From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Sep 28 14:14:14 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9BFF01065672 for ; Mon, 28 Sep 2009 14:14:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from amvandemore@gmail.com) Received: from mail-yx0-f171.google.com (mail-yx0-f171.google.com [209.85.210.171]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4F9C78FC3E for ; Mon, 28 Sep 2009 14:14:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: by yxe1 with SMTP id 1so5306000yxe.3 for ; Mon, 28 Sep 2009 07:14:13 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=FDpSxOb2kDuraJkLeSHy2CpnuU47D0SKyyHqz8Zpx1g=; b=OTyBgC82812+tvjoS8GRcm8G/hLkR0gm1wKM/s8BomXwrf6MM0ieW+wq+V1PdFRVYA kQx7dCcoeqDAFSmxPANTJ4rN68UZu0I9vYJNYA84C11vzk6ijY83EjklfL7rptHOWYP/ i16DXO6ZwVnY4KCL5NLINsEAO9lEI3lCvJuCA= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=qOjZ/Oqe9E9JnD6JOAr9vV4u+kABn01rDhL67BgMddjJ+XrHgEVjT27ftq7vRNDezf Q5aWvZlx7A+pmaaM9XsadVsuzCVR68EHy75DH6cfOjnC7xnyNPQY6yYQmxVuB79rqYw8 qtvGhPc9TydwKYyEGTcluGx0SPfDgCIluEGxM= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.150.7.17 with SMTP id 17mr7938500ybg.47.1254147252183; Mon, 28 Sep 2009 07:14:12 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4AC0BB01.5030107@chamonix.reportlab.co.uk> References: <4AC07E69.30800@chamonix.reportlab.co.uk> <4AC0BB01.5030107@chamonix.reportlab.co.uk> Date: Mon, 28 Sep 2009 09:14:10 -0500 Message-ID: <6201873e0909280714v587a905fv36965abb34ebbe46@mail.gmail.com> From: Adam Vande More To: Robin Becker Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: krad , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: fix remote degraded gmirror X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 28 Sep 2009 14:14:14 -0000 On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 8:32 AM, Robin Becker wrote: > krad wrote: > ........... > >> >>> >> probably not but possibly. What is the server you have is it a custom >> build >> one? Does it have a drive cage? Can you make the hd light blink? >> > > I've never seen the machinery. > > >> Is the remote hands going to go inside the case for you, as I think he >> might >> to have to trace the cables to work out what drive is the correct one? >> >> > I thought the serial number would help with that, > > >> Personally I would recommend that you or one of your trusted engineers >> goes >> down an replaces the drive yourself. Remote hands engineers in my >> experiance >> are a bit crude, and at the end of the day dont care about your box as >> much >> as you would. >> > > but you're probably right about the remote hands being uncaring :( > > >> While you or your guy is down there he could do a proper job and label up >> all the drives so in future you can get remote hands to do it all for you. >> >> it's still under discussion anyway whether we just abandon the machine; > the current colo company took over our freebsd machines from another and > they don't provide freebsd support anyway. The alternative ugh is to switch > to ubuntu. > > I suspect if we do go ahead it will come down to one of our guys going down > there to do the hands on. > > I'm still looking for good examples of exactly how to do the actual > recovery. I assume I can just do > > gmirror remove gm0 /dev/ad4 > > to eliminate the bad disk. > > However, will the system still reboot from the disk on /dev/ad6 or should > the good disk be swapped into the /dev/ad4 position. I don't know enough > about sata booting, but I suppose it can be configured through our serial > console. > It would boot fine from either assuming drive is good and mirror was consisent. > If the system does boot then the other disk can be inserted with gmirror > insert gm0 /dev/ad6, but I am not sure whether any partitioning/formatting > etc etc is required, Dru Lavigne was my guide when we installed this stuff, > but this is the first time it's failed and she doesn't mention the repair > process. > -- > Robin Becker > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > -- Adam Vande More