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- add 'name' field to metadata type and use it. - use validate_geometry more - metadata should be able to check/reject bitmap stuff. DDF: Three new metadata types: ddf - used only to create a container. ddf-bvd - used to create an array in a container ddf-svd - used to create a secondary array from bvds. Usage: mdadm -C /dev/ddf1 /dev/sd[abcdef] mdadm -C /dev/md1 -e ddf /dev/sd[a-f] mdadm -C /dev/md1 -l container /dev/sd[a-f] Each of these create a new ddf container using all those devices. The name 'ddf*' signals that ddf metadata should be used. '-e ddf' only supports one level - 'container'. 'container' is only supported by ddf. mdadm -C /dev/md1 -l0 -n4 /dev/ddf1 # or maybe not ??? mdadm -C /dev/md1 -l1 -n2 /dev/sda /dev/sdb If exactly one device is given, and it is a container, we select devices from that container. If devices are given that are already in use, they must be in use by a container, and the array is created in the container. If devices given are bvds, we slip under the hood to make the svd arrays. mdadm -A /dev/ddf ...... base drives make a container. Anything in that container is started auto-read-only. if /dev/ddf is already assembled, we assemble bvds and svds inside it. 2005-dec-20 Want an incremental assembly mode to work nicely with udev. Core usage would be something like mdadm --incr-assemble /dev/newdevice This would - examine the device to determine uuid etc. - look for a match in /etc/mdadm.conf, abort if not found - find that device and collect current contents - perform an 'assemble' analysis to make sure we have the best set of devices. - remove or add devices as appropriate - possibly start the array if it was complete Other usages could involve - specify which array to auto-add to. This requires an existing array for uuid matching... is there any point? - 2004-june-02 * Don't print 'errors' flag, it is meaningless. DONE * Handle new superblock format * create device file on demand, particularly partitionable devices. DONE BUT figure a way to create the partition devices. auto=partN * Use Event: interface to listen for events. DONE, untested * Make sure mdadm -As can assemble multi-level RAIDs ok. * --build to build raid1 or multipath arrays clean or not ??? ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- * mdadm --monitor to monitor failed multipath paths and re-instate them. * Maybe make "--help" fit in 80x24 and have a --long-help with more info. DONE * maybe "missing" instead of <bold>missing</> in doco DONE * possibly wait for resync to start, or even finish while assembling.- NO * -Db should have a devices= entry if possible. - DONE * when assembling multipath arrays, ignore any error indicators. - DONE * rationalise --monitor usage: mdadm --monitor doesn't do as expected. DONE * --assemble could have a --update option. - DONE following word can be: sparc2.2 super-minor * mdadm /dev/md11, where md11 is raid0 can segfault, particularly when looking in the [UU_UUU] string ... which doesn't exist ! It should be more sensible. DONE Example: from Raimund Sacherer <raimund.sacherer@ngit.at> mke2fs -m0 -q /dev/ram1 300 mount -n -t ext2 /dev/ram1 /tmp echo DEVICE /dev/[sh]* >> /tmp/mdadm.conf mdadm -Esb /dev/[sh]* 2>/dev/null >> /tmp/mdadm.conf mdadm -ARsc /tmp/mdadm.conf umount /tmp ?? Allow -S /dev/md? - current complains subsequent not a/d/r - DONE * new "Query" mode to subsume --detail and --examine. --query or -Q, takes a device and tells if it is an MD device, and also tells in a raid superblock is found. DONE * write mdstat.c to parse /proc/mdstat file Build list of arrays: name, rebuild-percent DONE * parse /proc/partitions and map major/minor into /dev/* names, and use that for default DEVICE list ???? * --detail --scan to read /proc/mdstat, and then iterate over these, but assume --brief. --verbose can override check each subdevice to see if it is in conf_get_devs. Warn if not. DONE, but don't warn yet... * Support multipath ... maybe... maybe DONE * --follow to syslog * --follow to move spares around DONE * --follow to notice other events: DONE rebuild started spare activated spare removed spare added ------------------------------------ - --examine --scan scans all drives and build an mdadm.conf file DONE - check superblock checksum in examine DONE - report "chunk" or "rounding" depending on raid level DONE - report "linear" instead of "-1" for raid level DONE - decode ayout depending on raid level DONE - --verbose and --force flags. DONE - set md_minor, *_disks for Create - DONE - for create raid5, how to choose between all working, but not insync one missing, one spare, insync DONE (--force) - and for raid1 - some failed drives... (missing) - when RUN_ARRAY, make sure *_disks counts are right - get --detail to extract extra stuff from superblock, like uuid DONE - --detail --brief to give a config file line DONE - parse config file. DONE - test... - when --assemble --scan, if an underlying device is an md device, then try to assemble that device first. - mdadm -S /dev/md0 /dev/md1 gives internal error FIXED - mdadm --detail --scan print summary of what it can find? DONE --------- Assemble doesn't add spares. - DONE Create to allow "missing" name for devices. Create to accept "--force" for do exactly what is requested - get Assemble to upgrade devices if force flag. ARRAY lines in config file to have super_minor=n ARRAY lines in config file to have device=pattern, and only accept those devices If UUID given, insist on that If not, but super_minor given, require all found with that minor to have same uuid If only device given, all valid supers on those devices must have same uuid allow /dev/mdX as first argument before any options Possible --dry-run option for create and assemble--force Assemble to check that all devices mentioned in superblock are present. New mode: --Monitor (or --Follow) Periodically check status of all arrays (listed in config file). Log every event and apparent cause - or differences Email and alert - or run a program - for important events Move spares around if necessary. An Array line can have a spare-group= field that indicates that the array shares spares with other arrays with the same spare-group name. If an array has a failed and no spares, then check all other arrays in the spare group. If one has no failures and a spare, then consider that spare. Choose the smallest considered spare that is large enough. If there is one, then hot-remove it from it's home, and hot-add it to the array in question. --mail-to address --alert-handler program Will also extract information from /proc/mdstat if present, and consider 20% marks in rebuild as events. Events are: drive fails - causes mail to be sent rebuild started spare activated spare removed spare added