basti <black.flederm...@arcor.de> writes:
If I do this it works:
# mdadm --create /dev/md0 --level=1 --raid-devices=2 /dev/loop0 /dev/loop1
Creates a two disk RAID1 array.
Adding a third disk:
# mdadm --grow /dev/md0 --level=1 --raid-devices=3 --add /dev/loop2
And:
# mdadm --detail /dev/md0
/dev/md0:
Version : 1.2
Creation Time : Tue Apr 14 14:27:00 2015
Raid Level : raid1
Array Size : 1047552 (1023.17 MiB 1072.69 MB)
Used Dev Size : 1047552 (1023.17 MiB 1072.69 MB)
Raid Devices : 3
Total Devices : 3
Persistence : Superblock is persistent
Update Time : Tue Apr 14 14:28:39 2015
State : clean
Active Devices : 3
Working Devices : 3
Failed Devices : 0
Spare Devices : 0
Name : gaheris:0 (local to host gaheris)
UUID : f330ab72:fe728ef6:23d3ab0f:5a6c67ff
Events : 40
Number Major Minor RaidDevice State
0 7 0 0 active sync /dev/loop0
1 7 1 1 active sync /dev/loop1
2 7 2 2 active sync /dev/loop2
Removing it:
# mdadm /dev/md0 --fail /dev/loop2 --remove /dev/loop2
mdadm: set /dev/loop2 faulty in /dev/md0
mdadm: hot removed /dev/loop2 from /dev/md0
And set the array back to 2:
# mdadm --grow /dev/md0 --raid-devices=2
raid_disks for /dev/md0 set to 2
> thanks but
>
>
> # mdadm --add /dev/md1 --raid-devices=3 --spare-devices=0 /dev/sde1
> mdadm:option --raid-devices not valid in manage mode
>
> # mdadm --add /dev/md1 --spare-devices=0 /dev/sde1
> mdadm:option --spare-devices not valid in manage mode
>
> # mdadm --grow /dev/md1 --raid-devices=3 --spare-devices=0
> mdadm:option --spare-devices not valid in grow mode
>
> Am 14.04.2015 12:07, schrieb Darac Marjal:
>> 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?
>> Looking at the mdadm manpage (i.e. I've not tried this myself), you
>> could try being moew explicit about things:
>>
>> mdadm --add /dev/md1 --raid-devices=3 --spare-devices=0 /dev/sde1
>>
>> (Note however that the manpage I'm reading - the one in Wheezy - seems a
>> little unsure whether the option is --raid-devices or --raid-disks).
>>
>> I think, also, you can convert /dev/sde1 from "spare" to "live" by
>> issuing:
>>
>> mdadm --grow /dev/md1 --raid-devices=3 --spare-devices=0
>>
>> One last thing to be aware of. If you DO set up your three-disk RAID1
>> and then take the "backup" drive out of the set, be aware that that will
>> mark the RAID as "degraded" and expect to get warnings to that effect.
>>
>> There doesn't appear to be a way to re-mark a device as spare so, to
>> cleanly remove it, you will need to mark it as faulty (mdadm /dev/md1 -f
>> /dev/sde1). I don't know, off-hand, if this will affect the backup,
>> though.
>>
>>> Best Regards
>>>
>>>
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