raid

mismatch_cnt is not 0

Mismatch_cnt (/sys/block/md#/md/mismatch_cnt) is the number of unsynchronized blocks in the raid.

Not much of an issue if this is reported on raid-0 or raid-1 and can be ignored. See bugzilla report: Bug 566828.

The repair is to rebuild the raid:

echo repair >/sys/block/md#/md/sync_action

This does not reset the count, but if you force a check after the rebuild is complete:

echo check >/sys/block/md#/md/sync_action

Count should return to zero. Verify with:

cat /sys/block/md#/md/mismatch_cnt

Convert / root filesytem to use lvm over raid

I have outlined below the steps taken to move from a normal single disk system and convert to a raid1 using an additional drive:

Note: /boot cannot be on lvm nor any other raids other than raid1 partition.

Don't forget to make the essential backups prior.

Convert / to raid/lvm

  1. fdisk /dev/sdb and make clone of sda (convert partition type to "Linux raid autodetect")
  2. add /dev/sdb1 -- /boot - 13 blocks (100Mb) - type raid
  3. add /dev/sdb2 -- rest - type raid
  4. Create raid partitions:
    partprobe
    mdadm -C /dev/md0 --auto=yes -l 1 -n 2 missing /dev/sdb1
    mdadm -C /dev/md1 --auto=yes -l 1 -n 2 missing /dev/sdb2
  5. Create logical volume and copy / partition and /dev files over:
    pvcreate /dev/md1
    vgcreate vg0 /dev/md1
    lvcreate -L 4G -n lv0 vg0
    mke2fs -j /dev/vg0/lv0
    mkdir /mnt/lv0
    mount /dev/vg0/lv0 /mnt/lv0
    find / -xdev | cpio -pvmd /mnt/lv0
    cp -aux /dev /mnt/lv0
  6. Edit /mnt/lv0/etc/fstab to reflect the new root
    /dev/vg0/lv0            /     ;     ;     ;     ;   ext3    defaults        1 1
  7. Chroot to new filesystem and create initrd with raid and lvm support
    mount --bind /dev /mnt/lv0/dev
    chroot /mnt/lv0
    mount -t proc /proc /proc
    mount -t sysfs /sys /sys
    vgscan
    vgchange -ay
    mkinitrd -v /boot/initrd-`uname -r`.lvm.img `uname -r`
    umount /sys
    umount /proc
    exit
    mv /mnt/lv0/boot/initrd-`uname -r`.lvm.img /boot
  8. Edit grub.conf to point to new root /dev/vg0/lv0
  9. reboot

Convert /boot to raid1

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