Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2004 11:32:35 +1030 From: Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> To: Stijn Hoop <stijn@win.tue.nl> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Fixing vinum after removing a HDD Message-ID: <20040212010235.GV8342@wantadilla.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <20040204185203.GA14302@pcwin002.win.tue.nl> References: <Pine.LNX.4.58.0402041701510.17812@shell.dds.nl> <20040204185203.GA14302@pcwin002.win.tue.nl>
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On Wednesday, 4 February 2004 at 19:52:03 +0100, Stijn Hoop wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 04, 2004 at 07:41:48PM +0100, dontspamhenk@xs4all.nl wrote:
>> I'm running FreeBSD 4.8 on a system with 5 HDD's. ad0 is to be removed
>> from the system. ad1, ad2 and ad3 contain my vinum drives. FreeBSD resid=
es
>> on the last disk (da0).
>>
>> Can anyone tell me if the following procedure is the right way to do it?
>> 1. physically remove ad0
>> 2. vinum resetconfig
>> 3. change drivenumbers in vinum.conf
>> 4. run vinum with the new configfile
>
> As far as my (limited) vinum knowledge goes, you really don't need to do a
> resetconfig.
Correct. From the man page:
resetconfig
The resetconfig command completely obliterates the vinum confi=
gu-
ration on a system. Use this command only when you want to co=
m-
pletely delete the configuration.=20
I'm completely baffled that people want to use this command so much.
The correct sequence is to remove the drive, replace it with something
else with a Vinum partition, and then start the defective objects.
It depends on the volume structures as to whether the data can still
be recovered.
Greg
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