From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 27 19:30:18 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4D957106566C for ; Fri, 27 Nov 2009 19:30:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from stanb@panix.com) Received: from mail2.panix.com (mail2.panix.com [166.84.1.73]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DFBF98FC13 for ; Fri, 27 Nov 2009 19:30:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mailbackend.panix.com (mailbackend.panix.com [166.84.1.89]) by mail2.panix.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2579E38E43 for ; Fri, 27 Nov 2009 14:30:16 -0500 (EST) Received: from teddy.fas.com (c-76-26-200-187.hsd1.sc.comcast.net [76.26.200.187]) by mailbackend.panix.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id F3BE52DDD6 for ; Fri, 27 Nov 2009 14:30:15 -0500 (EST) Received: from stan by teddy.fas.com with local (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1NE6WF-0000WC-00 for ; Fri, 27 Nov 2009 14:30:15 -0500 Date: Fri, 27 Nov 2009 14:30:15 -0500 From: stan To: freebsd-questions Message-ID: <20091127193015.GC1855@teddy.fas.com> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions References: <20091127163702.GA9156@xs4all.nl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20091127163702.GA9156@xs4all.nl> X-Editor: gVim X-Operating-System: Debian GNU/Linux X-Kernel-Version: 2.4.23 X-Uptime: 14:22:04 up 58 days, 21:34, 1 user, load average: 0.02, 0.01, 0.00 User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i Sender: Stan Brown Subject: Re: replacing faulty disk in a gmirror X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 27 Nov 2009 19:30:18 -0000 On Fri, Nov 27, 2009 at 05:37:02PM +0100, Vincent Zee wrote: > Hi, > > I'm trying to replace a faulty disk in a gmirror mirror but > it fails. > > This machine contains two mirrors: mirror0 and mirror1 each > containing two disks of 500 GB. mirror1 is giving me trouble. > > The disk on channel 3 (ad6), which was identical to the disk on > channel 2 (ad4), was faulty and I replaced it with a larger disk > this morning. The new disk is a Western Digital 640 GB. > > The steps I took sofar: > > #gmirror forget mirror1 > > #gmirror insert mirror1 ad6 > > A "gmirror status" shows the new disk being added to mirror1. > It then starts to write to the new disk but stops after a few > seconds and when I do "gmirror status" again the new disk is > gone again. > > Any ideas? > I have several Sun X2100's, and the have a problem with the riser connector for the drives. I have seen behaviios like this, when I had a hardware problem. Might that be your issue? -- A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail?