From: Jan Kasprzak <kas@fi.muni.cz>
To: Caspar Smit <casparsmit@supernas.eu>
Cc: linux-raid@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Replacing a failed disk "in advance"
Date: Wed, 20 May 2015 17:15:58 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20150520151558.GV24672@fi.muni.cz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CADvHm=aB2MDFxdR5Q3JBL5_WbD7oc2d99kFe4Jjbun1Lw667MQ@mail.gmail.com>
Caspar Smit wrote:
: Op 20 mei 2015 16:51 schreef "Jan Kasprzak" <kas@fi.muni.cz>:
: >
: > OK, this seems to be a way to go.
: >
: > Unfortunately, the system in question is too old,
: > and its mdadm does not know about the --replace option, according to
: > mdadm --manage --help. So I will look for a newer mdadm and hope the old
: > kernel of that system supports the mdadm --replace.
: >
:
: You'll need kernel version 3.3+ to support advance replacement.
OK, I have grabbed the Fedora 22 mdadm package, rebuilt it,
and apparently mdadm --manage /dev/mdXX --replace /dev/sdOLD1 --with /dev/sdNEW1
works as expected. Thanks!
-Yenya.
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prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-05-20 15:15 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-05-20 14:20 Replacing a failed disk "in advance" Jan Kasprzak
2015-05-20 14:40 ` Ladislav Mate
2015-05-20 14:51 ` Jan Kasprzak
2015-05-20 15:12 ` Caspar Smit
2015-05-20 15:15 ` Jan Kasprzak [this message]
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