> On Wed, 17 Nov 2010 12:53:37 +1100 <neilb@xxxxxxx> wrote: > On Wed, 17 Nov 2010 01:39:39 +0000 > John Robinson wrote: > > > On 17/11/2010 01:26, Neil Brown wrote: > > > On Tue, 16 Nov 2010 20:02:17 -0500 > > > Mike Viau wrote: > > [...] > > >> DEVICE partitions > > >> HOMEHOST > > >> 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. > :-( > I noticed both /dev/sda and /dev/sdb (the drives which make up the raid1 array) do not appear to recognized as having a valid container when one is required. The output of mdadm -Asvv shows: mdadm -Asvv mdadm: looking for devices for further assembly mdadm: no RAID superblock on /dev/dm-3 mdadm: /dev/dm-3 has wrong uuid. mdadm: no RAID superblock on /dev/dm-2 mdadm: /dev/dm-2 has wrong uuid. mdadm: no RAID superblock on /dev/dm-1 mdadm: /dev/dm-1 has wrong uuid. mdadm: no RAID superblock on /dev/dm-0 mdadm: /dev/dm-0 has wrong uuid. mdadm: no RAID superblock on /dev/loop0 mdadm: /dev/loop0 has wrong uuid. mdadm: cannot open device /dev/sdc7: Device or resource busy mdadm: /dev/sdc7 has wrong uuid. mdadm: cannot open device /dev/sdc6: Device or resource busy mdadm: /dev/sdc6 has wrong uuid. mdadm: cannot open device /dev/sdc5: Device or resource busy mdadm: /dev/sdc5 has wrong uuid. mdadm: no RAID superblock on /dev/sdc2 mdadm: /dev/sdc2 has wrong uuid. mdadm: cannot open device /dev/sdc1: Device or resource busy mdadm: /dev/sdc1 has wrong uuid. mdadm: cannot open device /dev/sdc: Device or resource busy mdadm: /dev/sdc has wrong uuid. mdadm: cannot open device /dev/sdb: Device or resource busy mdadm: /dev/sdb has wrong uuid. mdadm: cannot open device /dev/sda: Device or resource busy mdadm: /dev/sda has wrong uuid. mdadm: looking for devices for /dev/md/OneTB-RAID1-PV mdadm: no recogniseable superblock on /dev/dm-3 mdadm/dev/dm-3 is not a container, and one is required. mdadm: no recogniseable superblock on /dev/dm-2 mdadm/dev/dm-2 is not a container, and one is required. mdadm: no recogniseable superblock on /dev/dm-1 mdadm/dev/dm-1 is not a container, and one is required. mdadm: no recogniseable superblock on /dev/dm-0 mdadm/dev/dm-0 is not a container, and one is required. mdadm: no recogniseable superblock on /dev/loop0 mdadm/dev/loop0 is not a container, and one is required. mdadm: cannot open device /dev/sdc7: Device or resource busy mdadm/dev/sdc7 is not a container, and one is required. mdadm: cannot open device /dev/sdc6: Device or resource busy mdadm/dev/sdc6 is not a container, and one is required. mdadm: cannot open device /dev/sdc5: Device or resource busy mdadm/dev/sdc5 is not a container, and one is required. mdadm: no recogniseable superblock on /dev/sdc2 mdadm/dev/sdc2 is not a container, and one is required. mdadm: cannot open device /dev/sdc1: Device or resource busy mdadm/dev/sdc1 is not a container, and one is required. mdadm: cannot open device /dev/sdc: Device or resource busy mdadm/dev/sdc is not a container, and one is required. mdadm: cannot open device /dev/sdb: Device or resource busy mdadm/dev/sdb is not a container, and one is required. mdadm: cannot open device /dev/sda: Device or resource busy mdadm/dev/sda is not a container, and one is required. and cat /proc/partitions shows: major minor #blocks name 8 0 976762584 sda 8 16 976762584 sdb 8 32 78125000 sdc 8 33 487424 sdc1 8 34 1 sdc2 8 37 20995072 sdc5 8 38 7811072 sdc6 8 39 48826368 sdc7 7 0 4388218 loop0 254 0 10485760 dm-0 254 1 10485760 dm-1 254 2 10485760 dm-2 254 3 17367040 dm-3 -- 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
