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Revision as of 12:22, 7 November 2007
Let’s try starting the raid and see what we get:
mdadm -E /dev/sdb1
What “mdadm -E /dev/sdb1” command shows it is a part of a raid array, what level, how many members, etc.
user@user-desktop:/mnt$ mdadm -E /dev/sdb2
/dev/sdb2:
Magic : a92b4efc
Version : 00.90.00
UUID : 550e0406:c9ce50d2:825b32e4:4a9d3549
Creation Time : Sat Sep 8 12:15:29 2007
Raid Level : raid1
Used Dev Size : 1991936 (1945.58 MiB 2039.74 MB)
Array Size : 1991936 (1945.58 MiB 2039.74 MB)
Raid Devices : 2
Total Devices : 1
Preferred Minor : 2
Update Time : Sat Sep 8 12:22:05 2007
State : clean
Active Devices : 1
Working Devices : 1
Failed Devices : 1
Spare Devices : 0
Checksum : 22e3837f - correct
Events : 0.991
Number Major Minor RaidDevice State
this 0 8 2 0 active sync /dev/sda2
0 0 8 2 0 active sync /dev/sda2
1 1 0 0 1 faulty removed
user@user -desktop:/mnt$
With it being a raid 1 we only need 1 member to start it.
You can also use any md device to assemble the array. You need to make sure you are using an md device that isn't already in use, to check what isn’t being used type:
cat /proc/mdstat
So we have now found which md device we can use and for our example we will use “md8”
What we will do now is assemble and run the array:
mdadm -AR /dev/md8 /dev/sdb2
If you are running other then raid1, you may need to include additional members from other drives:
mdadm -AR /dev/md8 /dev/sdb2 /dev/sdd2 /dev/sde3
Now see if the array is assembled:
cat /proc/mdstat
See if it detects the physical volumes:
user@user-desktop:~$ pvs PV VG Fmt Attr PSize PFree /dev/md8 main lvm2 a- 1.88G 32.00M user@user-desktop:~$
To activate all known volume groups in the system:
user@user-desktop:~$ vgchange main -a n 0 logical volume(s) in volume group "main" now active user@user-desktop:~$ vgchange main -a y 2 logical volume(s) in volume group "main" now active user@user-desktop:~$
Now we should be able to mount the drive:
user@user-desktop:~$ mount /dev/main/root /mnt/oldsmeserver/ user@user-desktop:~$
Looking good so let’s show where our files are:
user@user-desktop:~$ cd /mnt/oldsmeserver/ user@user-desktop:/mnt/oldsmeserver$ dir aquota.group boot etc lib mnt proc selinux sys var aquota.user command home lost+found opt root service tmp bin dev initrd media package sbin srv usr user@user-desktop:/mnt/oldsmeserver$
Now you have successfully assembled your array and able to recover your data.
Notes:
- If the existing system has lvs already installed and has a volume group called "main" there may be issues.
- If you installed SME Server <7.0 your volume group will be different, to find out your volume group type:
user@user-desktop:~$ vgdisplay --- Volume group --- VG Name main The Volume group name. System ID Format lvm2 [..] user@user-desktop:~$
