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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:
mdadm --grow /dev/md2 --size=max
mdadm --grow /dev/md2 --size=max
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.
Notes :
Notes :
* 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)