On Thu, 23 Sep 2010 14:16:19 +0100 John Robinson <john.robinson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 23/09/2010 08:30, Benjamin Schieder wrote: > > Hi all. > > > > On a SLES 10 SP 3 x86_64 version I'm encountering the following problem: > > > > Two disks sda and sdb are in a RAID 1 configuration. When pulling one > > disk and replacing it it becomes sdc instead of sda. The RAID is now > > degraded: > > > > kblhbe101:~ # cat /proc/mdstat > > Personalities : [raid1] [raid0] [raid5] [raid4] [linear] > > md2 : active raid1 sda8[2](F) sdb8[1] > > 286125568 blocks [2/1] [_U] > > > > md0 : active raid1 sda5[2](F) sdb5[1] > > 529984 blocks [2/1] [_U] > > > > md3 : active raid1 sda7[2](F) sdb7[1] > > 4200896 blocks [2/1] [_U] > > > > md1 : active raid1 sda6[2](F) sdb6[1] > > 2104384 blocks [2/1] [_U] > > > > unused devices:<none> > > > > But now I can't remove the sda partitions from the RAID: > > kblhbe101:~ # mdadm /dev/md0 -r /dev/sda5 > > mdadm: cannot find /dev/sda5: No such file or directory > > kblhbe101:~ # mdadm /dev/md0 -r sda5 > > mdadm: cannot find sda5: No such file or directory > > > > What am I doing wrong here? > > kblhbe101:~ # mdadm --version > > mdadm - v2.6 - 21 December 2006 > > Try `mdadm /dev/md0 -r missing`. Close. "missing" is only meaningful with --re-add. You really want "-r faileded" or "-r detached" NeilBrown > > Cheers, > > John. > > -- > 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 -- 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