As a one-time disk rescuer, let me mention that 'dd' is your friend. Mehma === On 11/3/10 3:16 PM, Mark Luntzel wrote: > On Wed, Nov 3, 2010 at 2:50 PM, Phil Stracchino<ala...@metrocast.net> wrote: > >> On 11/03/10 13:34, Mark Luntzel wrote: >> >>> The answer is probably no but... >>> >>> I can hear the disk currently being written to making bad noises, and >>> the speed is extremely slow. Bad disk for sure, about to fail. This is >>> at the end of a multi-Terabyte backup, just about 500 gig left and I >>> would REALLY hate to think there is no way out but to start over >>> completely. >>> >>> So is there a way for me to replace that disk without invalidating the >>> entire backup? Running on Linux with an external SATA / FW enclosure, >>> bacula version 3.0.2 >>> >> If it's mirrored, or part of any RAID1 or higher configuration, you can >> swap out the failed disk and rebuild the mirror. If it is a single, >> unmirrored disk ... sorry, but if it's failed, you're SOL. >> Check the disk with smartmontools or similar before you assume it's bad, >> and check your kernel logs for write failures. Is it possible it's just >> thrashing? >> > Just to clear up confusion, I am talking about the disk being *written > to*. It is not in a RAID, it is just in an external SATA/FW enclosure. > Since I cannot yet (AFAIK) send SMART commands across the USB/FW bus, > I had to settle with xfs_check. Which caused the disk to again make > bad clunking noises and output btree block errors. This could just > indicate filesystem corruption, but the question is moot for the > purposes of this particular job. > > I hit the IRC channel up, and after discussing the issue with the fine > folks there, came to the conclusion that I am indeed SOL. Maybe its on > a list of "would be nice to have" already, but I sure would have liked > to not have had to invalidate the whole job on account of one bad > volume. > > Thanks for taking the time to reply, sincerely! > > -- Mark > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > The Next 800 Companies to Lead America's Growth: New Video Whitepaper > David G. Thomson, author of the best-selling book "Blueprint to a > Billion" shares his insights and actions to help propel your > business during the next growth cycle. Listen Now! > http://p.sf.net/sfu/SAP-dev2dev > _______________________________________________ > Bacula-users mailing list > Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users >
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