RE: Growing Linear RAID
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Date: 2009-12-10 08:24:29
Neil, I get only the following message under /var/log/ [root@NAS00226b1755a0 ~]# mdadm /dev/md0 --grow --add /dev/sata3 mdadm: Cannot add new disk to this array Dec 9 20:37:58 NAS00226b1755a0 kernel: md: export_rdev(sdc) [root@NAS00226b1755a0 ~]# mdadm /dev/md0 --grow --add /dev/sata4 mdadm: Cannot add new disk to this array Dec 9 20:38:30 NAS00226b1755a0 kernel: md: export_rdev(sdd) Thanks, Senthil M -----Original Message----- From: Neil Brown [mailto:neilb@suse.de] Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2009 7:04 AM To: SenthilKumar Muthukalai (WT01 - Telecom Equipment) Cc: linux-raid@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Growing Linear RAID On Wed, 9 Dec 2009 20:31:54 +0530 [off-list ref] wrote:
Hi, I am trying to add a disk to a Linear Raid which was created with 2 disks. We use linux-2.6.18 and mdadm-2.6.4. I guess these support the above mentioned disk addition.
Yes, should work. This functionality was introduced in 2.6.18.
root@NAS00226b1755a0 ~]# mdadm /dev/md0 --grow --add /dev/sata3
This is the correct usage but,
mdadm: Cannot add new disk to this array
This indicates that something went wrong. Do you get any messages in the kernel logs at this point? NeilBrown