Hi Wol, I've booted to the installation media and I've run the following command: mdadm /dev/md125 --assemble --update=revert-reshape --backup-file=/mnt/sysimage/grow_md125.bak --verbose --uuid= f9b65f55:5f257add:1140ccc0:46ca6c19 /dev/md125mdadm --assemble --update=revert-reshape --backup-file=/grow_md125.bak --verbose --uuid=f9b65f55:5f257add:1140ccc0:46ca6c19 But I'm still getting the error: mdadm: /dev/md125 has an active reshape - checking if critical section needs to be restored mdadm: No backup metadata on /mnt/sysimage/grow_md125.back mdadm: Failed to find backup of critical section mdadm: Failed to restore critical section for reshape, sorry. Should I try the --invalid_backup switch or --force? Thanks, Bob -----Original Message----- From: Bob Brand <brand@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, 9 May 2022 8:19 AM To: Wol <antlists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; linux-raid@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Cc: Phil Turmel <philip@xxxxxxxxxx> Subject: RE: Failed adadm RAID array after aborted Grown operation OK. I've downloaded a Centos 7 - 2009 ISO from centos.org - that seems to be the most recent they have. -----Original Message----- From: Wol <antlists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, 9 May 2022 8:16 AM To: Bob Brand <brand@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; linux-raid@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Cc: Phil Turmel <philip@xxxxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: Failed adadm RAID array after aborted Grown operation How old is CentOS 7? With that kernel I guess it's quite old? Try and get a CentOS 8.5 disk. At the end of the day, the version of linux doesn't matter. What you need is an up-to-date rescue disk. Distro/whatever is unimportant - what IS important is that you are using the latest mdadm, and a kernel that matches. The problem you have sounds like a long-standing but now-fixed bug. An original CentOS disk might be okay (with matched kernel and mdadm), but almost certainly has what I consider to be a "dodgy" version of mdadm. If you can afford the downtime, after you've reverted the reshape, I'd try starting it again with the rescue disk. It'll probably run fine. Let it complete and then your old CentOS 7 will be fine with it. Cheers, Wol On 08/05/2022 23:04, Bob Brand wrote: > Thank Wol. > > Should I use a CentOS 7 disk or a CentOS disk? > > Thanks > > -----Original Message----- > From: Wols Lists <antlists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Monday, 9 May 2022 1:32 AM > To: Bob Brand <brand@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; linux-raid@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Cc: Phil Turmel <philip@xxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: Failed adadm RAID array after aborted Grown operation > > On 08/05/2022 14:18, Bob Brand wrote: >> If you’ve stuck with me and read all this way, thank you and I hope >> you can help me. > > https://raid.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Linux_Raid > > Especially > https://raid.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Linux_Raid#When_Things_Go_Wrogn > > What you need to do is revert the reshape. I know what may have > happened, and what bothers me is your kernel version, 3.10. > > The first thing to try is to boot from up-to-date rescue media and see > if an mdadm --revert works from there. If it does, your Centos should > then bring everything back no problem. > > (You've currently got what I call a Frankensetup, a very old kernel, a > pretty new mdadm, and a whole bunch of patches that does who knows what. > You really need a matching kernel and mdadm, and your frankenkernel > won't match anything ...) > > Let us know how that goes ... > > Cheers, > Wol > > > > CAUTION!!! This E-mail originated from outside of WMA Water. Do not > click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and > know the content is safe. > > CAUTION!!! This E-mail originated from outside of WMA Water. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe.
