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First revamp of the docs. This is still work-in-progress. More to come 

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.\" $NetBSD: raidctl.8,v 1.13 2000/02/24 23:52:46 oster Exp $
.\" $NetBSD: raidctl.8,v 1.14 2000/02/25 22:24:46 oster Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1998 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
.\" All rights reserved.
@ -156,7 +156,8 @@ eligible to be the root partition. A RAID set configured this way
will
.Ar override
the use of the boot disk as the root device. All components of the
set must be of type RAID in the disklabel.
set must be of type RAID in the disklabel. Note that the kernel being
booted must currently reside on a non-RAID set.
.It Fl B Ar dev
Initiate a copyback of reconstructed data from a spare disk to
its original disk. This is performed after a component has failed,
@ -188,13 +189,11 @@ the reconstruction process if a component does have a hardware failure.
.It Fl g Ar component Ar dev
Get the component label for the specified component.
.It Fl i Ar dev
Initialize (re-write) the parity on the device. This
Initialize the RAID device. In particular, (re-write) the parity on
the selected device. This
.Ar MUST
be done before the RAID device is labeled and before
filesystems are created on the RAID device, and is normally used after
a system crash (and before a
.Xr fsck 8 )
to ensure the integrity of the parity.
be done for all RAID sets before the RAID device is labeled and before
filesystems are created on the RAID device.
.It Fl I Ar serial_number Ar dev
Initialize the component labels on each component of the device.
.Ar serial_number
@ -210,6 +209,9 @@ message, and returns successfully if the parity is up-to-date.
.It Fl P Ar dev
Check the status of the parity on the RAID set, and initialize
(re-write) the parity if the parity is not known to be up-to-date.
This is normally used after a system crash (and before a
.Xr fsck 8 )
to ensure the integrity of the parity.
.It Fl r Ar component Ar dev
Remove the spare disk specified by
.Ar component
@ -225,8 +227,9 @@ component has a hardware failure.
Display the status of the RAIDframe device for each of the components
and spares.
.It Fl S Ar dev
Check the status of component reconstruction. The output indicates
the amount of progress achieved in reconstructing a failed component.
Check the status of parity re-writing, component reconstruction, and
component copyback. The output indicates the amount of progress
achieved in each of these areas.
.It Fl u Ar dev
Unconfigure the RAIDframe device.
.It Fl v
@ -250,7 +253,7 @@ files, a
indicates the beginning of a comment.
.Pp
There are 4 required sections of a configuration file, and 2
optional components. Each section begins with a
optional sections. Each section begins with a
.Sq START ,
followed by
the section name, and the confuration parameters associated with that
@ -289,8 +292,13 @@ operate in degraded mode. Note that it is
.Ar imperative
that the order of the components in the configuration file does not
change between configurations of a RAID device. Changing the order
of the components (at least at the time of this writing) will result in
data loss.
of the components will result in data loss if the set is configured
with the
.Fl C
option. In normal circumstances, the RAID set will not configure if
only
.Fl c
is specified, and the components are out-of-order.
.Pp
The next section, which is the
.Sq spare
@ -310,7 +318,7 @@ START spare
for a configuration with a single spare component. If no spare drives
are to be used in the configuration, then the
.Sq spare
section may be omitted.
section may be omitted.
.Pp
The next section is the
.Sq layout
@ -361,13 +369,11 @@ section. This is most often
specified as:
.Bd -unfilled -offset indent
START queue
fifo 1
fifo 100
.Ed
.Pp
where the queueing method is specified as fifo (first-in, first-out),
and the size of the per-component queue is limited to 1 request. A
value of 1 is quite conservative here, and values of 100 or more may
been used to increase the driver performance.
and the size of the per-component queue is limited to 100 requests.
Other queuing methods may also be specified, but a discussion of them
is beyond the scope of this document.
.Pp
@ -385,38 +391,71 @@ for a more complete configuration file example.
.Sh EXAMPLES
The examples in this section will focus on a RAID 5 configuration.
Other RAID configurations will behave similarly. It is highly
recommended that before using the RAID driver for real filesystems
that the system administrator(s) have used
.Ar all
of the options for
It is highly recommended that before using the RAID driver for real
filesystems that the system administrator(s) become quite familiar
with the use of
.Nm "" ,
and that they understand how the component reconstruction process
works. While this example is not created as a tutorial, the steps
shown here can be easily duplicated using four equal-sized partitions
from any number of disks (including all four from a single disk).
works. The examples in this section will focus on configuring a
number of different RAID sets of varying degrees of redundancy.
By working through these examples, administrators should be able to
develop a good feel for how to configure a RAID set, and how to
initiate reconstruction of failed components.
.Pp
The first step to configuring a RAID set is to mark the components
that will be used for that set. This is typically done by using
.Xr disklabel 8
to create partitions of type
.Dv FS_BSDFFS or
.Dv FS_RAID .
The type
.Dv FS_RAID
is reserved for RAIDframe use, and is required for features such as
auto-configuration. A typical disklabel entry for a RAID component
In the following examples
.Sq raid0
will be used to denote the RAID device. Depending on the
architecture,
.Sq /dev/rraid0c
or
.Sq /dev/rraid0d
may be used in place of
.Sq raid0 .
.Pp
The initial step in configuring a RAID set is to identify the components
that will be used in the RAID set. All components should be the same
size. Each component should have a disklabel type of
.Dv FS_RAID ,
and a typical disklabel entry for a RAID component
might look like:
.Bd -unfilled -offset indent
f: 1800000 200495 RAID # (Cyl. 405*- 4041*)
.Ed
.Pp
The primary uses of
While
.Dv FS_BSDFFS
will also work as the component type, the type
.Dv FS_RAID
is preferred for RAIDframe use, as it is required for features such as
auto-configuration. As part of the initial configuration of each RAID
set, each component will be given a
.Sq component label .
A
.Sq component label
contains important information about the component, including a
user-specified serial number, the row and column of that component in
the RAID set, the redundancy level of the RAID set, a 'modification
counter', and whether the parity information (if any) on that
component is known to be correct. Component labels are an integral
part of the RAID set, since they are used to ensure that components
are configured in the correct order, and used to keep track of other
vital information about the RAID set. Component labels are also
required for the auto-detection and auto-configuration of RAID sets at
boot time. For a component label to be considered valid, that
particular component label must be in agreement with the other
component labels in the set. For example, the serial number,
'modification counter', number of rows and number of columns must all
be in agreement. If any of these are different, then the component is
not considered to be part of the set. See
.Xr raid 4
for more information about component labels.
.Pp
Once the components have been identified, and the disks have
appropriate labels,
.Nm ""
is to configure and unconfigure
is then used to configure the
.Xr raid 4
devices. To configure the device, a configuration
device. To configure the device, a configuration
file which looks something like:
.Bd -unfilled -offset indent
START array
@ -439,46 +478,20 @@ START queue
fifo 100
.Ed
.Pp
is first created. In short, this configuration file specifies a RAID
5 configuration consisting of the components /dev/sd1e,
is created in a file. In this example, the above configuration
will be in a filed called
.Sq raid0.conf .
The above configuration file specifies a RAID
5 set consisting of the components /dev/sd1e,
/dev/sd2e, and /dev/sd3e, with /dev/sd4e available as a
.Sq hot spare
in case one of
the three main drives should fail. If the above configuration is in a
file called
.Sq rfconfig ,
raid device 0 in the normal case can be configured with:
.Bd -unfilled -offset indent
raidctl -c rfconfig raid0
.Ed
.Pp
The above is equivalent to the following:
.Bd -unfilled -offset indent
raidctl -c rfconfig /dev/rraid0d
.Ed
.Pp
on the i386 architecture. On all other architectures, /dev/rraid0c
is used in place of /dev/rraid0d.
.Pp
A RAID set will not configure with
.Fl c
if the component labels are not correct. A
.Sq component label
contains important information about the component, including a
user-specified serial number, the row and column of that component in the RAID
set, and whether the data (and parity) on the component is
.Sq clean .
See
.Xr raid 4
for more information about component labels.
.Pp
Since new RAID sets will not have correct component labels, the first
configuration of a RAID set must use
the three main drives should fail.
The first time a RAID set is configured, the
.Fl C
instead of
.Fl c :
option must be used:
.Bd -unfilled -offset indent
raidctl -C rfconfig raid0
raidctl -C raid0.conf raid0
.Ed
.Pp
The
@ -487,7 +500,13 @@ forces the configuration to succeed, even if any of the component
labels are incorrect. This option should not be used lightly in
situations other than initial configurations, as if
the system is refusing to configure a RAID set, there is probably a
very good reason for it.
very good reason for it. After the initial configuration is done (and
appropriate component labels are added with the
.Ar I
option) then raid0 can be configured normally with:
.Bd -unfilled -offset indent
raidctl -c raid0.conf raid0
.Ed
.Pp
When the RAID set is configured for the first time, it is
necessary to initialize the component labels, and to initialize the
@ -499,17 +518,37 @@ raidctl -I 112341 raid0
where
.Sq 112341
is a user-specified serial number for the RAID set. Using different
serial numbers between RAID sets is strongly encouraged, as using the
serial numbers between RAID sets is
.Ar strongly encouraged ,
as using the
same serial number for all RAID sets will only serve to decrease the
usefulness of the component label checking.
.Pp
Initializing the parity on the RAID set is done via:
Initializing the RAID set is done via:
.Bd -unfilled -offset indent
raidctl -i raid0
.Ed
.Pp
Initializing the parity in this way may also be required after an
unclean shutdown. Since it is the parity that provides the
This initialization includes ensuring that the parity (if any) on the
RAID set is correct. Since this initialization may be quite
time-consuming, the
.Ar v
option may be also used in conjuction with
.Ar i .
This will give more verbose output on the
status of the initialization:
.Bd -unfilled -offset indent
Initiating re-write of parity
Parity Re-write status:
10% |**** | ETA: 06:03 /
.Ed
.Pp
The output provides a
.Sq Percent Complete
in both a numeric and graphical format, as well as an estimated time
to completion of the operation.
.Pp
Since it is the parity that provides the
'redundancy' part of RAID, it is critical that the parity is correct
as much as possible. If the parity is not correct, then there is no
guarantee that data will not be lost if a component fails.
@ -529,7 +568,8 @@ raidctl -p raid0
.Ed
.Pp
can be used to check the current status of the parity. To check the
parity and rebuild it necessary the command:
parity and rebuild it necessary (for example, after an unclean
shutdown) the command:
.Bd -unfilled -offset indent
raidctl -P raid0
.Ed
@ -555,9 +595,46 @@ Components:
/dev/sd3e: optimal
Spares:
/dev/sd4e: spare
Component label for /dev/sd1e:
Row: 0 Column: 0 Num Rows: 1 Num Columns: 3
Version: 2 Serial Number: 13432 Mod Counter: 65
Clean: No Status: 0
sectPerSU: 32 SUsPerPU: 1 SUsPerRU: 1
RAID Level: 5 blocksize: 512 numBlocks: 1799936
Autoconfig: No
Last configured as: raid0
Component label for /dev/sd2e:
Row: 0 Column: 1 Num Rows: 1 Num Columns: 3
Version: 2 Serial Number: 13432 Mod Counter: 65
Clean: No Status: 0
sectPerSU: 32 SUsPerPU: 1 SUsPerRU: 1
RAID Level: 5 blocksize: 512 numBlocks: 1799936
Autoconfig: No
Last configured as: raid0
Component label for /dev/sd3e:
Row: 0 Column: 2 Num Rows: 1 Num Columns: 3
Version: 2 Serial Number: 13432 Mod Counter: 65
Clean: No Status: 0
sectPerSU: 32 SUsPerPU: 1 SUsPerRU: 1
RAID Level: 5 blocksize: 512 numBlocks: 1799936
Autoconfig: No
Last configured as: raid0
Parity status: clean
Reconstruction is 100% complete.
Parity Re-write is 100% complete.
Copyback is 100% complete.
.Ed
.Pp
This indicates that all is well with the RAID set.
This indicates that all is well with the RAID set. Of importance here
are the component lines which read
.Sq optimal ,
and the
.Sq Parity status
line which indicates that the parity is up-to-date. Note that if
there are filesystems open on the RAID set, the individual components
will not be
.Sq clean
but the set as a whole can still be clean.
.Pp
To check the component label of /dev/sd1e, the following is used:
.Bd -unfilled -offset indent
@ -566,25 +643,16 @@ raidctl -g /dev/sd1e raid0
.Pp
The output of this command will look something like:
.Bd -unfilled -offset indent
Component label for /dev/sd2e:
Version: 1
Serial Number: 112341
Mod counter: 6
Row: 0
Column: 1
Num Rows: 1
Num Columns: 3
Clean: 0
Status: optimal
Component label for /dev/sd1e:
Row: 0 Column: 0 Num Rows: 1 Num Columns: 3
Version: 2 Serial Number: 13432 Mod Counter: 65
Clean: No Status: 0
sectPerSU: 32 SUsPerPU: 1 SUsPerRU: 1
RAID Level: 5 blocksize: 512 numBlocks: 1799936
Autoconfig: No
Last configured as: raid0
.Ed
.Pp
For a component label to be considered valid, that particular
component label must be in agreement with the other component labels
in the set. For example, the serial number, 'modification counter',
number of rows and number of columns must all be in agreement. If any
of these are different, then the component is not considered to be
part of the set.
.Pp
If for some reason
(perhaps to test reconstruction) it is necessary to pretend a drive
has failed, the following will perform that function:
@ -594,7 +662,7 @@ raidctl -f /dev/sd2e raid0
.Pp
The system will then be performing all operations in degraded mode,
where missing data is re-computed from existing data and the parity.
In this case, obtaining the status of raid0 will return:
In this case, obtaining the status of raid0 will return (in part):
.Bd -unfilled -offset indent
Components:
/dev/sd1e: optimal
@ -627,6 +695,11 @@ Components:
/dev/sd3e: optimal
Spares:
/dev/sd4e: used_spare
[...]
Parity status: clean
Reconstruction is 10% complete.
Parity Re-write is 100% complete.
Copyback is 100% complete.
.Ed
.Pp
This indicates that a reconstruction is in progress. To find out how
@ -644,6 +717,11 @@ Components:
/dev/sd3e: optimal
Spares:
/dev/sd4e: used_spare
[...]
Parity status: clean
Reconstruction is 100% complete.
Parity Re-write is 100% complete.
Copyback is 100% complete.
.Ed
.Pp
At this point there are at least two options. First, if /dev/sd2e is
@ -656,7 +734,7 @@ be initiated with the
.Fl B
option. In this example, this would copy the entire contents of
/dev/sd4e to /dev/sd2e. Once the copyback procedure is complete, the
status of the device would be:
status of the device would be (in part):
.Bd -unfilled -offset indent
Components:
/dev/sd1e: optimal
@ -691,7 +769,7 @@ in a configuration file should
be changed.
.Pp
If a component fails and there are no hot spares
available on-line, the status of the RAID set might look like:
available on-line, the status of the RAID set might (in part) look like:
.Bd -unfilled -offset indent
Components:
/dev/sd1e: optimal