Re: software raid after the fact?

2017-08-24 Thread ToddAndMargo
On 08/23/2017 05:57 PM, Konstantin Olchanski wrote: On Fri, Aug 18, 2017 at 10:46:32AM -0700, ToddAndMargo wrote: Is there a way to create software raid 1 after the fact? Meaning, you already installed SL on a stand alone drive. Yes, in the nutshell: Hi Konstantin, That was above

Re: software raid after the fact?

2017-08-23 Thread Konstantin Olchanski
On Fri, Aug 18, 2017 at 10:46:32AM -0700, ToddAndMargo wrote: > > Is there a way to create software raid 1 after the fact? > Meaning, you already installed SL on a stand alone drive. > Yes, in the nutshell: - you must have two disks of identical size (/dev/sda, /dev/sdb). (HDD, SS

Re: software raid after the fact?

2017-08-20 Thread Tom H
On Sun, Aug 20, 2017 at 12:19 AM, ToddAndMargo <toddandma...@zoho.com> wrote: > On 08/19/2017 05:04 AM, Tom H wrote: >> On Fri, Aug 18, 2017 at 8:46 PM, ToddAndMargo <toddandma...@zoho.com> >> wrote: >>> >>> Is there a way to create software ra

Re: software raid after the fact?

2017-08-19 Thread ToddAndMargo
On 08/18/2017 12:50 PM, David Sommerseth wrote: On 18/08/17 20:58, ToddAndMargo wrote: In case anyone is wondering, to get your status: # cat /proc/mdstat Look for "U"'s to make sure each drive is "up" I also recommend: # mdadm --detail /dev/$MD_NAME That will give you a more

Re: software raid after the fact?

2017-08-19 Thread Tom H
On Fri, Aug 18, 2017 at 8:46 PM, ToddAndMargo <toddandma...@zoho.com> wrote: > > Is there a way to create software raid 1 after the fact? > Meaning, you already installed SL on a stand alone drive. https://raid.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Converting_an_existing_system

Re: software raid after the fact?

2017-08-18 Thread David Sommerseth
On 18/08/17 20:58, ToddAndMargo wrote: > > > In case anyone is wondering, to get your status: > > # cat /proc/mdstat > > Look for "U"'s to make sure each drive is "up" I also recommend: # mdadm --detail /dev/$MD_NAME That will give you a more human readable overview, with more

Re: software raid after the fact?

2017-08-18 Thread ToddAndMargo
On 08/18/2017 11:56 AM, ToddAndMargo wrote: > On 8/18/2017 1:46 PM, ToddAndMargo wrote:>> Hi All, >> >> Is there a way to create software raid 1 after the fact? >> Meaning, you already installed SL on a stand alone drive. >> >> -T > On 08/18/2

Re: software raid after the fact?

2017-08-18 Thread ToddAndMargo
> On 8/18/2017 1:46 PM, ToddAndMargo wrote:>> Hi All, >> >> Is there a way to create software raid 1 after the fact? >> Meaning, you already installed SL on a stand alone drive. >> >> -T > On 08/18/2017 11:44 AM, Betts, Wayne wrote: Hello T, I have

Re: software raid after the fact?

2017-08-18 Thread Betts, Wayne
On 8/18/2017 1:46 PM, ToddAndMargo wrote: Hi All, Is there a way to create software raid 1 after the fact? Meaning, you already installed SL on a stand alone drive. -T

software raid after the fact?

2017-08-18 Thread ToddAndMargo
Hi All, Is there a way to create software raid 1 after the fact? Meaning, you already installed SL on a stand alone drive. -T