2 Want an incremental assembly mode to work nicely with udev.
3 Core usage would be something like
4 mdadm --incr-assemble /dev/newdevice
6 - examine the device to determine uuid etc.
7 - look for a match in /etc/mdadm.conf, abort if not found
8 - find that device and collect current contents
9 - perform an 'assemble' analysis to make sure we have the best set of devices.
10 - remove or add devices as appropriate
11 - possibly start the array if it was complete
13 Other usages could involve
14 - specify which array to auto-add to.
15 This requires an existing array for uuid matching... is there any point?
21 * Don't print 'errors' flag, it is meaningless. DONE
22 * Handle new superblock format
23 * create device file on demand, particularly partitionable devices. DONE
24 BUT figure a way to create the partition devices.
26 * Use Event: interface to listen for events. DONE, untested
27 * Make sure mdadm -As can assemble multi-level RAIDs ok.
28 * --build to build raid1 or multipath arrays
31 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
32 * mdadm --monitor to monitor failed multipath paths and re-instate them.
34 * Maybe make "--help" fit in 80x24 and have a --long-help with more info. DONE
37 * maybe "missing" instead of <bold>missing</> in doco DONE
38 * possibly wait for resync to start, or even finish while assembling.- NO
40 * -Db should have a devices= entry if possible. - DONE
41 * when assembling multipath arrays, ignore any error indicators. - DONE
42 * rationalise --monitor usage:
44 doesn't do as expected. DONE
46 * --assemble could have a --update option. - DONE
47 following word can be:
51 * mdadm /dev/md11, where md11 is raid0 can segfault, particularly when looking in the
52 [UU_UUU] string ... which doesn't exist !
53 It should be more sensible. DONE
57 from Raimund Sacherer <raimund.sacherer@ngit.at>
59 mke2fs -m0 -q /dev/ram1 300
60 mount -n -t ext2 /dev/ram1 /tmp
61 echo DEVICE /dev/[sh]* >> /tmp/mdadm.conf
62 mdadm -Esb /dev/[sh]* 2>/dev/null >> /tmp/mdadm.conf
63 mdadm -ARsc /tmp/mdadm.conf
67 ?? Allow -S /dev/md? - current complains subsequent not a/d/r - DONE
69 * new "Query" mode to subsume --detail and --examine.
70 --query or -Q, takes a device and tells if it is an MD device,
71 and also tells in a raid superblock is found.
74 * write mdstat.c to parse /proc/mdstat file
75 Build list of arrays: name, rebuild-percent
78 * parse /proc/partitions and map major/minor into /dev/* names,
79 and use that for default DEVICE list ????
81 * --detail --scan to read /proc/mdstat, and then iterate over these,
82 but assume --brief. --verbose can override
83 check each subdevice to see if it is in conf_get_devs.
85 DONE, but don't warn yet...
87 * Support multipath ... maybe...
92 * --follow to move spares around DONE
94 * --follow to notice other events: DONE
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101 - --examine --scan scans all drives and build an mdadm.conf file DONE
103 - check superblock checksum in examine DONE
104 - report "chunk" or "rounding" depending on raid level DONE
105 - report "linear" instead of "-1" for raid level DONE
106 - decode ayout depending on raid level DONE
107 - --verbose and --force flags. DONE
109 - set md_minor, *_disks for Create - DONE
110 - for create raid5, how to choose between
111 all working, but not insync
112 one missing, one spare, insync DONE (--force)
113 - and for raid1 - some failed drives... (missing)
115 - when RUN_ARRAY, make sure *_disks counts are right
117 - get --detail to extract extra stuff from superblock,
119 - --detail --brief to give a config file line DONE
120 - parse config file. DONE
123 - when --assemble --scan, if an underlying device is an md device,
124 then try to assemble that device first.
127 - mdadm -S /dev/md0 /dev/md1 gives internal error FIXED
129 - mdadm --detail --scan print summary of what it can find? DONE
133 Assemble doesn't add spares. - DONE
134 Create to allow "missing" name for devices.
135 Create to accept "--force" for do exactly what is requested
136 - get Assemble to upgrade devices if force flag.
137 ARRAY lines in config file to have super_minor=n
138 ARRAY lines in config file to have device=pattern, and only accept
140 If UUID given, insist on that
141 If not, but super_minor given, require all found with that minor
143 If only device given, all valid supers on those devices must have
145 allow /dev/mdX as first argument before any options
146 Possible --dry-run option for create and assemble--force
148 Assemble to check that all devices mentioned in superblock
151 New mode: --Monitor (or --Follow)
152 Periodically check status of all arrays (listed in config file).
153 Log every event and apparent cause - or differences
154 Email and alert - or run a program - for important events
155 Move spares around if necessary.
157 An Array line can have a spare-group= field that indicates that
158 the array shares spares with other arrays with the same
160 If an array has a failed and no spares, then check all other
161 arrays in the spare group. If one has no failures and a spare,
162 then consider that spare.
163 Choose the smallest considered spare that is large enough.
164 If there is one, then hot-remove it from it's home, and
165 hot-add it to the array in question.
168 --alert-handler program
170 Will also extract information from /proc/mdstat if present,
171 and consider 20% marks in rebuild as events.
174 drive fails - causes mail to be sent