How To Set Up Software RAID1 On A Running LVM System (Incl. GRUB2 Configuration) (Ubuntu 10.04) - Page 3
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6 Preparing GRUB2
Afterwards we must make sure that the GRUB2 bootloader is installed on both hard drives, /dev/sda and /dev/sdb:
grub-install /dev/sda
grub-install /dev/sdb
Now we reboot the system and hope that it boots ok from our RAID arrays:
reboot
7 Preparing /dev/sda
If all goes well, you should now find /dev/md0 in the output of
df -h
[email protected]:~# df -h
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/mapper/server1-root
4.5G 816M 3.4G 19% /
none 242M 196K 242M 1% /dev
none 247M 0 247M 0% /dev/shm
none 247M 40K 247M 1% /var/run
none 247M 0 247M 0% /var/lock
none 247M 0 247M 0% /lib/init/rw
/dev/md0 236M 23M 201M 11% /boot
[email protected]:~#
The output of
cat /proc/mdstat
should be as follows:
[email protected]:~# cat /proc/mdstat
Personalities : [linear] [multipath] [raid0] [raid1] [raid6] [raid5] [raid4] [raid10]
md0 : active raid1 sdb1[1]
248768 blocks [2/1] [_U]
md1 : active raid1 sda5[0] sdb5[1]
4990912 blocks [2/2] [UU]
unused devices: <none>
[email protected]:~#
The outputs of pvdisplay, vgdisplay, and lvdisplay should be as follows:
pvdisplay
[email protected]:~# pvdisplay
--- Physical volume ---
PV Name /dev/md1
VG Name server1
PV Size 4.76 GiB / not usable 1.94 MiB
Allocatable yes
PE Size 4.00 MiB
Total PE 1218
Free PE 3
Allocated PE 1215
PV UUID rQf0Rj-Nn9l-VgbP-0kIr-2lve-5jlC-TWTBGp
[email protected]:~#
vgdisplay
[email protected]:~# vgdisplay
--- Volume group ---
VG Name server1
System ID
Format lvm2
Metadata Areas 1
Metadata Sequence No 9
VG Access read/write
VG Status resizable
MAX LV 0
Cur LV 2
Open LV 2
Max PV 0
Cur PV 1
Act PV 1
VG Size 4.76 GiB
PE Size 4.00 MiB
Total PE 1218
Alloc PE / Size 1215 / 4.75 GiB
Free PE / Size 3 / 12.00 MiB
VG UUID hMwXAh-zZsA-w39k-g6Bg-LW4W-XX8q-EbyXfA
[email protected]:~#
lvdisplay
[email protected]:~# lvdisplay
--- Logical volume ---
LV Name /dev/server1/root
VG Name server1
LV UUID b5A1R5-Zhml-LSNy-v7WY-NVmD-yX1w-tuQVUW
LV Write Access read/write
LV Status available
# open 1
LV Size 4.49 GiB
Current LE 1149
Segments 1
Allocation inherit
Read ahead sectors auto
- currently set to 256
Block device 251:0
--- Logical volume ---
LV Name /dev/server1/swap_1
VG Name server1
LV UUID 2UuF7C-zxKA-Hgz1-gZHe-rFlq-cKW7-jYVCzp
LV Write Access read/write
LV Status available
# open 1
LV Size 264.00 MiB
Current LE 66
Segments 1
Allocation inherit
Read ahead sectors auto
- currently set to 256
Block device 251:1
[email protected]:~#
Now we must change the partition type of /dev/sda1 to Linux raid autodetect as well:
fdisk /dev/sda
[email protected]:~# fdisk /dev/sda
WARNING: DOS-compatible mode is deprecated. It's strongly recommended to
switch off the mode (command 'c') and change display units to
sectors (command 'u').
Command (m for help): <-- t
Partition number (1-5): <-- 1
Hex code (type L to list codes): <-- fd
Changed system type of partition 1 to fd (Linux raid autodetect)
Command (m for help): <-- w
The partition table has been altered!
Calling ioctl() to re-read partition table.
WARNING: Re-reading the partition table failed with error 16: Device or resource busy.
The kernel still uses the old table. The new table will be used at
the next reboot or after you run partprobe(8) or kpartx(8)
Syncing disks.
[email protected]:~#
Now we can add /dev/sda1 to the /dev/md0 RAID array:
mdadm --add /dev/md0 /dev/sda1
Now take a look at
cat /proc/mdstat
[email protected]:~# cat /proc/mdstat
Personalities : [linear] [multipath] [raid0] [raid1] [raid6] [raid5] [raid4] [raid10]
md0 : active raid1 sda1[0] sdb1[1]
248768 blocks [2/2] [UU]
md1 : active raid1 sda5[0] sdb5[1]
4990912 blocks [2/2] [UU]
unused devices: <none>
[email protected]:~#
Then adjust /etc/mdadm/mdadm.conf to the new situation:
cp /etc/mdadm/mdadm.conf_orig /etc/mdadm/mdadm.conf
mdadm --examine --scan >> /etc/mdadm/mdadm.conf
/etc/mdadm/mdadm.conf should now look something like this:
cat /etc/mdadm/mdadm.conf
# mdadm.conf # # Please refer to mdadm.conf(5) for information about this file. # # by default, scan all partitions (/proc/partitions) for MD superblocks. # alternatively, specify devices to scan, using wildcards if desired. DEVICE partitions # auto-create devices with Debian standard permissions CREATE owner=root group=disk mode=0660 auto=yes # automatically tag new arrays as belonging to the local system HOMEHOST <system> # instruct the monitoring daemon where to send mail alerts MAILADDR root # definitions of existing MD arrays # This file was auto-generated on Wed, 16 Jun 2010 20:01:25 +0200 # by mkconf $Id$ ARRAY /dev/md0 level=raid1 num-devices=2 UUID=90f05e41:bf936896:325ecf68:79913751 ARRAY /dev/md1 level=raid1 num-devices=2 UUID=1ab36b7f:3e2031c0:325ecf68:79913751 |
Now we delete /etc/grub.d/09_swraid1_setup...
rm -f /etc/grub.d/09_swraid1_setup
... and update our GRUB2 bootloader configuration:
update-grub
update-initramfs -u
Now if you take a look at /boot/grub/grub.cfg, you should find that the menuentry stanzas in the ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/10_linux ### section look pretty much the same as what we had in /etc/grub.d/09_swraid1_setup (they should now also be set to boot from /dev/md0 instead of (hd0,1) or (hd1,1)), that's why we don't need /etc/grub.d/09_swraid1_setup anymore.
Reboot the system:
reboot
It should boot without problems.
That's it - you've successfully set up software RAID1 on your running LVM system!
About Falko Timme
Falko Timme is an experienced Linux administrator and founder of Timme Hosting, a leading nginx business hosting company in Germany. He is one of the most active authors on HowtoForge since 2005 and one of the core developers of ISPConfig since 2000. He has also contributed to the O'Reilly book "Linux System Administration".
