Date:  Mon, 11 Sep 2006 06:42:00 -1000
From:  Abdul-Rashid Abdullah <webmaster (at mark) muntada.com>
Subject:  [coba-e:06826] BQ RAID
To:  "coba-e (at mark) bluequartz.org" <coba-e (at mark) bluequartz.org>
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What can one make of this output?  Note the change once I ran mdchk.

[root@juhfah ~]# cat /proc/mdstat
Personalities : [raid1]
md1 : active raid1 sdb2[1]
      6289344 blocks [2/1] [_U]
      
md3 : active raid1 sda3[2](F) sdb3[1]
      4192896 blocks [2/1] [_U]
      
md5 : active raid1 sdb5[1] sda5[0]
      1052160 blocks [2/2] [UU]
      
md2 : active raid1 sda2[2](F) sdb6[1]
      1052160 blocks [2/1] [_U]
      
md4 : active raid1 sdb7[1]
      231504576 blocks [2/1] [_U]
      
md0 : active raid1 sdb1[1] sda1[0]
      104320 blocks [2/2] [UU]
      
unused devices: <none>
[root (at mark) juhfah ~]# /etc/rc.d/init.d/mdchk

-- Reading system configuration from /etc/raidtab
   /dev/md0 [raid1]: <sda1> <sdb1>
   /dev/md1 [raid1]: <sda2> <sdb2>
   /dev/md2 [raid1]: <sda6> <sdb6>
   /dev/md3 [raid1]: <sda3> <sdb3>
   /dev/md4 [raid1]: <sda7> <sdb7>
   /dev/md5 [raid1]: <sda5> <sdb5>

-- Reading current status from /proc/mdstat
   /dev/md0 [raid1]: <sdb1> <sda1>  (ACTIVE)
 ! /dev/md1 [raid1]: <sdb2>  (FAIL)
 ! /dev/md2 [raid1]: <sda2> <sdb6>  (FAIL)
 ! /dev/md3 [raid1]: <sda3> <sdb3>  (FAIL)
 ! /dev/md4 [raid1]: <sdb7>  (FAIL)
   /dev/md5 [raid1]: <sdb5> <sda5>  (ACTIVE)

-- Writing MBR(s) accorind to /proc/mdstat
-- Failed RAID device(s): /dev/sda2 /dev/sda6 /dev/sda7
-- Fixing failed partition: /dev/sda2
-- Fixing failed partition: /dev/sda3
-- Adding missing partition: /dev/sda2
/dev/md2: can not hot-add disk: invalid argument.
-- Adding missing partition: /dev/sda6
/dev/md6: can not hot-add disk: array not running!
-- Adding missing partition: /dev/sda7
/dev/md7: can not hot-add disk: array not running!
-- RAID status: OK
[root@juhfah ~]# 
[root@juhfah ~]# cat /proc/mdstat
Personalities : [raid1]
md1 : active raid1 sdb2[1]
      6289344 blocks [2/1] [_U]
      
md3 : active raid1 sda3[0] sdb3[1]
      4192896 blocks [2/2] [UU]
      
md5 : active raid1 sdb5[1] sda5[0]
      1052160 blocks [2/2] [UU]
      
md2 : active raid1 sda2[0] sdb6[1]
      1052160 blocks [2/2] [UU]
      
md4 : active raid1 sdb7[1]
      231504576 blocks [2/1] [_U]
      
md0 : active raid1 sdb1[1] sda1[0]
      104320 blocks [2/2] [UU]
      
unused devices: <none>
[root (at mark) juhfah ~]# /etc/rc.d/init.d/mdchk

-- Reading system configuration from /etc/raidtab
   /dev/md0 [raid1]: <sda1> <sdb1>
   /dev/md1 [raid1]: <sda2> <sdb2>
   /dev/md2 [raid1]: <sda6> <sdb6>
   /dev/md3 [raid1]: <sda3> <sdb3>
   /dev/md4 [raid1]: <sda7> <sdb7>
   /dev/md5 [raid1]: <sda5> <sdb5>

-- Reading current status from /proc/mdstat
   /dev/md0 [raid1]: <sdb1> <sda1>  (ACTIVE)
 ! /dev/md1 [raid1]: <sdb2>  (FAIL)
   /dev/md2 [raid1]: <sda2> <sdb6>  (ACTIVE)
   /dev/md3 [raid1]: <sda3> <sdb3>  (ACTIVE)
 ! /dev/md4 [raid1]: <sdb7>  (FAIL)
   /dev/md5 [raid1]: <sdb5> <sda5>  (ACTIVE)

-- Writing MBR(s) accorind to /proc/mdstat
-- Failed RAID device(s): /dev/sda2 /dev/sda6 /dev/sda7
-- Adding missing partition: /dev/sda2
/dev/md2: can not hot-add disk: invalid argument.
-- Adding missing partition: /dev/sda6
/dev/md6: can not hot-add disk: array not running!
-- Adding missing partition: /dev/sda7
/dev/md7: can not hot-add disk: array not running!
-- RAID status: OK
[root@juhfah ~]# 
[root@juhfah ~]# 
[root (at mark) juhfah ~]# /etc/rc.d/init.d/mdchk

-- Reading system configuration from /etc/raidtab
   /dev/md0 [raid1]: <sda1> <sdb1>
   /dev/md1 [raid1]: <sda2> <sdb2>
   /dev/md2 [raid1]: <sda6> <sdb6>
   /dev/md3 [raid1]: <sda3> <sdb3>
   /dev/md4 [raid1]: <sda7> <sdb7>
   /dev/md5 [raid1]: <sda5> <sdb5>

-- Reading current status from /proc/mdstat
   /dev/md0 [raid1]: <sdb1> <sda1>  (ACTIVE)
 ! /dev/md1 [raid1]: <sdb2>  (FAIL)
   /dev/md2 [raid1]: <sda2> <sdb6>  (ACTIVE)
   /dev/md3 [raid1]: <sda3> <sdb3>  (ACTIVE)
 ! /dev/md4 [raid1]: <sdb7>  (FAIL)
   /dev/md5 [raid1]: <sdb5> <sda5>  (ACTIVE)

-- Writing MBR(s) accorind to /proc/mdstat
-- Failed RAID device(s): /dev/sda2 /dev/sda6 /dev/sda7
-- Adding missing partition: /dev/sda2
/dev/md2: can not hot-add disk: invalid argument.
-- Adding missing partition: /dev/sda6
/dev/md6: can not hot-add disk: array not running!
-- Adding missing partition: /dev/sda7
/dev/md7: can not hot-add disk: array not running!
-- RAID status: OK