From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Michael Evans Subject: Re: Device role question Date: Sat, 27 Feb 2010 00:55:30 -0800 Message-ID: <4877c76c1002270055o2ebc038ag52e0b9a8f5b407d@mail.gmail.com> References: <20100226142331.GA2328@lazy.lzy> <4877c76c1002262156k6675877am79a7da9b63446dc7@mail.gmail.com> <20100227080845.GA2287@lazy.lzy> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20100227080845.GA2287@lazy.lzy> Sender: linux-raid-owner@vger.kernel.org To: Piergiorgio Sartor Cc: linux-raid@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-raid.ids On Sat, Feb 27, 2010 at 12:08 AM, Piergiorgio Sartor wrote: > Hi, > >> Spare should mean that it is not currently a synced member of the >> array; in other words a hot-spare. =A0As I recall raid10 cannot >> currently be grown (or /may/ only be grown with VERY recent >> tools+kernels); did you maybe create a single device raid10 and try = to >> grow it? > > uhm, well, not really, but almost. > > If I remember correctly, at least one of the arrays > with "spare", was created with missing disk, added > then later. > > BTW, I also notice another array, still RAID-10, > where both the disks have "spare" role... > > Thanks, > > bye, > > -- > > piergiorgio > Ok, please run this for each disk in the array: mdadm --examine /dev/(DEVICE) The output would be most readable if you did each array's devices in order, and you can list them on the same command (- - examine takes multiple inputs) If you still think the situation isn't as I described above, post the r= esults. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" i= n the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html