[haiku-sysadmin] Re: DegradedArray event on /dev/md/3:baron

  • From: Urias McCullough <umccullough@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: haiku-sysadmin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sat, 8 Feb 2014 08:02:01 -0800

On Sat, Feb 8, 2014 at 7:04 AM, Urias McCullough <umccullough@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 8, 2014 at 6:43 AM, Urias McCullough <umccullough@xxxxxxxxx> 
> wrote:
>> On Sat, Feb 8, 2014 at 1:32 AM, Oliver Tappe <zooey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> These mail are trying to convey the message that we've lost a disk (sdb).
>>> It is no longer responding to any ATA device detection, so it's likely dead
>>> or the cable is broken.
>>> In any case, this needs to be brought to Hetzner's attention, such that
>>> they can fix the problem. However, I won't be able to do that before next
>>> week, so if someone else feels inclined to fix things earlier, please do.
>>
>> Spectacular...
>>
>> I'll work on trying to get this addressed.
>
> Ok, so I was getting ready to submit the support ticket, and I saw the
> bottom terms:
>
> "I hereby authorize Hetzner Online to check the above-mentioned
> defective hard drive for functionality and to replace this with a new,
> empty hard drive, if necessary. I am responsible for data transfer and
> backups as well as the reintegration of the exchanged hard disk into
> the system configuration (e.g. Software RAID). Furthermore, I
> understand that the server needs to be switched off and disconnected
> from the mains for the hard disk to be exchanged."
>
> The last part suggests the machine needs to be taken offline. I assume
> that we should do a clean shutdown first - do we do that before
> submitting the ticket?

I shutdown all the VMs and sync'd baron. I will leave baron running
and continue to sync it regularly in anticipation of the replacement
disk.

- Urias

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