I have raid1 setup using nvidia raid controller. 00:08.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation CK804 Serial ATA Controller (rev f3) (prog-if 85 [Master SecO PriO]) Subsystem: Sun Microsystems Computer Corp. Device 5348 Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 23 I/O ports at 09e0 [size=8] I/O ports at 0be0 [size=4] I/O ports at 0960 [size=8] I/O ports at 0b60 [size=4] I/O ports at c000 [size=16] Memory at fe02b000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K] Capabilities: <access denied> Kernel driver in use: sata_nv Kernel modules: ata_generic, sata_nv, pata_acpi When I take bad disk out I get this message in /var/log/messages Mar 4 17:20:11 ftp0 kernel: [ 2095.666527] ata4: hard resetting link Mar 4 17:20:12 ftp0 kernel: [ 2096.389020] ata4: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 300) Mar 4 17:20:17 ftp0 kernel: [ 2101.388029] ata4: hard resetting link Mar 4 17:20:17 ftp0 kernel: [ 2101.708031] ata4: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 300) Mar 4 17:20:22 ftp0 kernel: [ 2106.709016] ata4: hard resetting link Mar 4 17:20:22 ftp0 kernel: [ 2107.029018] ata4: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 300) Mar 4 17:20:22 ftp0 kernel: [ 2107.029027] ata4.00: disabled Mar 4 17:20:22 ftp0 kernel: [ 2107.029038] ata4: EH complete Mar 4 17:20:22 ftp0 kernel: [ 2107.029461] ata4.00: detaching (SCSI 3:0:0:0) Mar 4 17:20:22 ftp0 kernel: [ 2107.091392] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Result: hostbyte=DID_NO_CONNECT driverbyte=DRIVER_OK,SUGGEST_OK Mar 4 17:20:22 ftp0 kernel: [ 2107.092546] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Synchronizing SCSI cache Mar 4 17:20:22 ftp0 kernel: [ 2107.092591] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Result: hostbyte=DID_BAD_TARGET driverbyte=DRIVER_OK,SUGGEST_OK Mar 4 17:20:22 ftp0 kernel: [ 2107.092594] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Stopping disk Mar 4 17:20:22 ftp0 kernel: [ 2107.092601] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] START_STOP FAILED Mar 4 17:20:22 ftp0 kernel: [ 2107.092602] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Result: hostbyte=DID_BAD_TARGET driverbyte=DRIVER_OK,SUGGEST_OK And the first two lines from dmesg that did not show up in messages file [ 2095.513781] ata4: exception Emask 0x10 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x1810000 action 0xe frozen [ 2095.602104] ata4: SError: { PHYRdyChg LinkSeq TrStaTrns } [ 2095.666527] ata4: hard resetting link Now I inserted a new disk and I get this message from messages file Mar 4 17:26:21 ftp0 kernel: [ 2465.606247] ata4: hard resetting link Mar 4 17:26:25 ftp0 kernel: [ 2470.136026] ata4: SATA link up 3.0 Gbps (SStatus 123 SControl 300) Mar 4 17:26:25 ftp0 kernel: [ 2470.160260] ata4.00: ATA-7: HITACHI HDS7280SASUN80G 0638M70W3M, PF2OA6EA, max UDMA/133 Mar 4 17:26:25 ftp0 kernel: [ 2470.160265] ata4.00: 156301488 sectors, multi 0: LBA48 NCQ (depth 0/32) Mar 4 17:26:26 ftp0 kernel: [ 2470.176260] ata4.00: configured for UDMA/133 Mar 4 17:26:26 ftp0 kernel: [ 2470.176267] ata4: EH complete Mar 4 17:26:26 ftp0 kernel: [ 2470.176368] scsi 3:0:0:0: Direct-Access ATA HITACHI HDS7280S PF2O PQ: 0 ANSI: 5 Mar 4 17:26:26 ftp0 kernel: [ 2470.177508] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdc] 156301488 512-byte hardware sectors (80026 MB) Mar 4 17:26:26 ftp0 kernel: [ 2470.177524] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdc] Write Protect is off Mar 4 17:26:26 ftp0 kernel: [ 2470.177549] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdc] Write cache: disabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA Mar 4 17:26:26 ftp0 kernel: [ 2470.177621] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdc] 156301488 512-byte hardware sectors (80026 MB) Mar 4 17:26:26 ftp0 kernel: [ 2470.177633] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdc] Write Protect is off Mar 4 17:26:26 ftp0 kernel: [ 2470.177657] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdc] Write cache: disabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA Mar 4 17:26:26 ftp0 kernel: [ 2470.177660] sdc: sdc1 sdc2 < sdc5 > Mar 4 17:26:26 ftp0 kernel: [ 2470.215634] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdc] Attached SCSI disk Mar 4 17:26:26 ftp0 kernel: [ 2470.215936] sd 3:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg1 type 0 Why is the new disk showing up as `sdc' instead of `sdb' and why is the write cache disabled? Of course similar two lines below showing up only in dmesg and not in messages file [ 2465.456628] ata4: exception Emask 0x10 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x150000 action 0xe frozen [ 2465.543901] ata4: SError: { PHYRdyChg CommWake Dispar } [ 2465.606247] ata4: hard resetting link Also, how can I find out if/when the raid1 sync completed? I do not follow what the dmsetup status is saying ~$ sudo dmsetup status nvidia_eeffhbef5: 0 6458067 linear nvidia_eeffhbef1: 0 149838192 linear nvidia_eeffhbef: 0 156301486 mirror 2 8:0 8:16 1183/1193 1 AD 1 core -- Asif Iqbal PGP Key: 0xE62693C5 KeyServer: pgp.mit.edu A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? -- dm-devel mailing list dm-devel@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/dm-devel