Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2015 17:35:54 +0200 From: Marc UBM <ubm.freebsd@googlemail.com> To: freebsd-stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: problem with geli and LSI controller Message-ID: <20150719173554.828f30bd2ae605897b7109e6@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20150719173432.16bfa3be6d110571cbc8fe2a@gmail.com> References: <20150719173432.16bfa3be6d110571cbc8fe2a@gmail.com>
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On Sun, 19 Jul 2015 17:34:32 +0200 Marc "UBM" Bocklet <ubm.freebsd@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > a few weeks ago our Highpoint Rocket Raid controller (hptrr) started > biting the dust (spurious channel resets). We bought a LSI 9201-16i > (mps) to replace it. Connected to the hptrr were 4 external e-sata > enclosures, configured in JBOD mode. Together with two disks connected > to the onboard SATA controller, this formed a geli encrypted raidz-2 > zpool. > Just now, I connected the disks to the mps controller. They show > up fine in dmesg. The problem is, when trying to attach the disks > formerly connected to the hptrr controller, geli is unable to find the > metadata on the disks and errors out with: > > "geli: Cannot read metadata from /dev/da4: Invalid argument" > > gpart show says "gpart: No such geom: da4" > > Trying to restore the geli metadata gives: > "geli: Provider size mismatch: wrong backup file?" > > Is it possible that the hptrr controller handled the disks in some > special way and it's only possible to read them there? > > Bye > Marc I forgot to add that the system is running: FreeBSD xxx 10.1-BETA1 FreeBSD 10.1-BETA1 #27 r271633: Mon Sep 15 22:34:05 CEST 2014 Bye Marc
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