statistics (GP Log 0x04)
Page  Offset Size        Value Flags Description
0x01  =====  =               =  ===  == General Statistics (rev 1) ==
0x01  0x008  4               2  ---  Lifetime Power-On Resets
0x01  0x010  4              93  ---  Power-on Hours
0x01  0x018  6     17103698144  ---  Logical Sectors Written
0x01  0x020  6      1438885276  ---  Number of Write Commands
0x01  0x028  6    582640225391  ---  Logical Sectors Read
0x01  0x030  6        24869942  ---  Number of Read Commands
0x01  0x038  6               -  ---  Date and Time TimeStamp
0x03  =====  =               =  ===  == Rotating Media Statistics (rev 1) ==
0x03  0x008  4              93  ---  Spindle Motor Power-on Hours
0x03  0x010  4              93  ---  Head Flying Hours
0x03  0x018  4               4  ---  Head Load Events
0x03  0x020  4               0  ---  Number of Reallocated Logical Sectors
0x03  0x028  4               0  ---  Read Recovery Attempts
0x03  0x030  4               0  ---  Number of Mechanical Start Failures
0x03  0x038  4               0  ---  Number of Realloc. Candidate Logical Sectors
0x03  0x040  4               1  ---  Number of High Priority Unload Events
0x04  =====  =               =  ===  == General Errors Statistics (rev 1) ==
0x04  0x008  4               0  ---  Number of Reported Uncorrectable Errors
0x04  0x010  4               0  ---  Resets Between Cmd Acceptance and Completion
0x04  0x018  4               0  -D-  Physical Element Status Changed
0x05  =====  =               =  ===  == Temperature Statistics (rev 1) ==
0x05  0x008  1              52  ---  Current Temperature
0x05  0x010  1              52  ---  Average Short Term Temperature
0x05  0x018  1               -  ---  Average Long Term Temperature
0x05  0x020  1              54  ---  Highest Temperature
0x05  0x028  1              35  ---  Lowest Temperature
0x05  0x030  1              52  ---  Highest Average Short Term Temperature
0x05  0x038  1              51  ---  Lowest Average Short Term Temperature
0x05  0x040  1               -  ---  Highest Average Long Term Temperature
0x05  0x048  1               -  ---  Lowest Average Long Term Temperature
0x05  0x050  4               0  ---  Time in Over-Temperature
0x05  0x058  1              60  ---  Specified Maximum Operating Temperature
0x05  0x060  4               0  ---  Time in Under-Temperature
0x05  0x068  1               5  ---  Specified Minimum Operating Temperature
0x06  =====  =               =  ===  == Transport Statistics (rev 1) ==
0x06  0x008  4              15  ---  Number of Hardware Resets
0x06  0x010  4               3  ---  Number of ASR Events
0x06  0x018  4               0  ---  Number of Interface CRC Errors
0xff  =====  =               =  ===  == Vendor Specific Statistics (rev 1) ==
0xff  0x008  7               0  ---  Vendor Specific
0xff  0x010  7               0  ---  Vendor Specific
0xff  0x018  7               0  ---  Vendor Specific
                                |||_ C monitored condition met
                                ||__ D supports DSN
                                |___ N normalized value

Pending Defects log (GP Log 0x0c)
No Defects Logged

SATA Phy Event Counters (GP Log 0x11)
ID      Size     Value  Description
0x000a  2            3  Device-to-host register FISes sent due to a COMRESET
0x0001  2            0  Command failed due to ICRC error
0x0003  2            0  R_ERR response for device-to-host data FIS
0x0004  2            0  R_ERR response for host-to-device data FIS
0x0006  2            0  R_ERR response for device-to-host non-data FIS
0x0007  2            0  R_ERR response for host-to-device non-data FIS

Seagate FARM log (GP Log 0xa6) supported [try: -l farm]

I don’t mind waiting 2 days. But it doesn’t show me that something is expanding in the “Job” overview.

One point I missed but I think you need to address is that you are running a scrub concurrently with the expansion. I think the ongoing scrub should be cancelled and any scheduled scrubs turned off until expansion completes.

Smart doesn’t show anything specific. The LBAs read seem high for 93 hours at 291TiB, and the temperature is stable but higher than I would really like to see (airflow issues), but these are very minor points.

IMO (and others may differ in their opinions) a sudo zpool clear volume1 is warranted.

So i did stop the scrubbing. I know about the temperature, but there since it is stable and within range i leave it that for the moment.
How do you see my system is still on a expansion? I don’t see it anywhere.

What does a sudo zpool clear volume1 do?

sudo zpool status -v volume1 says it is still expanding.

zpool clear resets the error log for the poll - so the one error will go down to zero.

Hopefully none of this data is important, you are putting all your eggs in a raidz1 basket. The moment one disk fails you are at the brink of total data loss.

With that many drives of that size (20TB) you stand a fair risk of that happening.

See it now, thank you for showing.

About 1-2 TB of data is important but backed up on a few different locations. The rest is somewhat not important but still would be a big loss. I also always have a spare hard disk at home if one fails.
What would your recommendation be in my situation? From what i know the only way would be to start over with new disks and do Z2 but that would mean i need to have a second system and at least 7 new 20TB disks right?

A raidz2. It can still fail, but at least you have an disk as a buffer when one of them does.

You would need to vacate the drives and remake the pool, so yes, you will need some form of temporary storage place.

I waited 2 days for the expanding to finish, did a restart and the scrub and now everything is back to normal again.
Many thanks you all for helping.

If you always have a “spare” then you probably should’ve used RaidZ2.

But yes, hindsight is a fantastic thing.

To go from RaidZ1 to Z2, the most efficient approach is unfortunately a full backup and restore.

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I guess so, certainly didn’t seem so when i started this server.

A backup of about 70TB sounds really painful and expensive but i’m gonna start looking.