gmirror problem on 5.3-R i386
Jerry McAllister
jerrymc at clunix.cl.msu.edu
Thu Jan 13 07:10:38 PST 2005
>
> Hello,
>
> I'm having a problem with gmirror. It would seem that I cannot add my
> first disk to the mirror after booting off the second drive. My current
> status is a degraded mirror and I cannot see any of the partitions on
> disk one.
>
> For a guide, I'm using the excellent instructions at:
> http://people.freebsd.org/~rse/mirror/
>
> My system has identical WD 80GB SATA drives (ad4 and ad6). I've
> followed the steps in the document that are labeled:
>
> "GEOM mirror Approach 2: Single Slice, Preferred, More Flexible"
>
> # dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/ad6 bs=512 count=79
> # fdisk -v -B -I /dev/ad6
>
> # gmirror label -v -n -b round-robin gm0s1 /dev/ad6s1
> # gmirror load
>
> # bsdlabel -w -B /dev/mirror/gm0s1
> # bsdlabel -e /dev/mirror/gm0s1
>
> # newfs -U /dev/mirror/gm0s1a
> # mount /dev/mirror/gm0s1a /mnt
> # dump -L -0 -f- / | (cd /mnt; restore -r -v -f-)
> # newfs -U /dev/mirror/gm0s1d
> # mount /dev/mirror/gm0s1d /mnt/var
> # dump -L -0 -f- /var | (cd /mnt/var; restore -r -v -f-)
> # newfs -U /dev/mirror/gm0s1e
> # mount /dev/mirror/gm0s1e /mnt/tmp
> # dump -L -0 -f- /tmp | (cd /mnt/tmp; restore -r -v -f-)
> # mount /dev/mirror/gm0s1f /mnt/usr
> # dump -L -0 -f- /usr | (cd /mnt/usr; restore -r -v -f-)
> # cp -p /mnt/etc/fstab /mnt/etc/fstab.orig
>
> # sed -e 's/dev\/ad4s1/dev\/mirror\/gm0s1/g' </mnt/etc/fstab.orig
> # echo 'swapoff="YES"' >>/mnt/etc/rc.conf
> # echo 'geom_mirror_load="YES"' >>/mnt/boot/loader.conf
> # echo "1:ad(6,a)/boot/loader" >/boot.config
>
> # shutdown -r now
>
> # dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/ad4 bs=512 count=79
Well, I am not so familiar with gmirror, but the dd in each case
completely overwrites the slice and partition tables and any other
boot stuff at the beginning of the disk with zeros. That is often
done to make sure it is clear and treated as a clean disk. I see that
after the first dd (to /dev/ad6) you have an fdisk which then writes
a slice table.
But, after the second dd (to /dev/ad4) you do not have any fdisk
so it might not know what to do with that. You may need an equivalent
fdisk here too.
////jerry
>
> # gmirror configure -a gm0s1
> # gmirror insert gm0s1 /dev/ad4s1
>
> At this point I see...
>
> "Unknown provider ad4s1"
>
> A gmirror list reveals:
>
> Geom name: mirror
> State: DEGRADED
> Components: 2
> Balance: load
> Slice: 2048
> Flags: NONE
> SyncID: 2
> ID: 4216140117
> Providers:
> 1. Name: mirror/mirror
> Mediasize: 80026361344 (75G)
> Sectorsize: 512
> Mode: r0w0e0
> Consumers:
> 1. Name: ad4
> Mediasize: 80026361856 (75G)
> Sectorsize: 512
> Mode: r0w0e0
> State: ACTIVE
> Priority: 0
> Flags: NONE
> SyncID: 2
> ID: 3073402045
>
> Geom name: mirror.sync
>
> Geom name: gm0s1
> State: COMPLETE
> Components: 1
> Balance: round-robin
> Slice: 4096
> Flags: NONE
> SyncID: 1
> ID: 3205827760
> Providers:
> 1. Name: mirror/gm0s1
> Mediasize: 80026329088 (75G)
> Sectorsize: 512
> Mode: r5w5e1
> Consumers:
> 1. Name: ad6
> Mediasize: 80026361856 (75G)
> Sectorsize: 512
> Mode: r5w5e2
> State: ACTIVE
> Priority: 0
> Flags: DIRTY
> SyncID: 1
> ID: 1606771156
>
> Geom name: gm0s1.sync
>
> Here's a snippet of /var/log/messages after the first reboot:
>
> Jan 12 17:47:21 webhost02 kernel: GEOM_MIRROR: Device gm0s1 created (id=3205827760).
> Jan 12 17:47:21 webhost02 kernel: GEOM_MIRROR: Device gm0s1: provider ad6 detected.
> Jan 12 17:47:21 webhost02 kernel: GEOM_MIRROR: Device gm0s1: provider ad6 activated.
> Jan 12 17:47:21 webhost02 kernel: GEOM_MIRROR: Device gm0s1: provider mirror/gm0s1 launched.
> Jan 12 17:47:21 webhost02 kernel: GEOM_MIRROR: Device mirror created (id=4216140117).
> Jan 12 17:47:21 webhost02 kernel: GEOM_MIRROR: Device mirror: provider ad4 detected.
> Jan 12 17:47:25 webhost02 kernel: GEOM_MIRROR: Force device mirror start due to timeout.
> Jan 12 17:47:25 webhost02 kernel: GEOM_MIRROR: Cannot update metadata on disk ad4 (error=1).
> Jan 12 17:47:25 webhost02 kernel: GEOM_MIRROR: Device mirror: provider ad4 activated.
> Jan 12 17:47:25 webhost02 kernel: GEOM_MIRROR: Device mirror: provider mirror/mirror launched.
> Jan 12 17:47:25 webhost02 kernel: GEOM_MIRROR: Cannot update metadata on disk ad4 (error=1).
> Jan 12 17:47:25 webhost02 kernel: GEOM_MIRROR: Device mirror: provider ad4 disconnected.
> Jan 12 17:47:25 webhost02 kernel: GEOM_MIRROR: Device mirror: provider mirror/mirror destroyed.
> Jan 12 17:47:25 webhost02 kernel: GEOM_MIRROR: Device mirror destroyed.
> Jan 12 17:57:32 webhost02 syslogd: kernel boot file is /boot/kernel/kernel
>
> Subsequent reboots reveal:
>
> Jan 12 17:57:32 webhost02 kernel: GEOM_MIRROR: Device mirror created (id=4216140117).
> Jan 12 17:57:32 webhost02 kernel: GEOM_MIRROR: Device mirror: provider ad4 detected.
> Jan 12 17:57:32 webhost02 kernel: GEOM_MIRROR: Device gm0s1 created (id=3205827760).
> Jan 12 17:57:32 webhost02 kernel: GEOM_MIRROR: Device gm0s1: provider ad6 detected.
> Jan 12 17:57:32 webhost02 kernel: GEOM_MIRROR: Device gm0s1: provider ad6 activated.
> Jan 12 17:57:32 webhost02 kernel: GEOM_MIRROR: Device gm0s1: provider mirror/gm0s1 launched.
> Jan 12 17:57:32 webhost02 kernel: GEOM_MIRROR: Force device mirror start due to timeout.
> Jan 12 17:57:32 webhost02 kernel: GEOM_MIRROR: Device mirror: provider ad4 activated.
> Jan 12 17:57:32 webhost02 kernel: GEOM_MIRROR: Device mirror: provider mirror/mirror launched.
> Jan 12 17:57:32 webhost02 kernel: Mounting root from ufs:/dev/mirror/gm0s1a
>
>
> Here's my bsdlabels, if that helps:
>
> webhost02# bsdlabel /dev/mirror/gm0s1
> # /dev/mirror/gm0s1:
> 8 partitions:
> # size offset fstype [fsize bsize bps/cpg]
> a: 524288 0 4.2BSD 2048 16384 32776
> b: 4142160 524288 swap
> c: 156301424 0 unused 0 0 # "raw" part, don't edit
> d: 16777216 4666448 4.2BSD 2048 16384 28552
> e: 2097152 21443664 4.2BSD 2048 16384 28552
> f: 132755506 23540816 4.2BSD 2048 16384 28552
>
> webhost02# bsdlabel /dev/ad6
> # /dev/ad6:
> 8 partitions:
> # size offset fstype [fsize bsize bps/cpg]
> a: 524288 0 4.2BSD 2048 16384 32776
> b: 4142160 524288 swap
> c: 156301424 0 unused 0 0 # "raw" part, don't edit
> d: 16777216 4666448 4.2BSD 2048 16384 28552
> e: 2097152 21443664 4.2BSD 2048 16384 28552
> f: 132755506 23540816 4.2BSD 2048 16384 28552
> bsdlabel: partition c doesn't cover the whole unit!
> bsdlabel: An incorrect partition c may cause problems for standard system utilities
>
> webhost02# bsdlabel /dev/ad4
> bsdlabel: /dev/ad4: no valid label found
>
> Thanks for your help!
>
> --
> Regards,
> Doug
> _______________________________________________
> freebsd-questions at freebsd.org mailing list
> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions
> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe at freebsd.org"
>
More information about the freebsd-questions
mailing list