From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Jakob Oestergaard <jakob@unthought.net>
Subject: Re: RAID5 reconfig
Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2003 01:19:42 +0100
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To: TJ <tjharrel@eagle.fgcu.edu>
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On Sat, Dec 28, 2002 at 11:43:25AM -0500, TJ wrote:
> > Use with extreme care:
> > http://unthought.net/raidreconf/index.shtml
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> > Someone posted a success story on this list a few weeks ago using a
> > pretty big RAID5 volume/array.
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> > Marco
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> > PS: Please use the 'Subject' field.
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> Sorry about that.. Please CC me, I don't seem to be getting any feed =
from
> the list.
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> Thanks for the link. I've been reading up on others experiences and
> documentation seems somewhat thin. Does a mini-HOWTO exist anywhere?
> >From what I've read, first raidreconf is used to change the array, t=
hen
> fsck -f is run to check the product, then the file system resize util=
ity
> must be used to change the size of the filesystem on the RAID array. =
Then it
> would probably be a good idea to run fsck -f once more. This should b=
e
> sufficient to add more disks to a RAID 5 array and enlarge the filesy=
stem to
> take advantage of the larger block device. Am I missing anything?

Only that in some scenarios raidreconf fails horribly - this seems to a=
t
least happen if you have hot spares configured.

Make sure you have a good backup.  Please report success/failure to the
list - that is greatly appreciated  :)

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