Date: Mon, 8 Nov 2004 13:46:06 +0100 From: Pawel Jakub Dawidek <pjd@FreeBSD.org> To: Terje Elde <terje+geom@elde.net> Cc: freebsd-geom@freebsd.org Subject: Re: gmirror problems Message-ID: <20041108124606.GC8120@darkness.comp.waw.pl> In-Reply-To: <20041108120513.GH11057@calleigh.elde.net> References: <200411081140.57792.michael.riexinger@de.clara.net> <20041108110554.GZ8120@darkness.comp.waw.pl> <200411081247.39449.michael.riexinger@de.clara.net> <20041108115506.GB8120@darkness.comp.waw.pl> <20041108120513.GH11057@calleigh.elde.net>
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--c2qmoHupxsh34lk8 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-2 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Nov 08, 2004 at 01:05:13PM +0100, Terje Elde wrote: +> On Mon, Nov 08, 2004 at 12:55:06PM +0100, Pawel Jakub Dawidek wrote: +> > Ok, everything is clear now. You disconnected ad1, but ad0 was marked +> > for synchronization. It that case gmirror cannot find any valid compon= ent, +> > because the only one it can find is stale. +> > So: +> > 1. You should test it when mirror is in complete state (then you can r= emove +> > any component). +> > 2. You can remove ad0 and put ad1 to make your test. +>=20 +> Hi, +>=20 +> This makes a interesting question pop up in my head. +>=20 +> If his ad1 had been reformatted, burned or lost, if there any way he cou= ld try +> to partially recover from this? Yes, he can just: # gmirror create <name> ad0 Only new metadata will be written, data are not touched. Then just add a new disk and synchronization will start automatically: # gmirror insert <name> ad1 --=20 Pawel Jakub Dawidek http://www.FreeBSD.org pjd@FreeBSD.org http://garage.freebsd.pl FreeBSD committer Am I Evil? Yes, I Am! --c2qmoHupxsh34lk8 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFBj2qOForvXbEpPzQRAtKfAKCL+4K0cq3lB71REztWzDqI6AphmgCdEUSr C522jS9GIalXbM95Y/5PfMI= =maMr -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --c2qmoHupxsh34lk8--
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