I have a script that configures a mirrored file system and have been using this successfully in 7.0 without any issues. The commands I use to set up the mirror are:
gmirror label -v -n -b round-robin gm0 ad4s1 gmirror configure -a gm0 This never gave me any trouble in 7.0, but in 8.0 the configure command issues the following error: gmirror: Missing priority argument My initial assumption was that the gmirror command has a new argument that has to be included now to set a priority value but the man page doesn't show any such argument. The gmirror insert command *does* have a "-p" option to set a priority value for a member being added to the mirror, but this is the same as in 7.0. The missing argument error appears to be only a warning of sorts, since it does create the gmirror device. However, when I insert a second drive, it does not autosync, and a dump of the mirror reveals why: # gmirror list Geom name: gm0 State: DEGRADED Components: 2 Balance: round-robin Flags: NOAUTOSYNC Providers: 1. Name: mirror/gm0 Mediasize: 18253766656 (17G) Consumers: 1. Name: ad4s1 Mediasize: 18253767168 (17G) State: ACTIVE Priority: 0 Flags: NONE 2. Name: ad5s1 Mediasize: 18253767168 (17G) State: STALE Priority: 1 Flags: SYNCHRONIZING For some reason the mirror is created in NOAUTOSYNC mode, even though the -a option is included in the configure command. I have to issue a manual rebuild to get the new member to start synchronizing. The system logs also have some interesting messages during a reboot: Nov 23 13:45:43 kernel: GEOM: ad4s1: geometry does not match label (255h,63s != 16h,63s). Nov 23 13:45:43 kernel: GEOM: ad4s1: media size does not match label. Nov 23 13:45:44 kernel: GEOM: ad5s1: geometry does not match label (255h,63s != 16h,63s). Nov 23 13:45:44 kernel: GEOM: ad5s1: media size does not match label. This is again something I have not seen in 7.0. Does anyone have any comments on this? I am using RC3 so perhaps this is a known issue. _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
