On Wed, 17 Nov 2010 17:36:23 -0500 Mike Viau <viaum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > On Wed, 17 Nov 2010 14:15:14 +1100 <neilb@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > This looks wrong. mdadm should be looking for the container as listed in > > mdadm.conf and it should find a matching uuid on sda and sdb, but it doesn't. > > > > Can you: > > > > mdadm -E /dev/sda /dev/sdb ; cat /etc/mdadm/mdadm.conf > > > > so I can compare the uuids? > > > > Sure. > > # definitions of existing MD arrays ( So you don't have to scroll down :P ) > > > 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 > .... > UUID : 084b969a:0808f5b8:6c784fb7:62659383 > [OneTB-RAID1-PV]: > UUID : ae4a1598:72267ed7:3b34867b:9c56497a .... > # definitions of existing MD arrays > 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 Yes, the uuids are definitely all correct. This really should work. I just tested a similar config and it worked exactly as exported. Weird. Whatever version of mdadm are you running??? Can you try getting the latest (3.1.4) from http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/raid/mdadm/ and see how that works. Just make ./mdadm -Asvv NeilBrown -- 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