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| #Shutdown, and connected the other 500gb drive as sdb | | #Shutdown, and connected the other 500gb drive as sdb |
| # Boot up login to admin panel and add sdb to the array, and wait for raid to fully sync. | | # Boot up login to admin panel and add sdb to the array, and wait for raid to fully sync. |
− | # Reboot with both drives in place, and check RAID health is OK. | + | # Reboot and ensure all drives have been replaced with larger drives and array is in sync and redundant! |
− | | + | # Issue the following commands: |
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| mdadm --grow /dev/md2 --size=max | | mdadm --grow /dev/md2 --size=max |
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| TIP: I put an "&" at end to allow it to run in background even if I close ssh session. | | TIP: I put an "&" at end to allow it to run in background even if I close ssh session. |
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| Notes : | | Notes : |
− | * All of this can be done while the server is up and running with the exception of #1.
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| * These instructions should work for any raid level you have as long as you have >= 2 drives | | * These instructions should work for any raid level you have as long as you have >= 2 drives |
| * If you have disabled lvm | | * If you have disabled lvm |
| # you don't need the pvresize or lvresize command | | # you don't need the pvresize or lvresize command |
| # the final line becomes ext2online -C0 /dev/md2 (or whatever / is mounted to) | | # the final line becomes ext2online -C0 /dev/md2 (or whatever / is mounted to) |