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--- howtos:misc:software_raid_troubleshoot_howto [2016/11/24 20:41 (UTC)] – [Software RAID troubleshoot] wisedraco
+++ howtos:misc:software_raid_troubleshoot_howto [2017/06/26 15:08 (UTC)] (current) – [Workarounds for incorrect raid devices naming] wisedraco
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 ====== Software RAID troubleshoot ======
-########### IT WAS STILL IN WRITING  / EDITING PHASE! NOT FINISHED! TRY FINISH IN A FEW DAYS, THEN REMOVE THIS LINE!
-#####################################################################################################################
 Once, after upgrading my desktop slackware64 from 14.1 to 14.2 (with kernel upgrade too),\\
 i be done with system, who,after lilo menu,\\
  write "loading kernel ............................." \\
+\\
 and then stops completely - nothing more.\\
+\\
 Initial configuration was:\\
 Intel DG965SS motherboard, core 2 duo 2.2 gHz E4500 CPU, 8 Gb RAM, \\
 x 1000 Gb Seagate SATA HDD ( as sda and sdb)\\
 ST1000DM003-1CH1\\
-, dvd-writer on sata4 port
+dvd-writer on sata4 port
 both seagate discs is partitioned as FD type ( linux autodetect raid) and 4 partitions ( mbr type) -
-   * 100 Gb root (md1)
+  * 100 Gb root (md1)
-  *  2 Gb swap (md2)
+  * 2 Gb swap (md2)
-  *  350 Gb /home (md3)
+  * 350 Gb /home (md3)
-  *  550 Gb /Second (md4)
+  * 550 Gb /Second (md4)
+\\
+\\
 cat /proc/mdstat :
@@ Line 43: / Line 40: @@
 unused devices: <none>
 </code>
+\\
+\\
 mdadm -Es :
@@ Line 54: / Line 52: @@
 </code>
-//
+\\
-//
+\\
+<code>
 # for p in 1 2 3 4; do mdadm --create /dev/md$p --name=$p --level=1 --raid-devices 2 /dev/sda$p /dev/sdb$p --metadata=0.90; done
+</code>
+\\
  ===== My "fall" and "sucess" story =====
@@ Line 64: / Line 65: @@
 Then i do massive system update via slackpkg update-all, including kernel update too.\\
 check lilo.conf, restart - all looks ok. then i decide to upgrade system to 14.2 via the same slackpkg \\
-( looks like live on macos is too boring, too predictable - all work, and so on...:D )
+( looks like live on macos is too boring, too predictable - all work, and so on...:D )\\
 always, i check lilo.conf, check the new kernel is named right, have no old kernel for backup - \\
 only one entry in lilo ( who was not good thing at all! ), and do reboot.
 \\
 Then all interesting things start!!! :)
+\\
-I have LiLo menu, kernel start loading.
+\\
-it show lots of "..." but then all stop, and nothing more do.
+I have LiLo menu, kernel start loading...
-That was indicated some problems with lilo updating, i suppose.
+\\
-I want to boot, and re-run lilo -v
+it show lots of "..." but then all stop, and nothing more do.\\
+That was indicated some problems with lilo updating, i suppose.\\
+I want to boot, and re-run lilo -v \\
 As so, i booting from Slackware64 Live CD [[http://bear.alienbase.nl/mirrors/slackware-live/]] from AlienBob, and try mount my root partition for run lilo again.
+\\
+\\
 But - there was a big problem!
+\\
 there no my /dev/md1, /dev/md2, /dev/md3 and /dev/md4 after i load via slackware live CD!
+\\
 and my lilo.conf was that:
+\\
 <code>
 # LILO configuration file
@@ Line 152: / Line 156: @@
 # Linux bootable partition config ends
 </code>
+\\
 so i do some research, do
+<code>
 dmesg |grep md
+</code>
+\\
 and from array size found out, what number was my root partition ( it was 100 gb size). it was md126.
+\\
 i mount it:
+<code>
 mount /dev/md126 /mnt/hd
+</code>
+\\
+Then i run mc, and check, i was really mount there my root partition.
+\\
-then i run mc, and check, i was really mount there my root partition.
+Then i do in console :
+\\
-then i do in console
+<code>
 chroot /mnt/hd /sbin/lilo -v 3
+</code>
+\\
 but - lilo command end with error - it was cannot find root partition - /dev/md1.
-That was problem, because now /dev/md1 was become as /dev/md126 for whatever reason.
+That was problem, because now /dev/md1 was become as /dev/md126 for whatever reason.\\
 Then, i do some reading about RAID subsystems, forums and so on, made some mistakes and experiments, who resulted on these shortcuts:
+\\
-I made array assembling strings in mdadm.conf:
+I made array assembling strings in mdadm.conf via do these comands in terminal:
+<code>
 mdadm -Db /dev/md127 >> /mnt/hd/etc/mdadm.conf
@@ Line 179: / Line 193: @@
 mdadm -Db /dev/md125 >> /mnt/hd/etc/mdadm.conf
 mdadm -Db /dev/md124 >> /mnt/hd/etc/mdadm.conf
+</code>
+\\
+\\
+In a result i get something like that in end of mdadm.conf:
+\\
+<code>
+ARRAY /dev/md125 metadata=0.90 UUID=7cc47bea:832f8260:208cdb8d:9e23b04b  #this one is 100 gb partition: \ (md1)
+ARRAY /dev/md124 metadata=0.90 UUID=f0bc71fc:8467ef54:208cdb8d:9e23b04b  # 375 gb partition - \home - md3
+ARRAY /dev/md126 metadata=0.90 UUID=3f4daae2:cbf37a2a:208cdb8d:9e23b04b  # 514 Gb partition - \Second - md4
+ARRAY /dev/md127 metadata=0.90 UUID=cce81d3a:78965aa5:208cdb8d:9e23b04b  # 2 Gb partition   - swap - md2
+</code>
-get something like that in end of mdadm.conf:
+then, based on :
+\\
-#ARRAY /dev/md125 metadata=0.90 UUID=7cc47bea:832f8260:208cdb8d:9e23b04b  #100 gb partition: \ md1
+<code>
-#ARRAY /dev/md124 metadata=0.90 UUID=f0bc71fc:8467ef54:208cdb8d:9e23b04b  # 375 gb partition - \home - md3
-#ARRAY /dev/md126 metadata=0.90 UUID=3f4daae2:cbf37a2a:208cdb8d:9e23b04b  # 514 Gb partition  - second-md4
-#ARRAY /dev/md127 metadata=0.90 UUID=cce81d3a:78965aa5:208cdb8d:9e23b04b  # 2 Gb partition  - swap - md2
-then, based on
 dmesg | grep md
-and /mnt/hd/etc/fstab i found out which md12x must be md1, md2, md3 and md4, and write it there after £ as shown.
+</code>
+\\
-then i edit it to become in right way:
+and /mnt/hd/etc/fstab i found out which md12x must be md1, md2, md3 and md4, and write it there after # as shown above.
+\\
+\\
+Then i edit it to become in right way:
+\\
+<code>
 ARRAY /dev/md1 metadata=0.90 UUID=7cc47bea:832f8260:208cdb8d:9e23b04b
 ARRAY /dev/md2 metadata=0.90 UUID=cce81d3a:78965aa5:208cdb8d:9e23b04b
 ARRAY /dev/md3 metadata=0.90 UUID=f0bc71fc:8467ef54:208cdb8d:9e23b04b
 ARRAY /dev/md4 metadata=0.90 UUID=3f4daae2:cbf37a2a:208cdb8d:9e23b04b
+</code>
+\\
 also i wrote in mdadm.conf that string, just to be sure, hostname do not affect raid naming:
+\\
+<code>
 HOMEHOST <ignore>
+</code>
+\\
 then i made mdadm_stop_127.scr script:
+\\
 <code bash>
 #!/bin/sh
@@ Line 224: / Line 250: @@
 </code>
-copy it to livesystem root, copy my edited mdadm.conf from /mnt/hd/etc/mdadm.conf
+\\
-to livesystem /etc, and umount /dev/md125
+\\
+I copy it to livesystem root, copy also my edited mdadm.conf from /mnt/hd/etc/mdadm.conf
-and then  i run it my mdadm_stop_127.scr
+to livesystem /etc, and umount /dev/md125 !
+\\
+\\
-i see, all that arrays be stopped, and
+And then  i run it - my mdadm_stop_127.scr
+\\
+\\
+I see, all that arrays be stopped, and
 then i run:
+\\
+<code>
 mdadm -As
+</code>
+\\
 then i see
+<code>
 cat /proc/mdstat
+</code>
+\\
-i see, all my RAID become as it must be - /dev/md1, md2, md3, and md4!
+I see, all my RAID become as it must be - /dev/md1, md2, md3, and md4!
+\\
+\\
-then i do
+then i do mount my root hdd again:
+\\
- mount my root hdd again:
+<code>
 mount /dev/md1  /mnt/hd
+</code>
+\\
+and do:
-and do
+<code>
 chroot /mnt/hd /sbin/lilo -v 3
+</code>
+\\
 all looks good.
-i do restart
+i do restart:
+<code>
 shutdown -r now
+</code>
 ( or press ctrl +alt+ del)
+\\
+\\
 after restart i see, system start loading, and went after previously dead point. i get to
 login screen, log in as root, and see, there is md1 ( root) and md2 ( swap), but no md3 and md4 ( instead of it i have these /home and /Second arrays as md125 and md124).
@@ Line 266: / Line 305: @@
 i restart machine, press tab on LiLo prompt, and use kernel parameters:
+\\
+<code>
 Linux raid=noautodetect md=1,/dev/sda1,/dev/sdb1
+</code>
+\\
 that says kernel not to autodetect raid arrays, but assemble md1 raid ( md=1) from /dev/sda1 and /dev/sdb1 partition,
 because without root kernel system cant start.
+\\
 as i load system in that way, all looks right - there was /dev/md1, md2, md3 and md4.
+\\
 then i just do system restart, without any kernel parameters, and all again going to be right - md1 till md4.
+\\
 looks like, system writes something in RAID arrays superblock, or metadata, or something like that, about previously gived md name, because, if not, after restart i must get again situation as previously - with md1, md2, md125 and ,d124...
+\\
+\\
 that was, in a most, all of story.
 yet, there is some another workarounds of that situation.
+\\
+\\
  ===== Workarounds for incorrect raid devices naming =====
@@ Line 289: / Line 331: @@
  do a
+<code>
 ls /dev/disk/by-uuid/
+</code>
 or better, go in that location with midnight commander, and youl see, there is a "files" named as numbers -
 that was the raid array disk uuid - and symlink to /dev/mdx.
+for automate info feed into fstab you can use this way:
+<code>
+cd /dev/disk/by-uuid
+ls -d -l $PWD/* >> /etc/fstab
+</code>
+after that you must immediately edit /etc/fstab and make in a right way, otherwise you may have problems with mounting in next boot...
 <code>
@@ Line 308: / Line 365: @@
 </code>
-take a note!
+<note important>take a note!
 disk UUID by
@@ Line 314: / Line 371: @@
 and that one, who you get via
+<code>
 mdadm -D
 mdadm -Db
 mdadm -Es
+</code>
-differ! in fstab ( lilo too?) you must use UID from /dev/disk/by-uuid/  !
+differ, not the same!!!
+ in fstab ( lilo too?) you must use UID from /dev/disk/by-uuid/  !</note>
@@ Line 325: / Line 386: @@
   - 2. Using initramd.
+<code>
 #
 # mkinitrd_command_generator.sh revision 1.45
@@ Line 338: / Line 400: @@
 mkinitrd -c -k 3.2.29 -f ext4 -r /dev/md1 -m mbcache:jbd2:ext4 -R -u -o /boot/initrd.gz
-rightly edited mdadm.conf then must be copied in/boot/tree??? before you run this mkinitrd conf.
+</code>
+\\
+\\
+rightly edited mdadm.conf then must be copied in/boot/tree??? before you run this mkinitrd conf.\\
 after you run that mkinitrd, you must update lilo.
@@ Line 357: / Line 422: @@
 ====== Useful commands in this case ======
+show raid array info:
+<code>
 mdadm -Es
+</code>
+Assemble RAID array based on mdadm.conf
+<code>
 mdadm -As
+</code>
+show array info:
+<code>
 mdadm -D /dev/md127
+</code>
+show defined array another info:
+<code>
 mdadm -Db /dev/md127
+</code>
+show scsi devices info:
+<code>
 lsscsi
+</code>
+show assembled raid arrays status:
+<code>
 cat /proc/mdstat
+</code>
+show UUID info about discs ( or RAID arrays) in system:
+<code>
 ls /dev/disk/by-uuid/
+</code>
+<code>
 dmesg |grep md
+</code>
+re-run lilo, when booted from another source.
+<code>
 chroot /mnt/hd /sbin/lilo -v 3
+</code>
-mdadm --stop /dev/md127
+stop named RAID array:
+<code>
+mdadm --stop /dev/md127
+</code>
 kernel options:
+<code>
+$kernelname raid=noautodetect md=1, /dev/sda1,/dev/sdb1
+</code>
+turn on not to autodetect RAID arrays, and define raid array /dev/md1, from two partitions ( members? )
@@ Line 390: / Line 494: @@
 ====== Sources ======
-Originally written by  --- //[[wiki:user:wisedraco|John Ciemgals]] 2016/11/26 04:50//
+Originally written by  --- //[[wiki:user:wisedraco|John Ciemgals]] 2016/11/28 04:50//
-Rewrited with used materials from "Links" and LinuxQuestions.org Slackware forum, especially user bassmadrigal and bormant from linux.org.ru help --- //[[wiki:user:wisedraco|John Ciemgals]] 2016/11/26 09:15//
+Rewrited with used materials from "Links" and LinuxQuestions.org Slackware forum, especially user bassmadrigal and bormant from linux.org.ru help --- //[[wiki:user:wisedraco|John Ciemgals]] 2016/11/28 09:15//
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