[GRLUG] RAID recovery

[Greg Folkert]

On Thu, 2014-03-06 at 08:49 -0600, L. V. Lammert wrote:
> Greg,
> 
> > Do this first to see the status of /dev/md0 (and any other md raid
> > devices):
> >
> >         cat /proc/mdstat
> >
> Of course, ..
> 
> > First make sure the drives are indeed failed and removed from the array:
> >
> >         mdadm --manage /dev/md0 --fail /dev/sdb2
> >         mdadm --manage /dev/md0 --remove /dev/sdb2
> >         mdadm --manage /dev/md0 --fail /dev/sdd2
> >         mdadm --manage /dev/md0 --remove /dev/sdd2
> >
> > You have to re-add the drives back into the array, first.
> >
> >         mdadm --manage /dev/md0 --add /dev/sdb2
> >         mdadm --manage /dev/md0 --add /dev/sdd2
> >
> > Then you can "watch cat /proc/mdstat" until things finish.
> >
> Bingo - that's the part that is buried in the HowTos I have seen, ..
> thanks for confirming!

Ok, and what does "cat /proc/mdstat" look like now?

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