Re: [CentOS] mdadm: hot remove failed for /dev/sdg: Device or resource busy

2013-02-12 Thread Keith Keller
Hello all, Just for posterity's sake, I was able to resolve this issue, by stopping the array, reassembling it using --force, and removing the device from udev using the Fedora docs I referenced earlier. I don't know if there is a way to resolve it without stopping the array, but if I read anythi

Re: [CentOS] mdadm: hot remove failed for /dev/sdg: Device or resource busy

2013-02-10 Thread Keith Keller
Hi Vincent, On 2013-02-11, Vincent Li wrote: > Hi Keith, > > It seems that the mdadm -D indicates the root cause of "device busy": > > >5 8 96 5 faulty spare rebuilding /dev/sdg Well, this is one thing I don't quite get. In the past, when a device has been marked faulty (even on this array), md

Re: [CentOS] mdadm: hot remove failed for /dev/sdg: Device or resource busy

2013-02-10 Thread Vincent Li
Hi Keith, It seems that the mdadm -D indicates the root cause of "device busy": >5 8 96 5 faulty spare rebuilding /dev/sdg Is there any clue in /proc/mdstat and /var/log/messages? On 02/11/2013 12:39 PM, Keith Keller wrote: > Hello all, > > I have run into a sticky problem with a failed device

[CentOS] mdadm: hot remove failed for /dev/sdg: Device or resource busy

2013-02-10 Thread Keith Keller
Hello all, I have run into a sticky problem with a failed device in an md array, and I asked about it on the linux raid mailing list, but since the problem may not be md-specific, I am hoping to find some insight here. (If you are on the MD list, and are seeing this twice, I humbly apologize.) Th