Example:
Drives:
/dev/sda
/dev/sdb
Raid 1 with boot, swap, and root - created with Ubuntu installer
Problem:
Lost Drive 0 : /dev/sda
Note: When using grub and if the drives are not hot swappable the server will need rebooted into the drive that has grub and the raid1 data. In the case of this example on reboot the BIOS drive boot order needs changed from drive0 being first to drive1 being above drive0 to make it first. After the repair has taken place this can be put back in the BIOS.
The servers stats pre drive loss:
root@ubuntumdtest:~# fdisk -l /dev/sda
Disk /dev/sda: 20 GiB, 21474836480 bytes, 41943040 sectors
Disk model: Virtual disk
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: gpt
Disk identifier: 5ECE8771-DEC1-444A-B370-880C670ABE8B
Device Start End Sectors Size Type
/dev/sda1 2048 4095 2048 1M BIOS boot
/dev/sda2 4096 2101247 2097152 1G Linux filesystem
/dev/sda3 2101248 6295551 4194304 2G Linux filesystem
/dev/sda4 6295552 41940991 35645440 17G Linux filesystem
root@ubuntumdtest:~# fdisk -l /dev/sdb
Disk /dev/sdb: 20 GiB, 21474836480 bytes, 41943040 sectors
Disk model: Virtual disk
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: gpt
Disk identifier: 5ECE8771-DEC1-444A-B370-880C670ABE8B
Device Start End Sectors Size Type
/dev/sdb1 2048 4095 2048 1M BIOS boot
/dev/sdb2 4096 2101247 2097152 1G Linux filesystem
/dev/sdb3 2101248 6295551 4194304 2G Linux filesystem
/dev/sdb4 6295552 41940991 35645440 17G Linux filesystem
root@ubuntumdtest:~# lsblk
NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
loop0 7:0 0 55.5M 1 loop /snap/core18/2284
loop1 7:1 0 55.4M 1 loop /snap/core18/2128
loop2 7:2 0 43.6M 1 loop /snap/snapd/14978
loop3 7:3 0 61.9M 1 loop /snap/core20/1328
loop4 7:4 0 70.3M 1 loop /snap/lxd/21029
loop5 7:5 0 67.2M 1 loop /snap/lxd/21835
sda 8:0 0 20G 0 disk
├─sda1 8:1 0 1M 0 part
├─sda2 8:2 0 1G 0 part
│ └─md126 9:126 0 1022M 0 raid1 /boot
├─sda3 8:3 0 2G 0 part
│ └─md127 9:127 0 2G 0 raid1 [SWAP]
└─sda4 8:4 0 17G 0 part
└─md125 9:125 0 17G 0 raid1 /
sdb 8:16 0 20G 0 disk
├─sdb1 8:17 0 1M 0 part
├─sdb2 8:18 0 1G 0 part
│ └─md126 9:126 0 1022M 0 raid1 /boot
├─sdb3 8:19 0 2G 0 part
│ └─md127 9:127 0 2G 0 raid1 [SWAP]
└─sdb4 8:20 0 17G 0 part
└─md125 9:125 0 17G 0 raid1 /
sr0 11:0 1 1024M 0 rom
cat /proc/mdstat
Personalities : [raid1] [linear] [multipath] [raid0] [raid6] [raid5] [raid4] [raid10]
md125 : active raid1 sda4[2] sdb4[1]
17805312 blocks super 1.2 [2/2] [UU]
md126 : active raid1 sda2[2] sdb2[1]
1046528 blocks super 1.2 [2/2] [UU]
md127 : active raid1 sda3[2] sdb3[1]
2094080 blocks super 1.2 [2/2] [UU]
unused devices: <none>
The Repair: Process:
Replace Drive0 which equates to /dev/sda
Boot into Drive1 by reordering the Bios boot order:
Login and sudo up:
cat /proc/mdstat
fdisk -l
fdisk -l /dev/sda
sfdisk -d /dev/sdb | sed 's/,\s*uuid=[^,]\+//gi' | sfdisk /dev/sda
fdisk -l /dev/sdb
fdisk -l /dev/sda
cat /proc/mdstat
mdadm --add /dev/md125 /dev/sda4
mdadm --add /dev/md126 /dev/sda3
mdadm --add /dev/md127 /dev/sda2
cat /proc/mdstat
grub-install /dev/sda
reboot
Change the Bios back to Drive0 being first in the boot order if desired.
By: tconrad