#!/usr/bin/env bash # # JbTecWiz Support Centre -- generated fix script # # Fault : mdadm array degraded, or missing after a reboot # Fix : Reassemble an array that did not come up # Source: https://jbtecwiz.com/support/lnx-sto-mdadm # # Run as : Root shell # Expect : 40 minutes # Risk : high # Reversible : yes # # WHEN THIS IS THE RIGHT FIX # The array is inactive or missing after a reboot. # # HOW TO UNDO IT # Superblocks are unchanged by assembly. --force can commit a stale # member, so examine first. # # Walks the fix one step at a time and asks before each. Steps with no # command are yours to do -- it prints those and waits. DRYRUN=1 prints # without executing; UNATTENDED=1 does not ask. # # -------------------------------------------------------------------- # NO WARRANTY - USE AT YOUR OWN RISK # # This script is provided by JbTecWiz as-is and with no warranty of any # kind, express or implied. You run it entirely at your own risk. # # JbTecWiz accepts no liability for any loss or damage arising from its # use, including but not limited to data loss, downtime, or configuration # changes that turn out to be wrong for your system. # # You are responsible for reading this script before running it, for # satisfying yourself that it suits the machine in front of you, and for # having a working backup first. Some steps cannot be undone. # -------------------------------------------------------------------- set -uo pipefail DRYRUN="${DRYRUN:-0}" UNATTENDED="${UNATTENDED:-0}" failed=0 if [ "$(id -u)" -ne 0 ]; then echo " This fix is documented as needing root. Re-run with sudo." >&2 exit 3 fi rule() { printf "\n%s\n" "$(printf '-%.0s' $(seq 1 70))"; if [ $# -gt 0 ]; then echo "$1"; fi; } prose() { echo "$1" | fold -s -w 74 | sed "s/^/ /"; } # Returns 0 when the caller should run the command, 1 when it should not. # A manual step always returns 1 -- there is nothing for the caller to run. step() { # step [command lines...] local n="$1" dotext="$2" why="$3" mode="$4"; shift 4 rule " Step $n of 5" prose "$dotext" if [ -n "$why" ]; then echo; prose "$why"; fi if [ "$mode" = "manual" ]; then echo; echo " -> Do this yourself, then press Enter to carry on." if [ "$UNATTENDED" = "0" ] && [ "$DRYRUN" = "0" ]; then read -r _; fi return 1 fi echo; printf " %s\n" "$@"; echo if [ "$DRYRUN" = "1" ]; then echo " (dry run -- not executed)"; return 1; fi if [ "$UNATTENDED" = "0" ]; then read -r -p " Run this step? [Y]es / [S]kip / [Q]uit " a case "$a" in [Qq]*) echo " Stopped at your request."; exit 0 ;; [Ss]*) echo " Skipped."; return 1 ;; esac fi return 0 } rule echo " mdadm array degraded, or missing after a reboot" echo " Reassemble an array that did not come up" echo echo " Risk: high Reversible 40 minutes" echo prose 'No warranty. Use at your own risk - JbTecWiz accepts no liability. Read it before you run it, and have a backup.' rule echo if [ "$UNATTENDED" = "0" ] && [ "$DRYRUN" = "0" ]; then read -r -p " Ready? [y/N] " go case "$go" in [Yy]*) ;; *) echo " Nothing was changed."; exit 0;; esac fi if step 1 'Look for the members and their superblocks.' 'The Events counter is the key number. Members with matching counts can be assembled cleanly; a member several hundred behind was out of the array and must be re-added rather than assembled, or it will corrupt the data.' cmd 'sudo mdadm --examine /dev/sd[a-d]1 | grep -E '\''Device Role|Array UUID|Events|State'\'''; then sudo mdadm --examine /dev/sd[a-d]1 | grep -E 'Device Role|Array UUID|Events|State' if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then failed=$((failed+1)) echo " Step 1 failed. The rest of the fix may depend on it." >&2 fi fi if step 2 'Assemble by UUID, which is stable across device name changes.' '' cmd 'sudo mdadm --assemble --scan' 'sudo mdadm --assemble /dev/md0 --uuid=xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx'; then sudo mdadm --assemble --scan sudo mdadm --assemble /dev/md0 --uuid=xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then failed=$((failed+1)) echo " Step 2 failed. The rest of the fix may depend on it." >&2 fi fi if step 3 'If it will not assemble because a member is behind, force it only after understanding which member and by how much.' '' cmd 'sudo mdadm --assemble --force /dev/md0 /dev/sda1 /dev/sdb1'; then sudo mdadm --assemble --force /dev/md0 /dev/sda1 /dev/sdb1 if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then failed=$((failed+1)) echo " Step 3 failed. The rest of the fix may depend on it." >&2 fi fi if step 4 'Once running, write the configuration and rebuild the initramfs -- this is the step whose absence causes the array to vanish at every boot.' 'The array is assembled from the initramfs before the root filesystem is available, so a configuration written only to /etc is not read at the time it is needed.' cmd 'sudo mdadm --detail --scan | sudo tee -a /etc/mdadm/mdadm.conf' 'sudo update-initramfs -u'; then sudo mdadm --detail --scan | sudo tee -a /etc/mdadm/mdadm.conf sudo update-initramfs -u if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then failed=$((failed+1)) echo " Step 4 failed. The rest of the fix may depend on it." >&2 fi fi if step 5 'Check fstab uses UUIDs rather than /dev/md0, which can change number.' '' cmd 'sudo blkid /dev/md0' 'grep md /etc/fstab'; then sudo blkid /dev/md0 grep md /etc/fstab if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then failed=$((failed+1)) echo " Step 5 failed. The rest of the fix may depend on it." >&2 fi fi rule " Confirm it worked" prose 'The array assembles automatically after a reboot and the filesystem mounts.' if [ "$DRYRUN" = "0" ]; then sudo reboot cat /proc/mdstat fi rule if [ "$failed" -gt 0 ]; then echo " Finished with $failed failed step(s)." echo " Read the full write-up at https://jbtecwiz.com/support/lnx-sto-mdadm" else echo " Finished." fi echo prose 'To undo: Superblocks are unchanged by assembly. --force can commit a stale member, so examine first.' rule