I had a reshape that hung at 99% - I stupidly stopped it. Now when I try to start it it says that it wants the critical-section-backup, which now contains all zeroes... I noted that the devices now say "Reshape pos'n : 10240 (10.00 MiB 10.49 MB)" when the mdstat said they were at (1953403392/1953405952) when the array was stopped. I provided it with the backup-file that I used at the beginning, however as I said it has all zeroes and is of course unable to find anything in it. I am currently making a mirror of all these devices, I'm thinking perhaps I need to convince it that the reshape position is not what it thinks it is? Sam --------------------------- Current State: # mdadm --assemble --scan --verbose mdadm: /dev/sdh2 is identified as a member of /dev/md128, slot 5. mdadm: /dev/sdg2 is identified as a member of /dev/md128, slot 4. mdadm: /dev/sdf2 is identified as a member of /dev/md128, slot 0. mdadm: /dev/sde2 is identified as a member of /dev/md128, slot -1. mdadm: /dev/sdd2 is identified as a member of /dev/md128, slot 2. mdadm: /dev/sdc2 is identified as a member of /dev/md128, slot -1. mdadm: /dev/sdb2 is identified as a member of /dev/md128, slot 1. mdadm: /dev/sda2 is identified as a member of /dev/md128, slot 3. mdadm:/dev/md128 has an active reshape - checking if critical section needs to be restored mdadm: No backup metadata on backup.md mdadm: Failed to find backup of critical section mdadm: Failed to restore critical section for reshape, sorry. Details of the device and members below: # mdadm --detail /dev/md128 /dev/md128: Version : 1.2 Creation Time : Thu Jul 12 13:44:13 2012 Raid Level : raid6 Array Size : 7813623808 (7451.65 GiB 8001.15 GB) Used Dev Size : 1953405952 (1862.91 GiB 2000.29 GB) Raid Devices : 6 Total Devices : 8 Persistence : Superblock is persistent Update Time : Tue Mar 26 12:38:15 2013 State : clean, reshaping Active Devices : 6 Working Devices : 8 Failed Devices : 0 Spare Devices : 2 Layout : left-symmetric Chunk Size : 512K Reshape Status : 99% complete Delta Devices : -1, (7->6) Name : recluce:128 (local to host recluce) UUID : d4a9284d:11f43bc1:12fdb2d1:0c29bae3 Events : 146126 Number Major Minor RaidDevice State 10 8 82 0 active sync /dev/sdf2 12 8 18 1 active sync /dev/sdb2 11 8 50 2 active sync /dev/sdd2 9 8 2 3 active sync /dev/sda2 8 8 98 4 active sync /dev/sdg2 7 8 114 5 active sync /dev/sdh2 13 8 34 - spare /dev/sdc2 14 8 66 - spare /dev/sde2 root@recluce:/mnt/data/www/html# cat /proc/mdstat Personalities : [raid6] [raid5] [raid4] md128 : active raid6 sdf2[10] sdc2[13](S) sde2[14](S) sdh2[7] sdg2[8] sda2[9] sdd2[11] sdb2[12] 7813623808 blocks super 1.2 level 6, 512k chunk, algorithm 2 [6/5] [UUUUUU] [===================>.] reshape = 99.9% (1953403392/1953405952) finish=0.0min speed=101K/sec unused devices: <none> /dev/sda2: Magic : a92b4efc Version : 1.2 Feature Map : 0x4 Array UUID : d4a9284d:11f43bc1:12fdb2d1:0c29bae3 Name : recluce:128 Creation Time : Thu Jul 12 23:44:13 2012 Raid Level : raid6 Raid Devices : 6 Avail Dev Size : 3906811904 (1862.91 GiB 2000.29 GB) Array Size : 15627247616 (7451.65 GiB 8001.15 GB) Data Offset : 22528 sectors Super Offset : 8 sectors State : clean Device UUID : 63be576c:01364cdc:ed7b1b53:0e9d902b Reshape pos'n : 10240 (10.00 MiB 10.49 MB) Delta Devices : -1 (7->6) Update Time : Tue Mar 26 22:57:28 2013 Checksum : 4dab014d - correct Events : 146349 Layout : left-symmetric Chunk Size : 512K Device Role : Active device 3 Array State : AAAAAA. ('A' == active, '.' == missing) /dev/sdb2: Magic : a92b4efc Version : 1.2 Feature Map : 0x4 Array UUID : d4a9284d:11f43bc1:12fdb2d1:0c29bae3 Name : recluce:128 Creation Time : Thu Jul 12 23:44:13 2012 Raid Level : raid6 Raid Devices : 6 Avail Dev Size : 3906811904 (1862.91 GiB 2000.29 GB) Array Size : 15627247616 (7451.65 GiB 8001.15 GB) Data Offset : 22528 sectors Super Offset : 8 sectors State : clean Device UUID : 839eaaeb:d1d895dc:6c9e8e69:dd16f396 Reshape pos'n : 10240 (10.00 MiB 10.49 MB) Delta Devices : -1 (7->6) Update Time : Tue Mar 26 22:57:28 2013 Checksum : 4f1d208f - correct Events : 146349 Layout : left-symmetric Chunk Size : 512K Device Role : Active device 1 Array State : AAAAAA. ('A' == active, '.' == missing) /dev/sdc2: Magic : a92b4efc Version : 1.2 Feature Map : 0x4 Array UUID : d4a9284d:11f43bc1:12fdb2d1:0c29bae3 Name : recluce:128 Creation Time : Thu Jul 12 23:44:13 2012 Raid Level : raid6 Raid Devices : 6 Avail Dev Size : 3906811904 (1862.91 GiB 2000.29 GB) Array Size : 15627247616 (7451.65 GiB 8001.15 GB) Data Offset : 22528 sectors Super Offset : 8 sectors State : clean Device UUID : 2ce8913a:96f4ab95:eee626a3:9f5b1a97 Reshape pos'n : 10240 (10.00 MiB 10.49 MB) Delta Devices : -1 (7->6) Update Time : Tue Mar 26 22:57:28 2013 Checksum : 90da1742 - correct Events : 146349 Layout : left-symmetric Chunk Size : 512K Device Role : spare Array State : AAAAAA. ('A' == active, '.' == missing) /dev/sdd2: Magic : a92b4efc Version : 1.2 Feature Map : 0x4 Array UUID : d4a9284d:11f43bc1:12fdb2d1:0c29bae3 Name : recluce:128 Creation Time : Thu Jul 12 23:44:13 2012 Raid Level : raid6 Raid Devices : 6 Avail Dev Size : 3906811904 (1862.91 GiB 2000.29 GB) Array Size : 15627247616 (7451.65 GiB 8001.15 GB) Data Offset : 22528 sectors Super Offset : 8 sectors State : clean Device UUID : a0a2cc24:e0b17bd1:98d2a7af:c6c53ef6 Reshape pos'n : 10240 (10.00 MiB 10.49 MB) Delta Devices : -1 (7->6) Update Time : Tue Mar 26 22:57:28 2013 Checksum : 2289e0cf - correct Events : 146349 Layout : left-symmetric Chunk Size : 512K Device Role : Active device 2 Array State : AAAAAA. ('A' == active, '.' == missing) /dev/sde2: Magic : a92b4efc Version : 1.2 Feature Map : 0x4 Array UUID : d4a9284d:11f43bc1:12fdb2d1:0c29bae3 Name : recluce:128 Creation Time : Thu Jul 12 23:44:13 2012 Raid Level : raid6 Raid Devices : 6 Avail Dev Size : 3906811904 (1862.91 GiB 2000.29 GB) Array Size : 15627247616 (7451.65 GiB 8001.15 GB) Data Offset : 22528 sectors Super Offset : 8 sectors State : clean Device UUID : bb1e1921:f4e66269:988855d3:1a7d2534 Reshape pos'n : 10240 (10.00 MiB 10.49 MB) Delta Devices : -1 (7->6) Update Time : Tue Mar 26 22:57:28 2013 Checksum : 1851ff53 - correct Events : 146349 Layout : left-symmetric Chunk Size : 512K Device Role : spare Array State : AAAAAA. ('A' == active, '.' == missing) /dev/sdf2: Magic : a92b4efc Version : 1.2 Feature Map : 0x4 Array UUID : d4a9284d:11f43bc1:12fdb2d1:0c29bae3 Name : recluce:128 Creation Time : Thu Jul 12 23:44:13 2012 Raid Level : raid6 Raid Devices : 6 Avail Dev Size : 3906811904 (1862.91 GiB 2000.29 GB) Array Size : 15627247616 (7451.65 GiB 8001.15 GB) Data Offset : 22528 sectors Super Offset : 8 sectors State : clean Device UUID : 624b425a:8a982e6a:5b5c3af3:a99358c4 Reshape pos'n : 10240 (10.00 MiB 10.49 MB) Delta Devices : -1 (7->6) Update Time : Tue Mar 26 22:57:28 2013 Checksum : 25ec7e0 - correct Events : 146349 Layout : left-symmetric Chunk Size : 512K Device Role : Active device 0 Array State : AAAAAA. ('A' == active, '.' == missing) /dev/sdg2: Magic : a92b4efc Version : 1.2 Feature Map : 0x4 Array UUID : d4a9284d:11f43bc1:12fdb2d1:0c29bae3 Name : recluce:128 Creation Time : Thu Jul 12 23:44:13 2012 Raid Level : raid6 Raid Devices : 6 Avail Dev Size : 3906813172 (1862.91 GiB 2000.29 GB) Array Size : 15627247616 (7451.65 GiB 8001.15 GB) Used Dev Size : 3906811904 (1862.91 GiB 2000.29 GB) Data Offset : 2048 sectors Super Offset : 8 sectors State : clean Device UUID : 1b548d6a:26d2539a:ee7e1bab:eb2cb094 Reshape pos'n : 10240 (10.00 MiB 10.49 MB) Delta Devices : -1 (7->6) Update Time : Tue Mar 26 22:57:28 2013 Checksum : cb077b03 - correct Events : 146349 Layout : left-symmetric Chunk Size : 512K Device Role : Active device 4 Array State : AAAAAA. ('A' == active, '.' == missing) /dev/sdh2: Magic : a92b4efc Version : 1.2 Feature Map : 0x4 Array UUID : d4a9284d:11f43bc1:12fdb2d1:0c29bae3 Name : recluce:128 Creation Time : Thu Jul 12 23:44:13 2012 Raid Level : raid6 Raid Devices : 6 Avail Dev Size : 3906813172 (1862.91 GiB 2000.29 GB) Array Size : 15627247616 (7451.65 GiB 8001.15 GB) Used Dev Size : 3906811904 (1862.91 GiB 2000.29 GB) Data Offset : 2048 sectors Super Offset : 8 sectors State : clean Device UUID : 0c9a9967:ac36641f:53c370b9:f68f7ef3 Reshape pos'n : 10240 (10.00 MiB 10.49 MB) Delta Devices : -1 (7->6) Update Time : Tue Mar 26 22:57:28 2013 Checksum : ba47d0e1 - correct Events : 146349 Layout : left-symmetric Chunk Size : 512K Device Role : Active device 5 Array State : AAAAAA. ('A' == active, '.' == missing)-- 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