> >> Three questions - > >> > >> 1. What does the stuff about "metadata format 1.10 unknown" mean? > >> Notice the "super 1.1" vs. "metadata 1.01" vs. "metadata format 1.10" > >> disrepancy between mdsat, --detail and --grow output. > >> > >> 2. Am I doing something wrong? :) > >> > >> 3. How can I get more info about what is causing the failure to > >> initialize the growth? > >> > >> Thanks! > >> > >> -- Kristleifur > >> > >> > >> (P.s., I'm cc-ing this directly to Neil Brown as the maintainer of > >> mdadm. I hope that isn't rude of me.) > >> -- > > > > > > I thought there were three metadata variants for 1.x: 1.0 1.1 and 1.2 > > Maybe the extra 1 or 0 at the end refers to a reshape in progress? > > > > Thanks for the reply. FWIW, I intended the array to have metadata > format 1.1 when I created it. I've noticed these "1.01" messages > before, so I believe it's not due to the reshape. However, I'm > thinking the funny metadata might be interfering with the reshape > somehow. I'm getting the same thing on one of my systems and not on the other: RAID-Server:/etc/rcS.d# mdadm -V mdadm - v2.6.7.2 - 14th November 2008 RAID-Server:/etc/rcS.d# mdadm --detail --scan ARRAY /dev/md0 level=raid6 num-devices=10 metadata=01.02 spares=1 name=RAID-Server:0 UUID=5ff10d73:a096195f:7a646bba:a68986ca Backup:/etc/initramfs-tools# mdadm -V mdadm - v2.6.7.2 - 14th November 2008 Backup:/etc/initramfs-tools# mdadm --detail --scan mdadm: metadata format 01.02 unknown, ignored. mdadm: metadata format 01.02 unknown, ignored. mdadm: metadata format 01.02 unknown, ignored. mdadm: metadata format 01.00 unknown, ignored. ARRAY /dev/md0 level=raid5 num-devices=8 metadata=01.02 name='Backup':0 UUID=940ae4e4:04057ffc:5e92d2fb:63e3efb7 ARRAY /dev/md3 level=raid1 num-devices=2 metadata=01.02 spares=1 name='Backup':3 UUID=3615c4a2:33786b6d:b13863d9:458cd054 ARRAY /dev/md2 level=raid1 num-devices=2 metadata=01.02 spares=1 name='Backup':2 UUID=d45ff663:9e53774c:6fcf9968:21692025 ARRAY /dev/md1 level=raid1 num-devices=2 metadata=01.00 name='Backup':1 UUID=d6a2c60b:7345e957:05aefe0b:f8d1527f -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
