GRUB warning after replacing disk drive in RAID1

GRUB warning after replacing disk drive in RAID1

[Peter Sangas]

Hi all.

I have a RAID1 with 3 disks sda,sdb,sdc.  After replacing sdc and re-syncing
it to the array I issued the following command to load grub but I get this 
warning:

grub-install /dev/sdc

Installing for i386-pc platform.
grub-install: warning: Couldn't find physical volume `(null)'. Some modules
may be missing from core image..
grub-install: warning: Couldn't find physical volume `(null)'. Some modules
may be missing from core image..
Installation finished. No error reported.

Does anyone know why I get this warning and how to avoid it.

uname -a 
Linux green 4.4.0-47-generic #68-Ubuntu SMP Wed Oct 26 19:39:52 UTC 2016
x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

mdadm -V
mdadm - v3.3 - 3rd September 2013


Thanks,
Pete

Re: GRUB warning after replacing disk drive in RAID1

[Reindl Harald]

Am 28.02.2017 um 00:37 schrieb Peter Sangas:
> I have a RAID1 with 3 disks sda,sdb,sdc.  After replacing sdc and re-syncing
> it to the array I issued the following command to load grub but I get this
> warning:
>
> grub-install /dev/sdc
>
> Installing for i386-pc platform.
> grub-install: warning: Couldn't find physical volume `(null)'. Some modules
> may be missing from core image..
> grub-install: warning: Couldn't find physical volume `(null)'. Some modules
> may be missing from core image..
> Installation finished. No error reported.
>
> Does anyone know why I get this warning and how to avoid it

it's harmless and disappears after the resync finished

RE: GRUB warning after replacing disk drive in RAID1

[Peter Sangas]

But I issue the grub command AFTER the re-sync is completed.

-----Original Message-----
From: Reindl Harald [mailto:h.reindl@thelounge.net] 
Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2017 1:23 AM
To: linux-raid@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: GRUB warning after replacing disk drive in RAID1



Am 28.02.2017 um 00:37 schrieb Peter Sangas:
> I have a RAID1 with 3 disks sda,sdb,sdc.  After replacing sdc and 
> re-syncing it to the array I issued the following command to load grub 
> but I get this
> warning:
>
> grub-install /dev/sdc
>
> Installing for i386-pc platform.
> grub-install: warning: Couldn't find physical volume `(null)'. Some 
> modules may be missing from core image..
> grub-install: warning: Couldn't find physical volume `(null)'. Some 
> modules may be missing from core image..
> Installation finished. No error reported.
>
> Does anyone know why I get this warning and how to avoid it

it's harmless and disappears after the resync finished
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Re: GRUB warning after replacing disk drive in RAID1

[Reindl Harald]

Am 28.02.2017 um 22:01 schrieb Peter Sangas:
> But I issue the grub command AFTER the re-sync is completed

output of "cat /proc/mdstat" and your environment missing!

* cat /proc/mdstat
* df -hT
* lsscsi
* lsblk

no pictures and interpretations, just copy&paste from the terminal 
(input as well as output)

please help others to help you

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Reindl Harald [mailto:h.reindl@thelounge.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2017 1:23 AM
> To: linux-raid@vger.kernel.org
> Subject: Re: GRUB warning after replacing disk drive in RAID1
>
> Am 28.02.2017 um 00:37 schrieb Peter Sangas:
>> I have a RAID1 with 3 disks sda,sdb,sdc.  After replacing sdc and
>> re-syncing it to the array I issued the following command to load grub
>> but I get this
>> warning:
>>
>> grub-install /dev/sdc
>>
>> Installing for i386-pc platform.
>> grub-install: warning: Couldn't find physical volume `(null)'. Some
>> modules may be missing from core image..
>> grub-install: warning: Couldn't find physical volume `(null)'. Some
>> modules may be missing from core image..
>> Installation finished. No error reported.
>>
>> Does anyone know why I get this warning and how to avoid it
>
> it's harmless and disappears after the resync finished

RE: GRUB warning after replacing disk drive in RAID1

[Peter Sangas]

Thanks for your help.  See below for output

-----Original Message-----
From: Reindl Harald [mailto:h.reindl@thelounge.net] 
Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2017 2:34 PM
To: linux-raid@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: GRUB warning after replacing disk drive in RAID1



Am 28.02.2017 um 22:01 schrieb Peter Sangas:
> But I issue the grub command AFTER the re-sync is completed

>>>output of "cat /proc/mdstat" and your environment missing!

>>>* cat /proc/mdstat
>>>* df -hT
>>>* lsscsi
>>>* lsblk

>>>no pictures and interpretations, just copy&paste from the terminal (input
as well as output)

>>>please help others to help you


cat /proc/mdstat
Personalities : [raid1] [linear] [multipath] [raid0] [raid6] [raid5] [raid4]
[raid10] 
md3 : active raid1 sdc5[3] sdb5[1] sda5[0]
      97589248 blocks super 1.2 [3/3] [UUU]
      
md1 : active raid1 sdc2[3] sdb2[1] sda2[0]
      126887936 blocks super 1.2 [3/3] [UUU]
      bitmap: 0/1 pages [0KB], 65536KB chunk

md5 : active raid1 sdc7[3] sdb7[1] sda7[0]
      244169728 blocks super 1.2 [3/3] [UUU]
      bitmap: 0/2 pages [0KB], 65536KB chunk

md2 : active raid1 sdc3[3] sdb3[1] sda3[0]
      195181568 blocks super 1.2 [3/3] [UUU]
      bitmap: 1/2 pages [4KB], 65536KB chunk

md4 : active raid1 sdc6[3] sdb6[1] sda6[0]
      97589248 blocks super 1.2 [3/3] [UUU]
      
md0 : active raid1 sdc1[3] sdb1[1] sda1[0]
      19514368 blocks super 1.2 [3/3] [UUU]
      
unused devices: <none>

uname -a 
Linux green 4.4.0-47-generic #68-Ubuntu SMP Wed Oct 26 19:39:52 UTC 2016
x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

df -hT
Filesystem     Type      Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
udev           devtmpfs   63G     0   63G   0% /dev
tmpfs          tmpfs      13G  746M   12G   6% /run
/dev/md2       ext4      184G   31G  144G  18% /
tmpfs          tmpfs      63G     0   63G   0% /dev/shm
tmpfs          tmpfs     5.0M     0  5.0M   0% /run/lock
tmpfs          tmpfs      63G     0   63G   0% /sys/fs/cgroup
/dev/md0       ext4       19G  289M   17G   2% /boot
/dev/md3       ext4       92G   40G   48G  46% /cl
/dev/md5       ext4      230G   31G  187G  15% /sd
/dev/md4       ext4       92G   20G   68G  22% /pc
tan:/clbck     nfs4      596G  169G  398G  30% /clbck
tan:/sdbck     nfs4      596G  169G  398G  30% /sdbck
tmpfs          tmpfs      13G  4.0K   13G   1% /run/user/275
/dev/sde1      ext3      2.7T  676G  1.9T  26% /archive
tmpfs          tmpfs      13G  4.0K   13G   1% /run/user/286
/dev/sdd1      ext3      1.8T  1.6T  182G  90% /backupdisk
tmpfs          tmpfs      13G   12K   13G   1% /run/user/277
tmpfs          tmpfs      13G     0   13G   0% /run/user/283
tmpfs          tmpfs      13G  4.0K   13G   1% /run/user/280
tmpfs          tmpfs      13G  4.0K   13G   1% /run/user/285
tmpfs          tmpfs      13G     0   13G   0% /run/user/299
tmpfs          tmpfs      13G     0   13G   0% /run/user/1100
tmpfs          tmpfs      13G     0   13G   0% /run/user/1685


lsscsi
[2:0:0:0]    disk    ATA      WDC WD30EZRS-00J 0A80  /dev/sde 
[3:0:0:0]    disk    ATA      WDC WD2000FYYZ-0 1K03  /dev/sdd 
[4:0:0:0]    disk    ATA      INTEL SSDSC2BX80 0140  /dev/sda 
[5:0:0:0]    disk    ATA      INTEL SSDSC2BX80 0140  /dev/sdb 
[6:0:0:0]    disk    ATA      INTEL SSDSC2BX80 0140  /dev/sdc

lsblk
NAME    MAJ:MIN RM   SIZE RO TYPE  MOUNTPOINT
sda       8:0    0 745.2G  0 disk  
+-sda1    8:1    0  18.6G  0 part  
│ L-md0   9:0    0  18.6G  0 raid1 /boot
+-sda2    8:2    0 121.1G  0 part  
│ L-md1   9:1    0   121G  0 raid1 [SWAP]
+-sda3    8:3    0 186.3G  0 part  
│ L-md2   9:2    0 186.1G  0 raid1 /
+-sda4    8:4    0     1K  0 part  
+-sda5    8:5    0  93.1G  0 part  
│ L-md3   9:3    0  93.1G  0 raid1 /cl
+-sda6    8:6    0  93.1G  0 part  
│ L-md4   9:4    0  93.1G  0 raid1 /pc
L-sda7    8:7    0   233G  0 part  
  L-md5   9:5    0 232.9G  0 raid1 /sd
sdb       8:16   0 745.2G  0 disk  
+-sdb1    8:17   0  18.6G  0 part  
│ L-md0   9:0    0  18.6G  0 raid1 /boot
+-sdb2    8:18   0 121.1G  0 part  
│ L-md1   9:1    0   121G  0 raid1 [SWAP]
+-sdb3    8:19   0 186.3G  0 part  
│ L-md2   9:2    0 186.1G  0 raid1 /
+-sdb4    8:20   0     1K  0 part  
+-sdb5    8:21   0  93.1G  0 part  
│ L-md3   9:3    0  93.1G  0 raid1 /cl
+-sdb6    8:22   0  93.1G  0 part  
│ L-md4   9:4    0  93.1G  0 raid1 /pc
L-sdb7    8:23   0   233G  0 part  
  L-md5   9:5    0 232.9G  0 raid1 /sd
sdc       8:32   0 745.2G  0 disk  
+-sdc1    8:33   0  18.6G  0 part  
│ L-md0   9:0    0  18.6G  0 raid1 /boot
+-sdc2    8:34   0 121.1G  0 part  
│ L-md1   9:1    0   121G  0 raid1 [SWAP]
+-sdc3    8:35   0 186.3G  0 part  
│ L-md2   9:2    0 186.1G  0 raid1 /
+-sdc4    8:36   0     1K  0 part  
+-sdc5    8:37   0  93.1G  0 part  
│ L-md3   9:3    0  93.1G  0 raid1 /cl
+-sdc6    8:38   0  93.1G  0 part  
│ L-md4   9:4    0  93.1G  0 raid1 /pc
L-sdc7    8:39   0   233G  0 part  
  L-md5   9:5    0 232.9G  0 raid1 /sd
sdd       8:48   0   1.8T  0 disk  
L-sdd1    8:49   0   1.8T  0 part  /backupdisk
sde       8:64   0   2.7T  0 disk  
L-sde1    8:65   0   2.7T  0 part  /archive

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Reindl Harald [mailto:h.reindl@thelounge.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2017 1:23 AM
> To: linux-raid@vger.kernel.org
> Subject: Re: GRUB warning after replacing disk drive in RAID1
>
> Am 28.02.2017 um 00:37 schrieb Peter Sangas:
>> I have a RAID1 with 3 disks sda,sdb,sdc.  After replacing sdc and 
>> re-syncing it to the array I issued the following command to load 
>> grub but I get this
>> warning:
>>
>> grub-install /dev/sdc
>>
>> Installing for i386-pc platform.
>> grub-install: warning: Couldn't find physical volume `(null)'. Some 
>> modules may be missing from core image..
>> grub-install: warning: Couldn't find physical volume `(null)'. Some 
>> modules may be missing from core image..
>> Installation finished. No error reported.
>>
>> Does anyone know why I get this warning and how to avoid it
>
> it's harmless and disappears after the resync finished
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Re: GRUB warning after replacing disk drive in RAID1

[Reindl Harald]

Am 01.03.2017 um 00:15 schrieb Peter Sangas:
> Thanks for your help.  See below for output

Personalities : [raid1] [linear] [multipath] [raid0] [raid6] [raid5] [raid4]

not sure if it means something but i only see the on the machines used 
raid-levels at that line - looks like i am out of ideas for now, i saw 
the "grub-install: warning: Couldn't find physical volume `(null)'" 
messages (while it at the same time said it was successful) as i removed 
2 out of my 4 drives from the RAID10 by using the script below and after 
both where in sync "grub2-sintall /dev/sd[a-d]" was completly silent again

___________________________________________________

#!/bin/bash

GOOD_DISK="/dev/sda"
BAD_DISK="/dev/sdc"

# clone MBR
dd if=$GOOD_DISK of=$BAD_DISK bs=512 count=1

# force OS to read partition tables
partprobe $BAD_DISK

# start RAID recovery
mdadm /dev/md0 --add ${BAD_DISK}1
mdadm /dev/md1 --add ${BAD_DISK}2
mdadm /dev/md2 --add ${BAD_DISK}3

# print RAID status on screen
sleep 5
cat /proc/mdstat

# install bootloader on replacement disk
grub2-install "$BAD_DISK"
___________________________________________________


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Reindl Harald [mailto:h.reindl@thelounge.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2017 2:34 PM
> To: linux-raid@vger.kernel.org
> Subject: Re: GRUB warning after replacing disk drive in RAID1
>
>
>
> Am 28.02.2017 um 22:01 schrieb Peter Sangas:
>> But I issue the grub command AFTER the re-sync is completed
>
>>>> output of "cat /proc/mdstat" and your environment missing!
>
>>>> * cat /proc/mdstat
>>>> * df -hT
>>>> * lsscsi
>>>> * lsblk
>
>>>> no pictures and interpretations, just copy&paste from the terminal (input
> as well as output)
>
>>>> please help others to help you
>
>
> cat /proc/mdstat
> Personalities : [raid1] [linear] [multipath] [raid0] [raid6] [raid5] [raid4]
> [raid10]
> md3 : active raid1 sdc5[3] sdb5[1] sda5[0]
>       97589248 blocks super 1.2 [3/3] [UUU]
>
> md1 : active raid1 sdc2[3] sdb2[1] sda2[0]
>       126887936 blocks super 1.2 [3/3] [UUU]
>       bitmap: 0/1 pages [0KB], 65536KB chunk
>
> md5 : active raid1 sdc7[3] sdb7[1] sda7[0]
>       244169728 blocks super 1.2 [3/3] [UUU]
>       bitmap: 0/2 pages [0KB], 65536KB chunk
>
> md2 : active raid1 sdc3[3] sdb3[1] sda3[0]
>       195181568 blocks super 1.2 [3/3] [UUU]
>       bitmap: 1/2 pages [4KB], 65536KB chunk
>
> md4 : active raid1 sdc6[3] sdb6[1] sda6[0]
>       97589248 blocks super 1.2 [3/3] [UUU]
>
> md0 : active raid1 sdc1[3] sdb1[1] sda1[0]
>       19514368 blocks super 1.2 [3/3] [UUU]
>
> unused devices: <none>
>
> uname -a
> Linux green 4.4.0-47-generic #68-Ubuntu SMP Wed Oct 26 19:39:52 UTC 2016
> x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
>
> df -hT
> Filesystem     Type      Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
> udev           devtmpfs   63G     0   63G   0% /dev
> tmpfs          tmpfs      13G  746M   12G   6% /run
> /dev/md2       ext4      184G   31G  144G  18% /
> tmpfs          tmpfs      63G     0   63G   0% /dev/shm
> tmpfs          tmpfs     5.0M     0  5.0M   0% /run/lock
> tmpfs          tmpfs      63G     0   63G   0% /sys/fs/cgroup
> /dev/md0       ext4       19G  289M   17G   2% /boot
> /dev/md3       ext4       92G   40G   48G  46% /cl
> /dev/md5       ext4      230G   31G  187G  15% /sd
> /dev/md4       ext4       92G   20G   68G  22% /pc
> tan:/clbck     nfs4      596G  169G  398G  30% /clbck
> tan:/sdbck     nfs4      596G  169G  398G  30% /sdbck
> tmpfs          tmpfs      13G  4.0K   13G   1% /run/user/275
> /dev/sde1      ext3      2.7T  676G  1.9T  26% /archive
> tmpfs          tmpfs      13G  4.0K   13G   1% /run/user/286
> /dev/sdd1      ext3      1.8T  1.6T  182G  90% /backupdisk
> tmpfs          tmpfs      13G   12K   13G   1% /run/user/277
> tmpfs          tmpfs      13G     0   13G   0% /run/user/283
> tmpfs          tmpfs      13G  4.0K   13G   1% /run/user/280
> tmpfs          tmpfs      13G  4.0K   13G   1% /run/user/285
> tmpfs          tmpfs      13G     0   13G   0% /run/user/299
> tmpfs          tmpfs      13G     0   13G   0% /run/user/1100
> tmpfs          tmpfs      13G     0   13G   0% /run/user/1685
>
>
> lsscsi
> [2:0:0:0]    disk    ATA      WDC WD30EZRS-00J 0A80  /dev/sde
> [3:0:0:0]    disk    ATA      WDC WD2000FYYZ-0 1K03  /dev/sdd
> [4:0:0:0]    disk    ATA      INTEL SSDSC2BX80 0140  /dev/sda
> [5:0:0:0]    disk    ATA      INTEL SSDSC2BX80 0140  /dev/sdb
> [6:0:0:0]    disk    ATA      INTEL SSDSC2BX80 0140  /dev/sdc
>
> lsblk
> NAME    MAJ:MIN RM   SIZE RO TYPE  MOUNTPOINT
> sda       8:0    0 745.2G  0 disk
> +-sda1    8:1    0  18.6G  0 part
> │ L-md0   9:0    0  18.6G  0 raid1 /boot
> +-sda2    8:2    0 121.1G  0 part
> │ L-md1   9:1    0   121G  0 raid1 [SWAP]
> +-sda3    8:3    0 186.3G  0 part
> │ L-md2   9:2    0 186.1G  0 raid1 /
> +-sda4    8:4    0     1K  0 part
> +-sda5    8:5    0  93.1G  0 part
> │ L-md3   9:3    0  93.1G  0 raid1 /cl
> +-sda6    8:6    0  93.1G  0 part
> │ L-md4   9:4    0  93.1G  0 raid1 /pc
> L-sda7    8:7    0   233G  0 part
>   L-md5   9:5    0 232.9G  0 raid1 /sd
> sdb       8:16   0 745.2G  0 disk
> +-sdb1    8:17   0  18.6G  0 part
> │ L-md0   9:0    0  18.6G  0 raid1 /boot
> +-sdb2    8:18   0 121.1G  0 part
> │ L-md1   9:1    0   121G  0 raid1 [SWAP]
> +-sdb3    8:19   0 186.3G  0 part
> │ L-md2   9:2    0 186.1G  0 raid1 /
> +-sdb4    8:20   0     1K  0 part
> +-sdb5    8:21   0  93.1G  0 part
> │ L-md3   9:3    0  93.1G  0 raid1 /cl
> +-sdb6    8:22   0  93.1G  0 part
> │ L-md4   9:4    0  93.1G  0 raid1 /pc
> L-sdb7    8:23   0   233G  0 part
>   L-md5   9:5    0 232.9G  0 raid1 /sd
> sdc       8:32   0 745.2G  0 disk
> +-sdc1    8:33   0  18.6G  0 part
> │ L-md0   9:0    0  18.6G  0 raid1 /boot
> +-sdc2    8:34   0 121.1G  0 part
> │ L-md1   9:1    0   121G  0 raid1 [SWAP]
> +-sdc3    8:35   0 186.3G  0 part
> │ L-md2   9:2    0 186.1G  0 raid1 /
> +-sdc4    8:36   0     1K  0 part
> +-sdc5    8:37   0  93.1G  0 part
> │ L-md3   9:3    0  93.1G  0 raid1 /cl
> +-sdc6    8:38   0  93.1G  0 part
> │ L-md4   9:4    0  93.1G  0 raid1 /pc
> L-sdc7    8:39   0   233G  0 part
>   L-md5   9:5    0 232.9G  0 raid1 /sd
> sdd       8:48   0   1.8T  0 disk
> L-sdd1    8:49   0   1.8T  0 part  /backupdisk
> sde       8:64   0   2.7T  0 disk
> L-sde1    8:65   0   2.7T  0 part  /archive
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Reindl Harald [mailto:h.reindl@thelounge.net]
>> Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2017 1:23 AM
>> To: linux-raid@vger.kernel.org
>> Subject: Re: GRUB warning after replacing disk drive in RAID1
>>
>> Am 28.02.2017 um 00:37 schrieb Peter Sangas:
>>> I have a RAID1 with 3 disks sda,sdb,sdc.  After replacing sdc and
>>> re-syncing it to the array I issued the following command to load
>>> grub but I get this
>>> warning:
>>>
>>> grub-install /dev/sdc
>>>
>>> Installing for i386-pc platform.
>>> grub-install: warning: Couldn't find physical volume `(null)'. Some
>>> modules may be missing from core image..
>>> grub-install: warning: Couldn't find physical volume `(null)'. Some
>>> modules may be missing from core image..
>>> Installation finished. No error reported.
>>>
>>> Does anyone know why I get this warning and how to avoid it
>>
>> it's harmless and disappears after the resync finished

RE: GRUB warning after replacing disk drive in RAID1

[Peter Sangas]

Hi Reindl,

My comments are interleaved. thanks:
___________________________________________________

>#!/bin/bash

>GOOD_DISK="/dev/sda"
>BAD_DISK="/dev/sdc"

># clone MBR
>dd if=$GOOD_DISK of=$BAD_DISK bs=512 count=1

Here I run the command sfdisk -d /dev/$GOOD_DISK | sfdisk -f /dev/$BAD_DISK.

I think dd and sfdisk are doing the same thing which is cloning the
partitions and copy the MBR ?

># force OS to read partition tables
>partprobe $BAD_DISK

Why run partprobe if the partitions have not changed?


># install bootloader on replacement disk grub2-install "$BAD_DISK"

Here don't you mean grub-install not grub2-install?  
___________________________________________________

Re: GRUB warning after replacing disk drive in RAID1

[Reindl Harald]

Am 02.03.2017 um 00:36 schrieb Peter Sangas:
> Hi Reindl,
>
> My comments are interleaved. thanks:
> ___________________________________________________
>
>> #!/bin/bash
>
>> GOOD_DISK="/dev/sda"
>> BAD_DISK="/dev/sdc"
>
>> # clone MBR
>> dd if=$GOOD_DISK of=$BAD_DISK bs=512 count=1
>
> Here I run the command sfdisk -d /dev/$GOOD_DISK | sfdisk -f /dev/$BAD_DISK.
>
> I think dd and sfdisk are doing the same thing which is cloning the
> partitions and copy the MBR ?

yes

>> # force OS to read partition tables
>> partprobe $BAD_DISK
>
> Why run partprobe if the partitions have not changed?

because they *have* changed when you replace a disk with a complete 
empty one and clone the MBR and partition table with 3 partitions and 
have bootet with a empty partition table - not every hardware supports 
hotswap proper and even if it don't harm

>> # install bootloader on replacement disk grub2-install "$BAD_DISK"
>
> Here don't you mean grub-install not grub2-install?

no, i mean what i say since that script replaced multiple disks on 
multiple machines - but how does it matter which name a binary has on 
whatever distribution?

[harry@srv-rhsoft:~]$ rpm -q --filesbypkg grub2 | grep install
[harry@srv-rhsoft:~]$ rpm -q --filesbypkg grub2-tools | grep install
grub2-tools               /usr/sbin/grub2-install
grub2-tools               /usr/share/man/man8/grub2-install.8.gz
[harry@srv-rhsoft:~]$ cat /etc/redhat-release
Generic release 24 (Generic)

Re: GRUB warning after replacing disk drive in RAID1

[Phil Turmel]

Hi Peter, Reindl,

{ Convention on kernel.org is to reply-to-all, trim unneeded quoted
material, and bottom post or interleave.  Please do so. }

On 02/28/2017 06:15 PM, Peter Sangas wrote:

> cat /proc/mdstat
> Personalities : [raid1] [linear] [multipath] [raid0] [raid6] [raid5] [raid4]
> [raid10] 

> md0 : active raid1 sdc1[3] sdb1[1] sda1[0]
>       19514368 blocks super 1.2 [3/3] [UUU]

Grub1 needs its boot partitions to use v0.90 or v1.0 superblocks.  Grub2
needs the md module in its core to boot from v1.1 or v1.2 superblocks.
Anyways, because the content of a v1.2 array does not
start at the beginning of the member devices, stupid grub doesn't
connect sd[abc]1 with your /boot mount and therefore delivers 'null'.
And then doesn't know how to link the core together.

Since this worked before, I would guess your grub was updated and its md
support was left out.  Hopefully someone with more grub experience can
chip in here -- I don't use any bootloader on my servers any more.

Phil

Re: GRUB warning after replacing disk drive in RAID1

[Reindl Harald]

Am 01.03.2017 um 19:29 schrieb Phil Turmel:
> Hi Peter, Reindl,
>
> { Convention on kernel.org is to reply-to-all, trim unneeded quoted
> material, and bottom post or interleave.  Please do so. }

why should someone reply to the list and everyboy else subscribed to the 
list to trigger multiple copies?

> On 02/28/2017 06:15 PM, Peter Sangas wrote:
>
>> cat /proc/mdstat
>> Personalities : [raid1] [linear] [multipath] [raid0] [raid6] [raid5] [raid4]
>> [raid10]
>
>> md0 : active raid1 sdc1[3] sdb1[1] sda1[0]
>>       19514368 blocks super 1.2 [3/3] [UUU]
>
> Grub1 needs its boot partitions to use v0.90 or v1.0 superblocks.  Grub2
> needs the md module in its core to boot from v1.1 or v1.2 superblocks.
> Anyways, because the content of a v1.2 array does not
> start at the beginning of the member devices, stupid grub doesn't
> connect sd[abc]1 with your /boot mount and therefore delivers 'null'.
> And then doesn't know how to link the core together.
>
> Since this worked before, I would guess your grub was updated and its md
> support was left out.  Hopefully someone with more grub experience can
> chip in here -- I don't use any bootloader on my servers any more

i am not the OP *but* i can assure you that i get the same warnings when 
the /boot RAID1 is not synced, afetr hat grub2-install works just fine 
without that warning and so you can be sure grub has no problem and is 
missing nothing, otherwise the command won't work without warnings afetr 
all arrays are in ync again

[root@srv-rhsoft:~]$ cat /proc/mdstat
Personalities : [raid1] [raid10]
md2 : active raid10 sdc3[4] sdd3[7] sda3[6] sdb3[5]
       3875222528 blocks super 1.1 512K chunks 2 near-copies [4/4] [UUUU]

md0 : active raid1 sdc1[4] sdd1[7] sdb1[5] sda1[6]
       511988 blocks super 1.0 [4/4] [UUUU]

md1 : active raid10 sdc2[4] sdd2[7] sdb2[5] sda2[6]
       30716928 blocks super 1.1 512K chunks 2 near-copies [4/4] [UUUU]

Re: GRUB warning after replacing disk drive in RAID1

[Phil Turmel]

On 03/01/2017 05:13 PM, Reindl Harald wrote:
> Am 01.03.2017 um 19:29 schrieb Phil Turmel:
>> Hi Peter, Reindl,
>>
>> { Convention on kernel.org is to reply-to-all, trim unneeded quoted
>> material, and bottom post or interleave.  Please do so. }
> 
> why should someone reply to the list and everyboy else subscribed to the
> list to trigger multiple copies?

Because kernel.org doesn't require subscriptions to post, and does
expect participants to include non-subscribers.  Since one can't
normally tell who is subscribed and who is not, reply-to-all is the rule
here.  Other lists have other policies.

Re: GRUB warning after replacing disk drive in RAID1

[Wols Lists]

On 02/03/17 02:42, Phil Turmel wrote:
> On 03/01/2017 05:13 PM, Reindl Harald wrote:
>> Am 01.03.2017 um 19:29 schrieb Phil Turmel:
>>> Hi Peter, Reindl,
>>>
>>> { Convention on kernel.org is to reply-to-all, trim unneeded quoted
>>> material, and bottom post or interleave.  Please do so. }
>>
>> why should someone reply to the list and everyboy else subscribed to the
>> list to trigger multiple copies?
> 
> Because kernel.org doesn't require subscriptions to post, and does
> expect participants to include non-subscribers.  Since one can't
> normally tell who is subscribed and who is not, reply-to-all is the rule
> here.  Other lists have other policies.

> 
fwiw, some mailing list software detects this, and if you're cc'd on a
mail the list won't send you another copy.

And some client software also de-dupes for you without asking. I run TB
so I need an add-on - especially as something in my mail setup
duplicates emails madly every now and then ... :-)

Cheers,
Wol

RE: GRUB warning after replacing disk drive in RAID1

[Peter Sangas]

>{ Convention on kernel.org is to reply-to-all, trim unneeded quoted material, and bottom post or interleave.  Please do so. }

Yes.  thank you.

>Grub1 needs its boot partitions to use v0.90 or v1.0 superblocks.  Grub2 needs the md module in its core to boot from v1.1 or v1.2 superblocks.
>Anyways, because the content of a v1.2 array does not start at the beginning of the member devices, stupid grub doesn't connect sd[abc]1 with your /boot mount >and therefore delivers 'null'.
>And then doesn't know how to link the core together.

can't say I understand all that but does this mean the server can't boot from the replacement drive?  

Re: GRUB warning after replacing disk drive in RAID1

[Phil Turmel]

On 03/01/2017 06:51 PM, Peter Sangas wrote:
> 
>> { Convention on kernel.org is to reply-to-all, trim unneeded quoted material, and bottom post or interleave.  Please do so. }
> 
> Yes.  thank you.
> 
>> Grub1 needs its boot partitions to use v0.90 or v1.0 superblocks.  Grub2 needs the md module in its core to boot from v1.1 or v1.2 superblocks.
>> Anyways, because the content of a v1.2 array does not start at the beginning of the member devices, stupid grub doesn't connect sd[abc]1 with your /boot mount >and therefore delivers 'null'.
>> And then doesn't know how to link the core together.
> 
> can't say I understand all that but does this mean the server can't boot from the replacement drive?  

Correct.  But it shouldn't be able to boot from the others either, with
grub1.  Something has changed in your grub install since you set up the
original drives.  Only grub2 would be able to boot from your v1.2 md0.

{ Sorry.  I don't know how to fix grub2's md module. }

Phil

RE: GRUB warning after replacing disk drive in RAID1

[Peter Sangas]

> Correct.  But it shouldn't be able to boot from the others either, with grub1.
> Something has changed in your grub install since you set up the original drives.  Only
> grub2 would be able to boot from your v1.2 md0.
> 
> { Sorry.  I don't know how to fix grub2's md module. }
> 

Just to so I'm crystal clear : the server needs to have grub2 installed so doesn't this confirm grub2 is installed.

grub-install -V
grub-install (GRUB) 2.02~beta2-36ubuntu3.2

and since I'm running Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS

from https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2
"GRUB 2 is the default boot loader and manager for Ubuntu since version 9.10"
"GRUB 2 is version 1.98 or later"

What Am I missing?

Re: GRUB warning after replacing disk drive in RAID1

[Wols Lists]

On 01/03/17 18:29, Phil Turmel wrote:
> Since this worked before, I would guess your grub was updated and its md
> support was left out.  Hopefully someone with more grub experience can
> chip in here -- I don't use any bootloader on my servers any more.

Look at the raid wiki

https://raid.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Converting_an_existing_system

it mentions grub.

Also, look up grub2 and raid on the gentoo wiki - I wrote a lot of that,
and arch also apparently has very good documentation.

Cheers,
Wol

RE: GRUB warning after replacing disk drive in RAID1

[Peter Sangas]

> On March 02, 2017 5:18 AM, Wols Lists wrote :
> Look at the raid wiki
> 
> https://raid.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Converting_an_existing_system
> 
> it mentions grub.

Wol, I'm trying to understand what you and others are suggesting is causing this grub warning.  

according to the raid.wiki you referenced the last line of grub.cnf should look like this to support booting from RAID:

         initrd  /boot/initramfs-genkernel-x86_64-4.4.6-gentoo

In addition,  the wiki says " you will need to configure your distro to use an initramfs.

here are the last few lines of my grub.cnf: 

         echo    'Loading Linux 4.4.0-36-generic ...'
         linux    /vmlinuz-4.4.0-36-generic root=UUID=cddffa50-9713-4205-aab6-86745735958b ro recovery nomodeset 
         echo    'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
         initrd   /initrd.img-4.4.0-36-generic

should I be concerned my grub.cnf uses initrd.img and not initramfs?   My grub.cnf was last modified 11/2016 and I've rebooted successfully into a RAID1 since.


Finally, on Friday 3/3 I swapped one of the disks (sdc) in this RAID1 with a brand new identical disk.  After creating the partitions and syncing I issued 
install-grub /dev/sdc and there were no warnings.   If my grub was broken why would there be no warning but a week ago doing the exact disk swap/same sequence of commands I got a warning.  Nothing on the system was changed during that time.


Thank you.

Re: GRUB warning after replacing disk drive in RAID1

[Wols Lists]

On 06/03/17 22:13, Peter Sangas wrote:
> In addition,  the wiki says " you will need to configure your distro to use an initramfs.
> 
> here are the last few lines of my grub.cnf: 
> 
>          echo    'Loading Linux 4.4.0-36-generic ...'
>          linux    /vmlinuz-4.4.0-36-generic root=UUID=cddffa50-9713-4205-aab6-86745735958b ro recovery nomodeset 
>          echo    'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
>          initrd   /initrd.img-4.4.0-36-generic
> 
> should I be concerned my grub.cnf uses initrd.img and not initramfs?   My grub.cnf was last modified 11/2016 and I've rebooted successfully into a RAID1 since.

I think your problem is right there !!!

Look at the wiki, but I can NOT see the magic command "domdadm", without
which mdadm doesn't get loaded and the array doesn't get assembled. No
array, no root, no system ...

(Oh - initrd, initramfs, they're probably the same thing. :-)

Cheers,
Wol

Re: GRUB warning after replacing disk drive in RAID1

[Reindl Harald]

Am 07.03.2017 um 13:54 schrieb Wols Lists:
> On 06/03/17 22:13, Peter Sangas wrote:
>> In addition,  the wiki says " you will need to configure your distro to use an initramfs.
>>
>> here are the last few lines of my grub.cnf:
>>
>>          echo    'Loading Linux 4.4.0-36-generic ...'
>>          linux    /vmlinuz-4.4.0-36-generic root=UUID=cddffa50-9713-4205-aab6-86745735958b ro recovery nomodeset
>>          echo    'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
>>          initrd   /initrd.img-4.4.0-36-generic
>>
>> should I be concerned my grub.cnf uses initrd.img and not initramfs?   My grub.cnf was last modified 11/2016 and I've rebooted successfully into a RAID1 since.
>
> I think your problem is right there !!!
>
> Look at the wiki, but I can NOT see the magic command "domdadm", without
> which mdadm doesn't get loaded and the array doesn't get assembled. No
> array, no root, no system ...

not really because subject is "GRUB warning after replacing disk drive 
in RAID1" and so mdadm is running and the array assembled

> (Oh - initrd, initramfs, they're probably the same thing. :-)

yes