On 02/17/2014 02:10 PM, Samer, Michael (I/ET-83, extern) wrote: >> Good morning Michael, > > Hello Phil >> On 02/17/2014 08:33 AM, Samer, Michael (I/ET-83, extern) wrote: >>> Greetings to all >>> >>> As my thread from the 6.2.2014 didn't bring any hint or any reply or way out, I need >advise if my way is approved: >> >> I travel a lot, and didn't see your posts. Help from someone usually >> pops up. Sorry it didn't work that way for you. > > I'd have asked more frequently and surely the case is not FAQ. > > That's the last --examine I did four weeks ago (before I recovered the part/volume table again: > > /dev/sda3: > Magic : a92b4efc > Version : 0.90.00 > UUID : 52d7d080:5c40de46:bc741f30:65cb5a0d > Creation Time : Sun Jan 27 23:10:25 2013 > Raid Level : raid5 > Used Dev Size : 1951945600 (1861.52 GiB 1998.79 GB) > Array Size : 13663619200 (13030.64 GiB 13991.55 GB) > Raid Devices : 8 > Total Devices : 7 > Preferred Minor : 0 > > Update Time : Sun Apr 21 14:14:49 2013 > State : active > Active Devices : 7 > Working Devices : 7 > Failed Devices : 1 > Spare Devices : 0 > Checksum : 91564c42 - correct > Events : 136 > > Layout : left-symmetric > Chunk Size : 64K > > Number Major Minor RaidDevice State > this 3 8 51 3 active sync /dev/sdd3 > >Ok. Stop here. This report shows /dev/sda3 where the metadata thought >it was /dev/sdd3. So your device names have been changing. > >Please redo the --examine operation on all of the /dev/sdX3 partitions >and report again. Here's the actual examine of the target machine (I'm using a different one so disk designation is different as the target machine has only V2.6.3 available): /dev/sda3: Magic : a92b4efc Version : 00.90.00 UUID : 52d7d080:5c40de46:bc741f30:65cb5a0d Creation Time : Sun Jan 27 23:10:25 2013 Raid Level : raid5 Used Dev Size : 1951945600 (1861.52 GiB 1998.79 GB) Array Size : 13663619200 (13030.64 GiB 13991.55 GB) Raid Devices : 8 Total Devices : 7 Preferred Minor : 0 Update Time : Sun Apr 21 14:14:49 2013 State : active Active Devices : 7 Working Devices : 7 Failed Devices : 1 Spare Devices : 0 Checksum : 91564c0c - correct Events : 0.136 Layout : left-symmetric Chunk Size : 64K Number Major Minor RaidDevice State this 0 8 3 0 active sync /dev/sda3 0 0 8 3 0 active sync /dev/sda3 1 1 0 0 1 faulty removed 2 2 8 35 2 active sync /dev/sdc3 3 3 8 51 3 active sync /dev/sdd3 4 4 8 67 4 active sync /dev/sde3 5 5 8 83 5 active sync /dev/sdf3 6 6 8 99 6 active sync /dev/sdg3 7 7 8 115 7 active sync /dev/sdh3 /dev/sdb3: Magic : a92b4efc Version : 00.90.00 UUID : 52d7d080:5c40de46:bc741f30:65cb5a0d Creation Time : Sun Jan 27 23:10:25 2013 Raid Level : raid5 Used Dev Size : 1951945600 (1861.52 GiB 1998.79 GB) Array Size : 13663619200 (13030.64 GiB 13991.55 GB) Raid Devices : 8 Total Devices : 8 Preferred Minor : 0 Update Time : Sun Apr 21 14:06:49 2013 State : active Active Devices : 8 Working Devices : 8 Failed Devices : 0 Spare Devices : 0 Checksum : 91564a57 - correct Events : 0.135 Layout : left-symmetric Chunk Size : 64K Number Major Minor RaidDevice State this 1 8 19 1 active sync /dev/sdb3 0 0 8 3 0 active sync /dev/sda3 1 1 8 19 1 active sync /dev/sdb3 2 2 8 35 2 active sync /dev/sdc3 3 3 8 51 3 active sync /dev/sdd3 4 4 8 67 4 active sync /dev/sde3 5 5 8 83 5 active sync /dev/sdf3 6 6 8 99 6 active sync /dev/sdg3 7 7 8 115 7 active sync /dev/sdh3 /dev/sdd3: Magic : a92b4efc Version : 00.90.00 UUID : 52d7d080:5c40de46:bc741f30:65cb5a0d Creation Time : Sun Jan 27 23:10:25 2013 Raid Level : raid5 Used Dev Size : 1951945600 (1861.52 GiB 1998.79 GB) Array Size : 13663619200 (13030.64 GiB 13991.55 GB) Raid Devices : 8 Total Devices : 7 Preferred Minor : 0 Update Time : Sun Apr 21 14:14:49 2013 State : active Active Devices : 7 Working Devices : 7 Failed Devices : 1 Spare Devices : 0 Checksum : 91564c42 - correct Events : 0.136 Layout : left-symmetric Chunk Size : 64K Number Major Minor RaidDevice State this 3 8 51 3 active sync /dev/sdd3 0 0 8 3 0 active sync /dev/sda3 1 1 0 0 1 faulty removed 2 2 8 35 2 active sync /dev/sdc3 3 3 8 51 3 active sync /dev/sdd3 4 4 8 67 4 active sync /dev/sde3 5 5 8 83 5 active sync /dev/sdf3 6 6 8 99 6 active sync /dev/sdg3 7 7 8 115 7 active sync /dev/sdh3 /dev/sde3: Magic : a92b4efc Version : 00.90.00 UUID : 52d7d080:5c40de46:bc741f30:65cb5a0d Creation Time : Sun Jan 27 23:10:25 2013 Raid Level : raid5 Used Dev Size : 1951945600 (1861.52 GiB 1998.79 GB) Array Size : 13663619200 (13030.64 GiB 13991.55 GB) Raid Devices : 8 Total Devices : 7 Preferred Minor : 0 Update Time : Sun Apr 21 14:14:49 2013 State : active Active Devices : 7 Working Devices : 7 Failed Devices : 1 Spare Devices : 0 Checksum : 91564c54 - correct Events : 0.136 Layout : left-symmetric Chunk Size : 64K Number Major Minor RaidDevice State this 4 8 67 4 active sync /dev/sde3 0 0 8 3 0 active sync /dev/sda3 1 1 0 0 1 faulty removed 2 2 8 35 2 active sync /dev/sdc3 3 3 8 51 3 active sync /dev/sdd3 4 4 8 67 4 active sync /dev/sde3 5 5 8 83 5 active sync /dev/sdf3 6 6 8 99 6 active sync /dev/sdg3 7 7 8 115 7 active sync /dev/sdh3 /dev/sdh3: Magic : a92b4efc Version : 00.90.00 UUID : 52d7d080:5c40de46:bc741f30:65cb5a0d Creation Time : Sun Jan 27 23:10:25 2013 Raid Level : raid5 Used Dev Size : 1951945600 (1861.52 GiB 1998.79 GB) Array Size : 13663619200 (13030.64 GiB 13991.55 GB) Raid Devices : 8 Total Devices : 7 Preferred Minor : 0 Update Time : Sun Apr 21 14:14:49 2013 State : active Active Devices : 7 Working Devices : 7 Failed Devices : 1 Spare Devices : 0 Checksum : 91564c8a - correct Events : 0.136 Layout : left-symmetric Chunk Size : 64K Number Major Minor RaidDevice State this 7 8 115 7 active sync /dev/sdh3 0 0 8 3 0 active sync /dev/sda3 1 1 0 0 1 faulty removed 2 2 8 35 2 active sync /dev/sdc3 3 3 8 51 3 active sync /dev/sdd3 4 4 8 67 4 active sync /dev/sde3 5 5 8 83 5 active sync /dev/sdf3 6 6 8 99 6 active sync /dev/sdg3 7 7 8 115 7 active sync /dev/sdh3 @Phil: do you think there's a chance with my crude way or is there a better one? >Also report an excerpt of "ls -l /dev/disk/by-id/" that shows the device >name vs. serial number for all of the drives involved. > >Also report kernel and mdadm versions. The report format is an older style. > >Phil Here's the additional Info (from the start): a) Machine is a defective QNAP TS 859TS Pro 8 Port with a 2.6.x Kernel and an old 2.6.3 mdadm. b) from a 8 disks md five failed during a few hours due to BadBlocks on five disks (beginning and end of the disk) c) I transferred the datas via ddrescue and one (HD6 to be precise) via Kroll recovery to 24/7 RAID HDs (Seagate Constellation) d) I saved the disks after recovery to our SAN for backup reasons (that took most time as our leased line is quite slow for such amounts e) I recovered the partition table & volume table via testdisk on the disks where the starting area was defective f) the Disk7 (=dev/sdg) failed after a few weeks; with the SAN Backup it was replaced by an available spare drive (WD) until I get a new one. And here I am: three disks with no md superblock (I guess the HDs with the BB at the end of the partition). My two platforms are always the same hardware (QNAP) just with different OS (the onboard DOM) and the newer PartedMagic2014 with Kernel 3.12. gdisk: GPT fdisk (gdisk) version 0.8.8 Partition table scan: MBR: MBR only BSD: not present APM: not present GPT: not present *************************************************************** Found invalid GPT and valid MBR; converting MBR to GPT format in memory. *************************************************************** Disk /dev/sda: 3907029168 sectors, 1.8 TiB Logical sector size: 512 bytes Disk identifier (GUID): 400394BF-E669-46BF-81F5-3DE32EBCA91E Partition table holds up to 128 entries First usable sector is 34, last usable sector is 3907029134 Partitions will be aligned on 8-sector boundaries Total free space is 21157 sectors (10.3 MiB) Number Start (sector) End (sector) Size Code Name 1 40 1060289 517.7 MiB 8300 Linux filesystem 2 1060296 2120579 517.7 MiB 8300 Linux filesystem 3 2120584 3906011969 1.8 TiB 8300 Linux filesystem 4 3906011976 3907007999 486.3 MiB 8300 Linux filesystem GPT fdisk (gdisk) version 0.8.8 Partition table scan: MBR: MBR only BSD: not present APM: not present GPT: not present *************************************************************** Found invalid GPT and valid MBR; converting MBR to GPT format in memory. *************************************************************** Disk /dev/sdb: 3907029168 sectors, 1.8 TiB Logical sector size: 512 bytes Disk identifier (GUID): BE3F01F4-AE41-40A2-A6D3-F84A5F2E09BF Partition table holds up to 128 entries First usable sector is 34, last usable sector is 3907029134 Partitions will be aligned on 8-sector boundaries Total free space is 21157 sectors (10.3 MiB) Number Start (sector) End (sector) Size Code Name 1 40 1060289 517.7 MiB 8300 Linux filesystem 2 1060296 2120579 517.7 MiB 8300 Linux filesystem 3 2120584 3906011969 1.8 TiB 8300 Linux filesystem 4 3906011976 3907007999 486.3 MiB 8300 Linux filesystem GPT fdisk (gdisk) version 0.8.8 Partition table scan: MBR: MBR only BSD: not present APM: not present GPT: not present *************************************************************** Found invalid GPT and valid MBR; converting MBR to GPT format in memory. *************************************************************** Disk /dev/sdc: 3907029168 sectors, 1.8 TiB Logical sector size: 512 bytes Disk identifier (GUID): 744F0FFE-DB6E-442D-ADF1-6A9EC9B2E9DC Partition table holds up to 128 entries First usable sector is 34, last usable sector is 3907029134 Partitions will be aligned on 8-sector boundaries Total free space is 21157 sectors (10.3 MiB) Number Start (sector) End (sector) Size Code Name 1 40 1060289 517.7 MiB 8300 Linux filesystem 2 1060296 2120579 517.7 MiB 8300 Linux filesystem 3 2120584 3906011969 1.8 TiB 8300 Linux filesystem 4 3906011976 3907007999 486.3 MiB 8300 Linux filesystem GPT fdisk (gdisk) version 0.8.8 Partition table scan: MBR: MBR only BSD: not present APM: not present GPT: not present *************************************************************** Found invalid GPT and valid MBR; converting MBR to GPT format in memory. *************************************************************** Disk /dev/sdd: 3907029168 sectors, 1.8 TiB Logical sector size: 512 bytes Disk identifier (GUID): 5150886A-F1EB-4F4D-95DE-B7125EE7AC96 Partition table holds up to 128 entries First usable sector is 34, last usable sector is 3907029134 Partitions will be aligned on 8-sector boundaries Total free space is 21157 sectors (10.3 MiB) Number Start (sector) End (sector) Size Code Name 1 40 1060289 517.7 MiB 8300 Linux filesystem 2 1060296 2120579 517.7 MiB 8300 Linux filesystem 3 2120584 3906011969 1.8 TiB 8300 Linux filesystem 4 3906011976 3907007999 486.3 MiB 8300 Linux filesystem GPT fdisk (gdisk) version 0.8.8 Partition table scan: MBR: MBR only BSD: not present APM: not present GPT: not present *************************************************************** Found invalid GPT and valid MBR; converting MBR to GPT format in memory. *************************************************************** Disk /dev/sde: 3907029168 sectors, 1.8 TiB Logical sector size: 512 bytes Disk identifier (GUID): FB62FE34-8A10-423D-83DD-E798F84A8049 Partition table holds up to 128 entries First usable sector is 34, last usable sector is 3907029134 Partitions will be aligned on 8-sector boundaries Total free space is 21157 sectors (10.3 MiB) Number Start (sector) End (sector) Size Code Name 1 40 1060289 517.7 MiB 8300 Linux filesystem 2 1060296 2120579 517.7 MiB 8300 Linux filesystem 3 2120584 3906011969 1.8 TiB 8300 Linux filesystem 4 3906011976 3907007999 486.3 MiB 8300 Linux filesystem GPT fdisk (gdisk) version 0.8.8 Partition table scan: MBR: MBR only BSD: not present APM: not present GPT: not present *************************************************************** Found invalid GPT and valid MBR; converting MBR to GPT format in memory. *************************************************************** Disk /dev/sdf: 3907029168 sectors, 1.8 TiB Logical sector size: 512 bytes Disk identifier (GUID): 04C1A715-AED5-45BA-BE92-7F735C41D26A Partition table holds up to 128 entries First usable sector is 34, last usable sector is 3907029134 Partitions will be aligned on 8-sector boundaries Total free space is 21157 sectors (10.3 MiB) Number Start (sector) End (sector) Size Code Name 1 40 1060289 517.7 MiB 8300 Linux filesystem 2 1060296 2120579 517.7 MiB 8300 Linux filesystem 3 2120584 3906011969 1.8 TiB 8300 Linux filesystem 4 3906011976 3907007999 486.3 MiB 8300 Linux filesystem GPT fdisk (gdisk) version 0.8.8 Partition table scan: MBR: MBR only BSD: not present APM: not present GPT: not present *************************************************************** Found invalid GPT and valid MBR; converting MBR to GPT format in memory. *************************************************************** Disk /dev/sdg: 3907029168 sectors, 1.8 TiB Logical sector size: 512 bytes Disk identifier (GUID): 951B738D-0FE6-4108-9FC9-AC564174635C Partition table holds up to 128 entries First usable sector is 34, last usable sector is 3907029134 Partitions will be aligned on 8-sector boundaries Total free space is 21157 sectors (10.3 MiB) Number Start (sector) End (sector) Size Code Name 1 40 1060289 517.7 MiB 8300 Linux filesystem 2 1060296 2120579 517.7 MiB 8300 Linux filesystem 3 2120584 3906011969 1.8 TiB 8300 Linux filesystem 4 3906011976 3907007999 486.3 MiB 8300 Linux filesystem GPT fdisk (gdisk) version 0.8.8 Partition table scan: MBR: MBR only BSD: not present APM: not present GPT: not present *************************************************************** Found invalid GPT and valid MBR; converting MBR to GPT format in memory. *************************************************************** Disk /dev/sdh: 3907029168 sectors, 1.8 TiB Logical sector size: 512 bytes Disk identifier (GUID): 35A5BBDC-F7BB-4999-9483-9709A227201C Partition table holds up to 128 entries First usable sector is 34, last usable sector is 3907029134 Partitions will be aligned on 8-sector boundaries Total free space is 21157 sectors (10.3 MiB) Number Start (sector) End (sector) Size Code Name 1 40 1060289 517.7 MiB 8300 Linux filesystem 2 1060296 2120579 517.7 MiB 8300 Linux filesystem 3 2120584 3906011969 1.8 TiB 8300 Linux filesystem 4 3906011976 3907007999 486.3 MiB 8300 Linux filesystem /EDIT: I did limit the output to one as all are the same and healthy /dev/sda smartctl 5.43 2012-06-30 r3573 [x86_64-linux-3.12.6-pmagic64] (local build) Copyright (C) 2002-12 by Bruce Allen, http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net === START OF INFORMATION SECTION === Model Family: Seagate Constellation ES (SATA 6Gb/s) Device Model: ST2000NM0011 Serial Number: Z1P66ZB6 LU WWN Device Id: 5 000c50 064cddf8d Firmware Version: SN03 User Capacity: 2.000.398.934.016 bytes [2,00 TB] Sector Size: 512 bytes logical/physical Device is: In smartctl database [for details use: -P show] ATA Version is: 8 ATA Standard is: ATA-8-ACS revision 4 Local Time is: Thu Feb 20 12:36:14 2014 CET SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability. SMART support is: Enabled AAM feature is: Unavailable APM feature is: Unavailable Rd look-ahead is: Enabled Write cache is: Enabled ATA Security is: Disabled, NOT FROZEN [SEC1] /dev/sdb === START OF INFORMATION SECTION === Model Family: Seagate Constellation ES (SATA 6Gb/s) Device Model: ST2000NM0011 Serial Number: Z1P67P3E LU WWN Device Id: 5 000c50 064ec8698 /dev/sdc === START OF INFORMATION SECTION === Model Family: Seagate Constellation ES (SATA 6Gb/s) Device Model: ST2000NM0011 Serial Number: Z1P0TS13 LU WWN Device Id: 5 000c50 064e72215 /dev/sdd === START OF INFORMATION SECTION === Model Family: Seagate Constellation ES (SATA 6Gb/s) Device Model: ST2000NM0011 Serial Number: Z1P67ZXT LU WWN Device Id: 5 000c50 064ece0df /dev/sde === START OF INFORMATION SECTION === Model Family: Seagate Constellation ES (SATA 6Gb/s) Device Model: ST2000NM0011 Serial Number: Z1P0TGJN LU WWN Device Id: 5 000c50 064e933b4 /dev/sdf === START OF INFORMATION SECTION === Model Family: Seagate Constellation ES (SATA 6Gb/s) Device Model: ST2000NM0011 Serial Number: Z1P67PSN LU WWN Device Id: 5 000c50 064ed507f /dev/sdg smartctl 5.43 2012-06-30 r3573 [x86_64-linux-3.12.6-pmagic64] (local build) Copyright (C) 2002-12 by Bruce Allen, http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net === START OF INFORMATION SECTION === Model Family: Western Digital Caviar Black Device Model: WDC WD2002FAEX-007BA0 Serial Number: WD-WCAY00228747 LU WWN Device Id: 5 0014ee 2b1bcc93d Firmware Version: 05.01D05 User Capacity: 2.000.398.934.016 bytes [2,00 TB] Sector Size: 512 bytes logical/physical Device is: In smartctl database [for details use: -P show] ATA Version is: 8 ATA Standard is: Exact ATA specification draft version not indicated Local Time is: Thu Feb 20 12:37:54 2014 CET SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability. SMART support is: Enabled AAM feature is: Unavailable APM feature is: Unavailable Rd look-ahead is: Enabled Write cache is: Enabled ATA Security is: Disabled, NOT FROZEN [SEC1] /dev/sdh === START OF INFORMATION SECTION === Model Family: Seagate Constellation ES (SATA 6Gb/s) Device Model: ST2000NM0011 Serial Number: Z1P681NH LU WWN Device Id: 5 000c50 064ec89fc Lsdrv: Is not possible to run on my platforms (no direct INet connection) nor do I have a build environment for git. A binary for slackware (PartedMagic) would help :-( Cheers Michael ��.n��������+%������w��{.n�����{����w��ܨ}���Ơz�j:+v�����w����ޙ��&�)ߡ�a����z�ޗ���ݢj��w�f