Re: How to recreate a dmraid RAID array with mdadm (was: no subject)
On Wed, 17 Nov 2010 01:39:39 +0000
John Robinson <john.robinson@anonymous.org.uk> wrote:
> On 17/11/2010 01:26, Neil Brown wrote:
> > On Tue, 16 Nov 2010 20:02:17 -0500
> > Mike Viau<viaum@sheridanc.on.ca> wrote:
> [...]
> >> DEVICE partitions
> >> HOMEHOST<system>
> >> ARRAY metadata=imsm UUID=084b969a:0808f5b8:6c784fb7:62659383
> >> ARRAY /dev/md/OneTB-RAID1-PV container=084b969a:0808f5b8:6c784fb7:62659383 member=0 UUID=ae4a1598:72267ed7:3b34867b:9c56497a
> [...]
> > I would really expect that mdadm.conf file to successfully assemble the
> > RAID1.
>
> The only thing that strikes me is that "DEVICE partitions" line - surely
> imsm containers don't live in partitions?
No, they don't.
But "DEVICE partitions" actually means "any devices listed
in /proc/partitions", and that includes whole devices.
:-(
NeilBrown
>
> Cheers,
>
> John.
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