> >> Hello Linux-RAID mailing list, >> >> I have an issue with my RAID6 array. >> Here goes a short description of the system: >> >> opensuse 11.4 >> Linux 3.0.4-2-desktop #1 SMP PREEMPT Wed Aug 31 09:30:44 UTC 2011 >> (a432f18) x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux >> Gigabyte EP35C-DS3 motherboard with 8 SATA ports + SuperMicro >> AOC-SASLP-MV8 based on Marvel 6480, firmware updated to 3.1.0.21 >> running mdadm 3.2.2, single array consists of 10 2T disks, 8 of them >> connected to the HBA, 2 - motherboard ports >> >> I had some issues with one of the onboard connected disks, so tried to >> plug it to different ports, just to eliminate possibly faulty port. >> After reboot, suddenly other drives got kicked out from the array. >> Re-assembling them gives weird errors. >> >> --- some output --- >> [3:0:0:0] disk ATA ST2000DL003-9VT1 CC32 /dev/sdb >> [5:0:0:0] disk ATA ST2000DL003-9VT1 CC32 /dev/sdc >> [8:0:0:0] disk ATA ST32000542AS CC34 /dev/sdd >> [8:0:1:0] disk ATA ST32000542AS CC34 /dev/sde >> [8:0:2:0] disk ATA ST32000542AS CC34 /dev/sdf >> [8:0:3:0] disk ATA ST32000542AS CC34 /dev/sdg >> [8:0:4:0] disk ATA ST32000542AS CC34 /dev/sdh >> [8:0:5:0] disk ATA ST2000DL003-9VT1 CC32 /dev/sdi >> [8:0:6:0] disk ATA ST2000DL003-9VT1 CC32 /dev/sdj >> [8:0:7:0] disk ATA ST2000DL003-9VT1 CC32 /dev/sdk >> >> #more /etc/mdadm.conf >> DEVICE partitions >> ARRAY /dev/md0 level=raid6 UUID=82ac7386:a854194d:81b795d1:76c9c9ff >> >> #mdadm --assemble --force --scan /dev/md0 >> mdadm: failed to add /dev/sdc to /dev/md0: Invalid argument >> mdadm: failed to add /dev/sdb to /dev/md0: Invalid argument >> mdadm: failed to add /dev/sdh to /dev/md0: Invalid argument >> mdadm: /dev/md0 assembled from 7 drives - not enough to start the array. >> >> dmesg: >> [ 8215.651860] md: sdc does not have a valid v1.2 superblock, not importing! >> [ 8215.651865] md: md_import_device returned -22 >> [ 8215.652384] md: sdb does not have a valid v1.2 superblock, not importing! >> [ 8215.652388] md: md_import_device returned -22 >> [ 8215.653177] md: sdh does not have a valid v1.2 superblock, not importing! >> [ 8215.653182] md: md_import_device returned -22 >> >> mdadm -E /dev/sd[b..k] gives exactly the same Magic number and Array >> UUID for every disk, all checksums are correct, >> the only difference is - Avail Dev Size : 3907028896 is the same for >> 9 disks, and 3907028864 for sdc > > Please provide that output so we can see it too - it might be helpful. > > NeilBrown # mdadm --assemble --force --update summaries /dev/md0 /dev/sdc mdadm: --update=summaries not understood for 1.x metadata > >> >> mdadm --assemble --force --update summaries /dev/sd.. - didn't improve anything >> >> >> I would really appreciate if someone could point me to the right direction. >> >> thanks >> >> Andrew >> -- >> 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