Phil & Luigi, et al -- ...and then Phil Turmel said... % ... % % You haven't mentioned whether your --create operations specified % --assume-clean. He hasn't? % % On 9/9/22 17:01, Luigi Fabio wrote: ... % > % > On Fri, Sep 9, 2022 at 4:32 PM Luigi Fabio <luigi.fabio@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: % > > ... % > > > But I'll be brutally honest: your data is likely toast. % > > Well, let's hope it isn't. All mdadm commands were -o and % > > --assume-clean, so in theory the only thing which HAS been written are % > > the md blocks, unless I am mistaken and/or I read the docs % > > incorrectly? ... % > > This is the list of --create and --assemble commands from the 6th ... % > > 9813 mdadm --assemble /dev/md123 missing % > > 9814 mdadm --assemble /dev/md123 missing /dev/sdf1 /dev/sdg1 ... % > > 9815 mdadm --assemble /dev/md123 /dev/sdf1 /dev/sdg1 /dev/sdk1 ... % > > /dev/sdm1 % > > 9823 mdadm --create -o -n 12 -l 5 /dev/md124 missing /dev/sde1 ... % > > 9824 mdadm --create -o -n 12 -l 5 /dev/md124 missing /dev/sde1 ... % > > 9852 mdadm --create -o --assume-clean -n 12 -l 5 --metadata=0.90 ... % > > 9863 mdadm --create -o --assume-clean -n 12 -l 5 --metadata=0.90 ... % > > 9879 mdadm --create -o --assume-clean -n 12 -l 5 --metadata=0.90 ... % > > 9889 mdadm --create -o --assume-clean -n 12 -l 5 --metadata=0.90 ... % > > 9892 mdadm --create -o --assume-clean -n 12 -l 5 --metadata=0.90 ... % > > 9895 mdadm --create -o --assume-clean -n 12 -l 5 --metadata=0.90 ... % > > 9901 mdadm --assemble /dev/md123 /dev/sdn1 /dev/sde1 /dev/sdf1 ... % > > 9903 mdadm --create -o --assume-clean -n 12 -l 5 --metadata=0.90 ... % > > % > > Note that they all were -o, therefore if I am not mistaken no parity % > > data was written anywhere. Note further the fact that the first two % > > were the 'mistake' ones, which did NOT have --assume-clean (but with % > > -o this shouldn't make a difference AFAIK) and most importantly the % > > metadata was the 1.2 default AND they were the wrong array in the % > > first place. [snip] I certainly don't know what I'm talking about, so this is all I'll say, but it looked reasonably complete to me ... HTH & HANW :-D -- David T-G See http://justpickone.org/davidtg/email/ See http://justpickone.org/davidtg/tofu.txt