From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Phil Turmel Subject: Re: RAID showing all devices as spares after partial unplug Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2011 12:18:23 -0400 Message-ID: <4E7619CF.6060707@turmel.org> References: <20110918011749.98312581F7A@mail.futurelabusa.com> <20110918025839.85C86581F7C@mail.futurelabusa.com> <4E75F0DC.3010206@turmel.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-raid-owner@vger.kernel.org To: Mike Hartman Cc: linux-raid@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-raid.ids On 09/18/2011 12:07 PM, Mike Hartman wrote: > Thanks Phil. --assemble --force is all it took - glad I held off. That > was my first instinct to try, but I was worried it would still leave > the drives as spare AND somehow mess up the metadata enough that it > wouldn't be recoverable, so I was afraid to touch it until someone > could confirm the approach. Seems like a silly reason to have the > array down for multiple days, but better safe than sorry with that > much data. Good to hear! This list's archives have a number of cases where premature use of "--create" pushed a recoverable array over the edge, with resulting grief for the owner. Not that it can't or shouldn't ever be done, but the pitfalls have sharp stakes. > Thanks again to both you and Jim! You're welcome. Phil