Attempting the migration from a second server from single disk to RAID1.
While it was a success on the first one, I cannot get it to work on this machine.
I think it could be related to UEFI BIOS.
Doing a raider -s -R1 sda sdb would always end up in
raider -s -R1 sda sdb
:: raider version 0.13.2 started
:: Option: Single disk to RAID 1 (MIRRORING)
:: Distro name and version: Ubuntu 16.04.1
:: Distro edition: Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS (xenial)
:: Test Status (in lab): Not tested
:: Advice: Use raider at your own risk (and send back your result)!
:: /dev/sda partition table type: GPT/GUID
:: Bootloader found in the boot sector: GRUB
:: GRUB 2 version: 3.2
:: Initramfs generator: mkinitramfs
:: Initramfs generator command: "update-initramfs -u"
:: Swapraider is on
:: Running in "single mode"
:: Good!...
:: BuildRaid phase will start now!
:: There are 0.00B of data to be copied to the new raid system
:: BuildRaid phase will take a long time, maybe more then one day(?).
:: Do you want to continue? (y/[n])y
:: BuildRaid phase started...
:: Working on /dev/sdb ...
:: Copying partitions from disk /dev/sda to /dev/sdb
:: Disk /dev/sda[1] is currently in use
The partitions are as follow on the first disk :
fdisk /dev/sda
Welcome to fdisk (util-linux 2.27.1).
Changes will remain in memory only, until you decide to write them.
Be careful before using the write command.
Hello,
Attempting the migration from a second server from single disk to RAID1.
While it was a success on the first one, I cannot get it to work on this machine.
I think it could be related to UEFI BIOS.
Doing a raider -s -R1 sda sdb would always end up in
raider -s -R1 sda sdb
:: raider version 0.13.2 started
:: Option: Single disk to RAID 1 (MIRRORING)
:: Distro name and version: Ubuntu 16.04.1
:: Distro edition: Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS (xenial)
:: Test Status (in lab): Not tested
:: Advice: Use raider at your own risk (and send back your result)!
:: Disks selected (2):
:: /dev/sda: Seagate Model: ST5000DM002-1XY17X Serial: Z4D1KSZA (5T)
:: /dev/sdb: Seagate Model: ST5000DM002-1XY17X Serial: Z4D00CVN (5T)
:: /dev/sda partition table type: GPT/GUID
:: Bootloader found in the boot sector: GRUB
:: GRUB 2 version: 3.2
:: Initramfs generator: mkinitramfs
:: Initramfs generator command: "update-initramfs -u"
:: Swapraider is on
:: Running in "single mode"
:: Good!...
:: BuildRaid phase will start now!
:: There are 0.00B of data to be copied to the new raid system
:: BuildRaid phase will take a long time, maybe more then one day(?).
:: Do you want to continue? (y/[n])y
:: BuildRaid phase started...
:: Working on /dev/sdb ...
:: Copying partitions from disk /dev/sda to /dev/sdb
:: Disk /dev/sda[1] is currently in use
The partitions are as follow on the first disk :
fdisk /dev/sda
Welcome to fdisk (util-linux 2.27.1).
Changes will remain in memory only, until you decide to write them.
Be careful before using the write command.
Commande (m pour l'aide)Â : p
Disque /dev/sda : 4,6 TiB, 5000981078016 octets, 9767541168 secteurs
Unités : sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 octets
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
Disklabel type: gpt
Disk identifier: 491348B5-BD93-418D-AAEE-A68138940F19
Périphérique Start Fin Secteurs Size Type
/dev/sda1 2048 249855 247808 121M EFI System
/dev/sda2 249856 200249343 199999488 95,4G Linux filesystem
/dev/sda3 200249344 264249343 64000000 30,5G Partition d'échange Linux
/dev/sda4 264249344 9767540735 9503291392 4,4T Linux filesystem
So apparently the UEFI partition cannot be copied
Any idea how I could migrate to Raid1 on this machine ?
Regards,
Manu
Ok... I just read the "readme" and found out UEFI is not (yet) supported.
So I guess I'll have to find another solution :-(