From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jun 26 14:47:15 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 022491065679 for ; Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:47:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from casey@phantombsd.org) Received: from mail.phantombsd.org (mail.phantombsd.org [74.94.69.226]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C1AA88FC15 for ; Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:47:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from casey@phantombsd.org) Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by mail.phantombsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 416BBDB0002; Thu, 26 Jun 2008 07:30:28 -0700 (PDT) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: -4.399 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.399 tagged_above=-10 required=4 tests=[ALL_TRUSTED=-1.8, BAYES_00=-2.599] Received: from mail.phantombsd.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mail.phantombsd.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id OPTJM-7f5Gwp; Thu, 26 Jun 2008 07:30:27 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.phantombsd.org (tomcat.phantombsd.org [192.168.1.2]) by mail.phantombsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8998BDB0001; Thu, 26 Jun 2008 07:30:27 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2008 07:30:27 -0700 (PDT) From: Casey Scott To: Derek Ragona Message-ID: <32783721.01214490627455.JavaMail.root@tomcat.phantombsd.org> In-Reply-To: <6.0.0.22.2.20080626091608.0259b610@mail.computinginnovations.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Originating-IP: [192.168.1.6] X-Mailer: Zimbra 5.0.5_GA_2201.RHEL5 (ZimbraWebClient - FF2.0 (Win)/5.0.5_GA_2201.RHEL5) X-Mailman-Approved-At: Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:53:43 +0000 Cc: Garrett Cooper , current@freebsd.org, FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: URGENT: Need help rebuilding iir RAID5 array with failed drive X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:47:15 -0000 ----- "Derek Ragona" wrote: > At 08:49 AM 6/26/2008, Garrett Cooper wrote: > >Hello, > > First off sorry for the cross-post. I typically don't do this > >but this is an important question, so please bear with me. I'm just > >trying to get more eyes on the subject so I can (maybe) get a reply > >quicker... > > I'm running 8-CURRENT on my machine and it appears that one > of > >the disks in my RAID5 array has taken a nose dive (BIOS recognizes > >that it exists, but Intel Matrix Manager claims that the disk is an > >"Offline Member"). After doing some reading it appears that it's > >kaput, so I need to get a replacement disk to fix this one... > > That aside, I need to determine how to rebuild the array in a > >Unix environment because Intel only provides instructions for how to > >use their Windows matrix manager. If anyone can point me to some > links > >or provide me with some pointers on how to correct this issue, I'd > owe > >you a lot; in fact the next time you come by Santa Cruz, CA I'll > >gladly treat you to some beers or something else you might want > :)... > >Linux solutions (if there isn't a proper one for FreeBSD) are valid, > >as long as the core data remains uncorrupted and I can do what I > need > >to from a LiveCD. I'm just scared to boot up OS and have it do some > >irrevocable operation like fsck -y and assume parity errors are ok > or > >something along those lines (I don't remember if I set rc.conf to > >fsck -y and I know I can change that from single-user mode, but I > want > >to play things conservatively if at all possible) :\... > > Filesystem is UFS2 with softupdates of course. > > Point proven that I need to backup my data more often :(... > >TIA, > >-Garrett > > > >PS If replying on the questions@ list, please CC me as I'm not > >subscribed to that list. > > > Most of the intel RAID functions can be accessed through the BIOS > console > too. It isn't as pretty as the GUI versions but has the same > functions. > > The drives are labeled so the RAID controller will know a drive was > replaced. You just need to tell the controller to add it to the array > and > rebuild the array. I haven't seen an Intel card in a while, but if you see an "initialize" option, DON'T USE IT. On other cards it exists, and destroys the volume. Casey