I am trying to add a new drive to replace a failed drive on my RAID1
OpenBSD system. I have read the available documentation but can't get
the drive added permanently. Here's what I've done so far-
First, add the drive as a spare:
# raidctl -a /dev/wd1d raid0
Checking the status gives:
# raidctl -s raid0
raid0 Components:
/dev/wd0d: optimal
component1: failed
Spares:
/dev/wd1d: spare
Parity status: clean
Reconstruction is 100% complete.
Parity Re-write is 100% complete.
Copyback is 100% complete.
Forcing the reconstruction of the array:
# raidctl -vF component1 raid0
Reconstruction status:
100% | | ETA: 00:00 /
Now the status looks like this (after about 2 hours of rebuild time):
# raidctl -s raid0
raid0 Components:
/dev/wd0d: optimal
component1: spared
Spares:
/dev/wd1d: used_spare
Parity status: clean
Reconstruction is 100% complete.
Parity Re-write is 100% complete.
Copyback is 100% complete.
As far as I can tell the second drive is now part of the array as a
spare. This is the second time I've completed these steps which explains
why the parity is clean - I've already rebuilt the parity earlier.
My config file looks like this:
# more /etc/raid0.conf
START array
1 2 0
START disks
/dev/wd0d
/dev/wd1d
START layout
128 1 1 1
START queue
fifo 100
If I reboot the machine it will come up but the second drive (/dev/wd1d)
is still in the failed state? I suspect that I need to reconfigure the
array to make wd1d a permanent part of the array. However, I am not sure
how that would be done and I don't want to make a mistake and trash the
array.
What do I need to do to make the spare a permanent part of the array so
that on the next system boot it will have both drives in "optimal" state?
Any feedback would be most appreciated...
Thanks,
Jeff
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