On Sat, 28 Apr 2012 11:23:18 -0400 likewhoa wrote: > On 04/27/2012 11:51 PM, likewhoa wrote: > > On 04/27/2012 11:23 PM, NeilBrown wrote: > >> On Fri, 27 Apr 2012 22:59:48 -0400 likewhoa wrote: > >> > >>> On 04/27/2012 10:55 PM, NeilBrown wrote: > >>>> On Fri, 27 Apr 2012 22:37:29 -0400 likewhoa wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> On 04/27/2012 08:35 PM, likewhoa wrote: > >>>>>> I am not sure how to proceed now with the output that shows possible > >>>>>> pairs as it won't allow me to setup all 8 devices on the array but only > >>>>>> 4. Should I run the array creation with -x4 and set the available spare > >>>>>> devicesor or just create the array as I can remember which was one pair > >>>>>> from each controller. i.e /dev/sda3 /dev/sde3 ...? > >>>>>> -- > >>>>>> To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in > >>>>>> the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > >>>>>> More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > >>>>> ok I was able to recreate the array with correct order which I took from > >>>>> my /dev/md0's --details output and was able to decrypt the luks mapping > >>>>> but XFS didn't open and xfs_repair is currently doing the matrix. I will > >>>>> keep this posted with updates. > >>>> I hope the order really is correct.... I wouldn't expect xfs to find problems > >>>> if it was... > >>>> > >>>>> Thanks again Neil. > >>>>> WRT 3.3.3 should I just go back to 3.3.2 which seemed to run fine and > >>>>> wait until there is a release of 3.3.3 that has fix? > >>>> 3.3.4 has the fix and was just released. > >>>> 3.3.1, 3.3.2 and 3.3.3 all have the bug. It only triggers on shutdown and > >>>> even then only occasionally. > >>>> So I recommend 3.3.4. > >>>> > >>>> NeilBrown > >>> The reason I believe it was correct was that 'cryptsetup luksOpen > >>> /dev/md1 md1' worked. I really do hope that it was correct too because > >>> after opening the luks mapping I assume there is no going back. > >> Opening the luks mapping could just mean that the first few blocks are > >> correct. So the first disk is right but others might not be. > >> > >> There is going backup unless something has been written to the array. Once > >> that happens anything could be corrupted. So if the xfs check you are doing > >> is read-only you could still have room to move. > >> > >> With a far=2 array, each first half of each device is mirrored on the second > >> half. So you can probably recover the ordering by finding which pairs match. > >> > >> The "Used Dev Size" is 902992896 sectors. Half of that is 451496448 > >> or 231166181376 bytes. > >> > >> So to check if two devices are adjacent in the mapping you can try: > >> > >> cmp --ignore-initial=0:231166181376 --bytes=231166181376 first-dev second-dev > >> > >> You could possibly use a smaller --bytes= number, at least on the first > >> attempt. > >> You a similar 'for' loop to before an use this command and it might tell you > >> which pairs of devices are consecutive. From that you should be able to get > >> the full order. > >> > >> NeilBrown > >> > > I don't see why xfs_repair would write data unless it actually finds the > > superblock but I am not sure so I will take my chances since it's still > > searching for the secondary superblock now. > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in > > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > After running the for loop all night which produced this output. > > /dev/sda3 /dev/sdb3 differ: byte 1, line 1 > /dev/sda3 /dev/sdc3 differ: byte 262145, line 2 > /dev/sda3 /dev/sdd3 differ: byte 1, line 1 > /dev/sda3 /dev/sde3 differ: byte 1, line 1 > /dev/sda3 and /dev/sdf3 seem to match > /dev/sda3 /dev/sdg3 differ: byte 262145, line 2 > /dev/sda3 /dev/sdh3 differ: byte 1, line 1 > /dev/sdb3 /dev/sda3 differ: byte 1, line 1 > /dev/sdb3 /dev/sdc3 differ: byte 1, line 1 > /dev/sdb3 /dev/sdd3 differ: byte 1, line 1 > /dev/sdb3 and /dev/sde3 seem to match > /dev/sdb3 /dev/sdf3 differ: byte 1, line 1 > /dev/sdb3 /dev/sdg3 differ: byte 1, line 1 > /dev/sdb3 /dev/sdh3 differ: byte 1, line 1 > /dev/sdc3 /dev/sda3 differ: byte 262145, line 2 > /dev/sdc3 /dev/sdb3 differ: byte 1, line 1 > /dev/sdc3 /dev/sdd3 differ: byte 1, line 1 > /dev/sdc3 /dev/sde3 differ: byte 1, line 1 > /dev/sdc3 /dev/sdf3 differ: byte 262145, line 2 > /dev/sdc3 and /dev/sdg3 seem to match > /dev/sdc3 /dev/sdh3 differ: byte 1, line 1 > /dev/sdd3 /dev/sda3 differ: byte 1, line 1 > /dev/sdd3 /dev/sdb3 differ: byte 1, line 1 > /dev/sdd3 /dev/sdc3 differ: byte 1, line 1 > /dev/sdd3 /dev/sde3 differ: byte 1, line 1 > /dev/sdd3 /dev/sdf3 differ: byte 1, line 1 > /dev/sdd3 /dev/sdg3 differ: byte 1, line 1 > /dev/sdd3 and /dev/sdh3 seem to match > /dev/sde3 /dev/sda3 differ: byte 262145, line 2 > /dev/sde3 /dev/sdb3 differ: byte 1, line 1 > /dev/sde3 and /dev/sdc3 seem to match > /dev/sde3 /dev/sdd3 differ: byte 1, line 1 > /dev/sde3 /dev/sdf3 differ: byte 262145, line 2 > /dev/sde3 /dev/sdg3 differ: byte 262145, line 2 > /dev/sde3 /dev/sdh3 differ: byte 1, line 1 > /dev/sdf3 /dev/sda3 differ: byte 1, line 1 > /dev/sdf3 /dev/sdb3 differ: byte 1, line 1 > /dev/sdf3 /dev/sdc3 differ: byte 1, line 1 > /dev/sdf3 and /dev/sdd3 seem to match > /dev/sdf3 /dev/sde3 differ: byte 1, line 1 > /dev/sdf3 /dev/sdg3 differ: byte 1, line 1 > /dev/sdf3 /dev/sdh3 differ: byte 1, line 1 > /dev/sdg3 and /dev/sda3 seem to match > /dev/sdg3 /dev/sdb3 differ: byte 1, line 1 > /dev/sdg3 /dev/sdc3 differ: byte 262145, line 2 > /dev/sdg3 /dev/sdd3 differ: byte 1, line 1 > /dev/sdg3 /dev/sde3 differ: byte 1, line 1 > /dev/sdg3 /dev/sdf3 differ: byte 262145, line 2 > /dev/sdg3 /dev/sdh3 differ: byte 1, line 1 > /dev/sdh3 /dev/sda3 differ: byte 1, line 1 > /dev/sdh3 and /dev/sdb3 seem to match > /dev/sdh3 /dev/sdc3 differ: byte 1, line 1 > /dev/sdh3 /dev/sdd3 differ: byte 1, line 1 > /dev/sdh3 /dev/sde3 differ: byte 1, line 1 > /dev/sdh3 /dev/sdf3 differ: byte 1, line 1 > /dev/sdh3 /dev/sdg3 differ: byte 1, line 1 > > I manage recover my luks+xfs with this --create command \o/ > > mdadm --create /dev/md1 --metadata=1.0 -l10 -n8 --chunk=256 > --layout=f2 --assume-clean /dev/sdh3 /dev/sdb3 /dev/sde3 /dev/sdc3 > /dev/sdg3 /dev/sda3 /dev/sdf3 /dev/sdd3 cool!! I love it when something like that produces a nice clean usable result. > > Thank you Neil for your assistance you rock! With regards to my > /etc/mdadm.conf the explicit references to the sd drives was generated > with 'mdadm -Esv', my question is do you suggest I not even populate > /etc/mdadm.conf with such output because of change in drives and just > use 'mdadm -s -A /dev/mdX'? Also after running into this nasty bug I get > the feeling that I should really keep a copy of all my future 'mdadm > --create ...' commands handy just for such situations, do you agree? The output of '-Ds' and '-Es' was only ever meant to be a starting point for mdadm.conf, not the final content.. I think it is good to populate mdadm.conf, though in simple cases it isn't essential. I would just list the UUID for each array: ARRAY /dev/md0 uuid=....... and leave it at that. Keeping a copy of the output of "mdadm -E" of each device could occasionally be useful. You would need to update this copy any time any config change happened to the array such as a device failure or a spare being added. Glad it all worked out! NeilBrown > > Thanks again and have a GREAT weekend. > Fernando Vasquez a.k.a likewhoa