Hi. On Tue, Apr 14, 2015 at 11:42:22AM +0200, basti wrote: > Hello > I want to add a 3rd drive to a raid 1 array (for disaster backup, the > drive will be connectet once a week). > I dry: > > mdadm --add /dev/md1 /dev/sde1 > > when I fail the drive there is a message > > FailSpare event detected on md device /dev/md/1, component device /dev/sde1 > > How can I add the 3rd drive as "real drive" and not as spare?
You've started going into right direction, but there's one small step you need to take: mdadm --add /dev/md1 /dev/sde1 mdadm --grow --raid-devices=3 /dev/md1 Last command will convert spare drive to a 'real' one. Or, you can play rough: mdadm --grow --raid-devices=3 --force /dev/md1 mdadm --add /dev/md1 /dev/sde1 Reco -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20150414122755.GA19826@x101h
