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Title: Kernel panic and raid down
Post by: amazilia on May 21, 2012, 12:54:43 PM: Hi,

I have a server with a kernek panic error. I booted from the rescue cd

I got this running fdisk-l

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Disk /dev/sda: 1000.2 GB, 1000204886016 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 121601 cylinders, total 1953525168 sectors Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 * 63 208844 104391 fd Linux raid autodetect /dev/sda2 208845 1953520064 976655610 fd Linux raid autodetect Disk /dev/sdb: 1000.2 GB, 1000204886016 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 121601 cylinders, total 1953525168 sectors Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sdb1 * 1 208769 104384+ fd Linux raid autodetect Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary. /dev/sdb2 208770 1953520063 976655647 fd Linux raid autodetect
I ordered two disks (same size) what do I do now?

This server worked fine for at least a year with these disks (I should have maybe be more careful concerning their health state ...)

Thanks in advance

Philippe
Title: Re: Kernel panic and raid down
Post by: Stefano on May 21, 2012, 01:01:54 PM: 1) kernel panic? are you sure it depends on hds?
2) do you read admin's email account? you should have some email telling you if something is going wrong with hds (smart, raid monitor.. ecc)
3) from rescue, are you able to mount the partitions? if so, please post here the result of
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cat /proc/mdstat
please check your ram with memtest (should be one of the boot options of SME's cd)
Title: Re: Kernel panic and raid down
Post by: amazilia on May 21, 2012, 01:21:25 PM: Quote from: Stefano on May 21, 2012, 01:01:54 PM
1) kernel panic? are you sure it depends on hds?
2) do you read admin's email account? you should have some email telling you if something is going wrong with hds (smart, raid monitor.. ecc)
3) from rescue, are you able to mount the partitions? if so, please post here the result of
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cat /proc/mdstat

Hi thanks for your prompt answer.

1) I wish I knew. I have the kernel parnic when I start the server , I cannot boot and I get this output from fdisk using the rescue cd.
2) no, but I know what I will have to do when the server is back ...
3) I can mount sda1 and sdb1 containing /boot but I cannot mount sda2 or sdb2

I am using mount -t ext3 /dev/sdb2 /mnt/sdb2part and i get an invalid argument error message. i guess it is because of the raid

Thanks gain

Philippe

I tried to mount drive with raid.

/etc/mdadm.conf
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DEVICE /dev/sd[ab]1 DEVICE /dev/sd[ab]2
mdadm --examine --scan >> /etc/mdadm.conf

/etc/mdadm.conf
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DEVICE /dev/sd[ab]1 DEVICE /dev/sd[ab]2 ARRAY /dev/md2 level=raid1 num-devices=2 spares=1 UUID=e99fbd4f:a57c9286:380fe2f4:dfc6a506 ARRAY /dev/md1 level=raid1 num-devices=2 spares=1 UUID=af4afe71:9b58db89:0be9d612:9efc4dda
md1 is /boot

mdadm --assemble --scan /dev/md1
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mdadm: /dev/md1 has been started with 1 drive (out of 2) and 1 spare.
mdadm --detail /dev/md1
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/dev/md1: Version : 00.90.01 Creation Time : Thu Jul 3 11:41:18 2008 Raid Level : raid1 Array Size : 104320 (101.89 MiB 106.82 MB) Device Size : 104320 (101.89 MiB 106.82 MB) Raid Devices : 2 Total Devices : 1 Preferred Minor : 1 Persistence : Superblock is persistent Update Time : Mon May 21 11:49:05 2012 State : clean, degraded Active Devices : 1 Working Devices : 1 Failed Devices : 0 Spare Devices : 0 UUID : af4afe71:9b58db89:0be9d612:9efc4dda Events : 0.106134 Number Major Minor RaidDevice State 0 8 1 0 active sync /dev/sda1 1 0 0 - removed
mdadm --assemble --scan /dev/md2

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mdadm: /dev/md2 assembled from 0 drives and 1 spare. not enought to start the array.
Philippe
Title: Re: Kernel panic and raid down
Post by: amazilia on May 23, 2012, 08:28:59 AM: Hi again,

Quote from: Stefano on May 21, 2012, 01:01:54 PM
please check your ram with memtest (should be one of the boot options of SME's cd)

memtest is ok

thanks again

Philippe
Title: Re: Kernel panic and raid down
Post by: amazilia on May 25, 2012, 10:44:31 AM: Hi,

sorry to bring this up, but could someone help me on this ?

thanks in advance,

Philippe
Title: Re: Kernel panic and raid down
Post by: Stefano on May 25, 2012, 10:52:13 AM: I guess there's nothing to do..

your md2 array is broken.. it means that it was working in degraded mode and the only good disk is died..

try removing sda and start from cd in rescue mode.. if you are VERY lucky, you could see old data in sdb2 partition..

I think you should have learnt something:
- always read admin/root email.. in this way you know in real time if something is going wrong (i.e. one disk is kicked out of raid)
- always do a backup (I guess you don't have it.. )

if you have a backup, reinstall and restore

sad but true

P.S. repeat with me the mantra "backup is good, backup is my best friend, backup will save my day.." :-)
Title: Re: Kernel panic and raid down
Post by: amazilia on May 25, 2012, 03:29:33 PM: Quote from: Stefano on May 25, 2012, 10:52:13 AM
I guess there's nothing to do..

your md2 array is broken.. it means that it was working in degraded mode and the only good disk is died..

try removing sda and start from cd in rescue mode.. if you are VERY lucky, you could see old data in sdb2 partition..

I think you should have learnt something:
- always read admin/root email.. in this way you know in real time if something is going wrong (i.e. one disk is kicked out of raid)
- always do a backup (I guess you don't have it.. )

if you have a backup, reinstall and restore

sad but true

P.S. repeat with me the mantra "backup is good, backup is my best friend, backup will save my day.." :-)

Hi,

Thanks for the answer.

I new I was a litle bit careless on this one.

I disconnected one of the two drives and have been able to access to /mnt/sysimage

for the time being I am able to recover my data.

Thanks for your help

Philippe