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With SME 8 being based on CentOS 5, assembling the RAID in rescue mode must be specified using the disk's UUID. If you have the SME 7 CD it will be easier to rename the Volume Group using it per the instructions below. Otherwise use the SME 8 procedure.
{{Note box|Before you start, It might be worth fscking the disk/s to ensure that there are no errors.}}
{{Note box|Before you start, It might be worth fscking the disk/s to ensure that there are no errors.}}
# Make sure you have a very good backup
# Make sure you have a very good backup
# signal-event pre-backup on the old installation
# signal-event pre-backup on the old installation
# Boot with a SME7 CD and only one of your original disks (in the case of a RAID1 arrangement)
# Boot with a SME7 CD or SME 8 CD and only one of your original disks (in the case of a RAID1 arrangement)
# As per instructions in "Boot from SME Server 7.1 (or newer) install CD" above :
# As per instructions in "Boot from SME Server 7.1 (or newer) install CD" above :
Note: don't start the network and skip mounting the filesystem.
Note: don't start the network and skip mounting the filesystem.
If using SME 7 CD
mdadm -AR /dev/md5 /dev/hdx2
mdadm -AR /dev/md5 /dev/hdx2
If using SME 8 CD
mdadm --examine /dev/sda# | grep 'UUID'
mdadm -AR --uuid '''the:uuid:value:from:above''' /dev/md5
Next Steps
lvm vgscan
lvm vgscan
lvm vgs -v
lvm vgs -v
lvm vgrename orig_vg_name new_vg_name
lvm vgrename orig_vg_name new_vg_name
exit
exit
Now remove the CD and reboot into SME 8 :
Now remove the CD and reboot into SME 8 :
