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    • JaredBuschJ
      JaredBusch @DustinB3403
      last edited by

      @DustinB3403 said in RHEL 4 not seeing ext3 label:

      change the root= to use /dev/hdx in grub.
      

      I did that also. It still failed to mount it.

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      • JaredBuschJ
        JaredBusch
        last edited by

        This is the script that performs the backup itself. Well the chunk that does a backup to HDD

        backup2hd()
        {
        	echo "Backup to HD started..."
        	
        	AUTOBACKUP=$1
        	AUTO=0
        	RES=0
        	if [ "${AUTOBACKUP}" = "AUTO" ]; then
        		RES=0
        		AUTO=1
        		echo "Auto Full Backup Starts..."
        		# mt rewind
        	else
        		RES=2
        		AUTO=0
        	fi
        	#TODO: Mount check - can't backup to a non-existant or read-only mount point 
        	RES=0 # Assume all is well - really the mount check would reset this, but until then just "go with it"
        
        
        	# Make temp directory...
        	# TDR_ROOT is the base directory we are going to use on the mounted volume (e.g. /media/usbdisk)
        	TMP_TDR=${TDR_ROOT}/tmp/TDR-backup
        	mkdir -p $TMP_TDR
        	rm -rf $TMP_DIR
        
        
        	# Size sanity check - can't backup to a device too small.
        	# -- Exclusion HD list
        	mkdir -p $TMP_TDR/hd
        	for HD in $HD_EXCLUDE 
        	do 	
        		mkdir -p $(dirname $TMP_TDR/hd/$HD) # Account for device names like /dev/cciss/c0d0p1
        		touch $TMP_TDR/hd/$HD 
        	done
        
        	dialog --title "BackupHD" --defaultno --yesno "Skip size check?" 5 30 	
        	if [ $? -eq 1 ]; then 
        		# - Find total size of backup 
        		for HD in $(dmesg | grep -P "^\s+\S+:\s+\S+\d+" | grep -P "(\d+|>)$" | cut -d':' -f1 | sed 's/ //g')
        		do 
        			if [ ! -f $TMP_TDR/hd/$HD ]; then
        				mkdir -p $(dirname $TMP_TDR/hd/$HD)  # Account for device names like /dev/cciss/c0d0p1
        				touch $TMP_TDR/hd/$HD 
        				unset TOTALSIZE
        				unset SIZE
        				for PART in $(sfdisk -l /dev/$HD | grep -P "Linux$" | cut -d' ' -f1 )
        				do 	
        					echo "Checking $PART size..."
        					SIZE=$(dump -S $PART )
        					TOTALSIZE=$(($TOTALSIZE + $SIZE	))
        					echo "$PART is $SIZE bytes"
        				done
        			fi
        		done
        		rm -rf $TMP_TDR/hd/
        		# Find device mounted on TDR_ROOT 
        		TARGETSIZE=$(df $TDR_ROOT| tail -n 1 | awk '{print $4}' )
        		TARGETSIZE=$(( $TARGETSIZE * 1024 ))  # Convert to bytes
        		if [ $TOTALSIZE -gt $TARGETSIZE ]; then
        			dialog --title "BackupHD" --msgbox "Target volume is too small.\nTotal size required  [$TOTALSIZE]\nTotal size available [$TARGETSIZE]\n" 10 60
        			RES=99
        		else
        			RES=0
        		fi
        	fi 
        	
        	# Check that $RES = 0 so we can continue...
        	# Otherwise quit this routine.
        	if [ $RES -ne 0 ]; then
        		break
        	fi
        
        	if [ -z $PREFIX ]; then
        		# Default prefix to "YYYY-MM-DD-HHMM_"
        		PREFIX=$(date +'%F-%H%M')_
        	fi
        
        	RECOVERY=$TMP_TDR/recovery-procedure
        
                rm -f $RECOVERY
        	if [ $RES -eq 0 ]; then
        		# make restore procedure script
        		touch $RECOVERY
        		chmod +x $RECOVERY
        		echo '#!/bin/bash' >> $RECOVERY
        		echo 'unset SSH' >> $RECOVERY
        		echo '# -- ' >> $RECOVERY
        		echo '# ' >> $RECOVERY
        		echo '# --' >> $RECOVERY
        		echo 'RESTORE_DIR=$(dirname "$0")' >> $RECOVERY
        		echo 'PREFIX='${PREFIX} >> $RECOVERY
        		echo 'mkdir -p /tmp/TDR-recover' >> $RECOVERY
        		echo 'tar xf ${RESTORE_DIR}/${PREFIX}system-data.tar -C /tmp/TDR-recover' >> $RECOVERY
        		mkdir -p $TMP_TDR/hd
        		# -- Exclusion list
        		for HD in $HD_EXCLUDE 
        		do 
        			mkdir -p $(dirname $TMP_TDR/hd/$HD)  # Account for device names like /dev/cciss/c0d0p1
        			touch $TMP_TDR/hd/$HD 
        		done
        		# - restore boot block and partition table
        		for HD in $(dmesg | grep -P "^\s+\S+:\s+\S+\d+" | grep -P "(\d+|>)$" | cut -d':' -f1 | sed 's/ //g')
        		do 
        			if [ ! -f $TMP_TDR/hd/$HD ]; then
        				mkdir -p $(dirname $TMP_TDR/hd/$HD)  # Account for device names like /dev/cciss/c0d0p1
        				# restore boot block
        				echo "dd if=/tmp/TDR-recover/hd/$HD.partinfo bs=512 count=63 of=/dev/$HD" >> $RECOVERY
        				# restore partition table
        				echo "sfdisk /dev/$HD < /tmp/TDR-recover/hd/$HD.sfdisk" >> $RECOVERY
        				touch $TMP_TDR/hd/$HD
        			fi
        		done
        		echo "echo \"#--- Sleep for a while to let slow controllers (HP/Compaq RAID's for one) catch up...\"" >> $RECOVERY
        		echo "sleep 10" >> $RECOVERY
        		rm -rf $TMP_TDR/hd/
        		# -- Exclusion HD list
        		for HD in $HD_EXCLUDE 
        		do 
        			mkdir -p $(dirname $TMP_TDR/hd/$HD)  # Account for device names like /dev/cciss/c0d0p1
        			touch $TMP_TDR/hd/$HD 
        		done
        		# - recreate partitions (including swap), restore data, re-install grub
                        for HD in `dmesg |grep -P "^\s+\S+:\s+\S+\d+"|grep -P "(\d+|\>)$"|cut -d':' -f1|sed 's/ //g'`
        		do 
        			unset FILE
        			if [ ! -f $TMP_TDR/hd/$HD ]; then
        				mkdir -p $(dirname $TMP_TDR/hd/$HD)  # Account for device names like /dev/cciss/c0d0p1
        				touch $TMP_TDR/hd/$HD
        				for PART in $(sfdisk -l /dev/$HD | grep -P "Linux$" | cut -d' ' -f1 )
        				do 
        					# Create partition restore procedure
        					LABEL=$(e2label $PART)
        					PART_BASE=$(basename $PART)
                                                echo "echo \"# === $LABEL on $PART ===\"" >> $RECOVERY
        					echo "mke2fs -j -L $LABEL $PART" >> $RECOVERY
        					echo "mkdir -p /mnt/$PART_BASE" >> $RECOVERY
        					echo "mount $PART /mnt/$PART_BASE" >> $RECOVERY
        					echo "cd /mnt/$PART_BASE" >> $RECOVERY
        					echo "rm -rf *" >> $RECOVERY
        					FILE="\${RESTORE_DIR}/${PREFIX}${PART_BASE}.img"
        					echo "echo \"# --- Restoring $LABEL from $FILE --- \"" >> $RECOVERY
        # TODO: RSH=ssh RMT=rmt restore -r ${REMOTE_TAPE}
        					echo "restore -v -M -rf $FILE" >> $RECOVERY
        					echo "rm -f restoresymtable" >> $RECOVERY
        					echo "cd /" >> $RECOVERY
        					echo "umount /mnt/$PART_BASE" >> $RECOVERY
        					if [ "$LABEL" = "/boot" ]; then
        						echo "echo Restoring GRUB bootloader" >> $RECOVERY
        						echo "mkdir -p /mnt/$PART_BASE/boot" >> $RECOVERY
        						echo "mount $PART /mnt/$PART_BASE/boot" >> $RECOVERY
        						echo "grub-install --no-floppy --recheck --root-directory=/mnt/$PART_BASE /dev/$HD" >> $RECOVERY
        						echo "umount /mnt/$PART_BASE/boot" >> $RECOVERY
        					fi
        					echo "" >> $RECOVERY
        				done
        				# Recreate the swap partition
        				for PART in $( sfdisk -l /dev/$HD|grep -P "Linux swap$"|cut -d' ' -f1 )
        				do
        					echo "mkswap $PART" >> $RECOVERY
                                                echo "" >> $RECOVERY
        				done
        			fi
        		done
        		rm -rf $TMP_TDR/hd/
        		
        		# Now to actually do the backup
        		
        		# -- backup recovery-procedure script 
        		rm -f $TDR_ROOT/${PREFIX}system-data.tar
        		tar cf $TDR_ROOT/${PREFIX}system-data.tar -C $TMP_TDR recovery-procedure 
        		cp -v $RECOVERY $TDR_ROOT/${PREFIX}recovery-procedure
        
        		# -- Exclusion HD list
        		for HD in $HD_EXCLUDE 
        		do 
        			mkdir -p $(dirname $TMP_TDR/hd/$HD)  # Account for device names like /dev/cciss/c0d0p1
        			touch $TMP_TDR/hd/$HD 
        		done
        		# -- backup partition table information
        		for HD in `dmesg |grep -P "^\s+\S+:\s+\S+\d+"|grep -P "(\d+|\>)$"|cut -d':' -f1|sed 's/ //g'`
        		do
        			if [ ! -f $TMP_TDR/hd/$HD ]; then
        				mkdir -p $(dirname $TMP_TDR/hd/$HD) # Account for device names like /dev/cciss/c0d0p1
        				dd if=/dev/$HD of=$TMP_TDR/hd/$HD.partinfo bs=512 count=63
        				sfdisk -d /dev/$HD > $TMP_TDR/hd/$HD.sfdisk  
         				tar --append -f $TDR_ROOT/${PREFIX}system-data.tar -C $TMP_TDR hd/$HD.partinfo hd/$HD.sfdisk
        				touch $TMP_TDR/hd/$HD
        			fi
        		done
        		rm -rf $TMP_TDR/hd/
        		# -- Exclusion HD list
        		for HD in $HD_EXCLUDE 
        		do 
        			mkdir -p $(dirname $TMP_TDR/hd/$HD) # Account for device names like /dev/cciss/c0d0p1
        			touch $TMP_TDR/hd/$HD 
        		done
        		# -- backup data for each partition 
        		for HD in $(dmesg |grep -P "^\s+\S+:\s+\S+\d+"|grep -P "(\d+|\>)$"|cut -d':' -f1|sed 's/ //g')
        		do
        			unset FILE
        			if [ ! -f $TMP_TDR/hd/$HD ]; then
        				mkdir -p $(dirname $TMP_TDR/hd/$HD) # Account for device names like /dev/cciss/c0d0p1
        				touch $TMP_TDR/hd/$HD
        				for PART in $(sfdisk -l /dev/$HD|grep -P "Linux$"|cut -d' ' -f1)
        				do
        					# dump to file -- remote could be set in the $TDR_ROOT variable....
        					PART_BASE=$(basename $PART)
        					FILE=${REMOTE}${TDR_ROOT}/${PREFIX}${PART_BASE}.img
        					echo "Dumping $PART_BASE to $FILE ..." 
        					# -B 4589824 => (4589824 x 1024 = 4699979776 bytes) or DVD size chunk
        					# -B 665600  => ( 665600 x 1024 =  681574400 bytes) or CD size chunks
        					# dump $DUMP_OPT -M -B 4589824 -0 $PART -j9 -f $FILE
        					dump $DUMP_OPT -M -B 665600 -b 10 -0 $PART -j9 -f $FILE
        				done
        			fi
        		done
        		rm -rf $TMP_TDR/hd/
        
        #TODO: Package the resulting files into one (or more chunks) ?		
        		
        		rm -Rf $TMP_TDR 
        		if [ ${AUTO} -eq 0 ]; then
        			dialog --no-kill --msgbox "[Backup]\nBackup is done!" 6 40
        		fi
        		
        		echo "It is safe to reboot now"
        	elif [ $RES -eq 1 ]; then
        		dialog --no-kill --msgbox "[Backup]\nThis computer encountered an error\n Try another method\n" 7 50
        	fi
        
        }
        
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        • JaredBuschJ
          JaredBusch
          last edited by JaredBusch

          Well dd is moving right along.
          7D033950-423F-4B36-BE10-8760B0A2FF5A.jpeg

          I had to use their recovery CD to boot the hardware. It would not boot to any of my USB drives.

          So that is dd from RHEL 4. The USB disk it is writing to is formatted FAT. So a direct write puked at 4GB.

          The version of split on there only supports a size tag of m at the largest. So I went with 650MB on the split to match what their normal process creates.
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          • JaredBuschJ
            JaredBusch
            last edited by JaredBusch

            I'm monitoring the progress in console 2 (ctl+alt+f2) with
            watch -n 1 "ls -lash /dd_manual/dd"

            A8D5482F-9F47-4B5E-8B0E-7E1E1129E8E4.jpeg

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            • JaredBuschJ
              JaredBusch
              last edited by

              Process completed with no errors yesterday.

              293AE05D-628B-4F33-AC36-196325845B0E.jpeg

              Now to merge it all back together and try to restore it to a VM.

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                It feels like I'm watching reality TV.

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                • DashrenderD
                  Dashrender @JaredBusch
                  last edited by

                  @JaredBusch said in RHEL 4 not seeing ext3 label:

                  Process completed with no errors yesterday.

                  Now to merge it all back together and try to restore it to a VM.

                  Do you need to merge it? just wondering?

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                  • JaredBuschJ
                    JaredBusch @Dashrender
                    last edited by

                    @Dashrender said in RHEL 4 not seeing ext3 label:

                    Do you need to merge it? just wondering?

                    How else does it become a single disk image file to import into my hypervisor?

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                    • JaredBuschJ
                      JaredBusch
                      last edited by

                      So back home, and I have the files backed up in like 4 places.

                      I recombined the .img files and then unzipped them.

                      Getting ready to setup a new VM on Proxmox, but I poked around dmesg on the running system first.

                      SCSI subsystem initialized
                      Fusion MPT base driver 3.02.73rh
                      Copyright (c) 1999-2006 LSI Logic Corporation
                      Fusion MPT SPI Host driver 3.02.73rh
                      ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:02:05.0[A] -> GSI 34 (level, low) -> IRQ 201
                      mptbase: Initiating ioc0 bringup
                      ioc0: 53C1030: Capabilities={Initiator,Target}
                      scsi0 : ioc0: LSI53C1030, FwRev=01032300h, Ports=1, MaxQ=255, IRQ=201
                      ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:02:05.1[B] -> GSI 33 (level, low) -> IRQ 209
                      mptbase: Initiating ioc1 bringup
                      ioc1: 53C1030: Capabilities={Initiator,Target}
                      scsi1 : ioc1: LSI53C1030, FwRev=01032300h, Ports=1, MaxQ=255, IRQ=209
                      Fusion MPT SAS Host driver 3.02.73rh
                      megaraid cmm: 2.20.2.6rh (Release Date: Tue Jan 16 12:35:06 PST 2007)
                      megaraid: 2.20.4.6-rh2 (Release Date: Wed Jun 28 12:27:22 EST 2006)
                      megaraid: probe new device 0x1000:0x1960:0x1028:0x0518: bus 9:slot 4:func 0
                      ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:09:04.0[A] -> GSI 106 (level, low) -> IRQ 233
                      megaraid: fw version:[351S] bios version:[1.10]
                      scsi2 : LSI Logic MegaRAID driver
                      scsi[2]: scanning scsi channel 0 [Phy 0] for non-raid devices
                        Vendor: PE/PV     Model: 1x6 SCSI BP       Rev: 1.0 
                        Type:   Processor                          ANSI SCSI revision: 02
                      scsi[2]: scanning scsi channel 1 [Phy 1] for non-raid devices
                      scsi[2]: scanning scsi channel 2 [virtual] for logical drives
                        Vendor: MegaRAID  Model: LD 0 RAID1   69G  Rev: 351S
                        Type:   Direct-Access                      ANSI SCSI revision: 02
                      SCSI device sda: 143114240 512-byte hdwr sectors (73274 MB)
                      sda: asking for cache data failed
                      sda: assuming drive cache: write through
                      SCSI device sda: 143114240 512-byte hdwr sectors (73274 MB)
                      sda: asking for cache data failed
                      sda: assuming drive cache: write through
                       sda: sda1 sda2 sda3
                      Attached scsi disk sda at scsi2, channel 2, id 0, lun 0
                        Vendor: MegaRAID  Model: LD 1 RAID5  139G  Rev: 351S
                        Type:   Direct-Access                      ANSI SCSI revision: 02
                      SCSI device sdb: 286228480 512-byte hdwr sectors (146549 MB)
                      sdb: asking for cache data failed
                      sdb: assuming drive cache: write through
                      SCSI device sdb: 286228480 512-byte hdwr sectors (146549 MB)
                      sdb: asking for cache data failed
                      sdb: assuming drive cache: write through
                       sdb: sdb1
                      Attached scsi disk sdb at scsi2, channel 2, id 1, lun 0
                      

                      I think this tells me that I should try the megaRAID controller this time. I swaer I already tried. But I have slept since then. Tuesday and Wednesday were crazy stressed getting data..
                      c4c6ce3d-8f9c-4ab3-80c3-6e2e76837feb-image.png

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                      • JaredBuschJ
                        JaredBusch
                        last edited by JaredBusch

                        Well damnit. It does not see the second disk..
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                        Looks like an error during boot

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                        • DashrenderD
                          Dashrender
                          last edited by

                          can you boot from a live image and see both disks?

                          I did a d2vm of a windows 2003 server and I had to run checkdisk like 10 times before it finally worked.. don't ask my why I tried it so many times... I think there is a thread around here somewhere about it.

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                          • JaredBuschJ
                            JaredBusch @Dashrender
                            last edited by JaredBusch

                            @Dashrender said in RHEL 4 not seeing ext3 label:

                            can you boot from a live image and see both disks?

                            I did a d2vm of a windows 2003 server and I had to run checkdisk like 10 times before it finally worked.. don't ask my why I tried it so many times... I think there is a thread around here somewhere about it.

                            The restored drives are fine. Can be mounted as previously noted and the label reports correctly.

                            The issue seems to be that the kernel, as built, is not loading the drives correctly. Potentially because the VM is using a SCSI driver method the old ass kernel does not understand.

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                            • jt1001001J
                              jt1001001
                              last edited by

                              Didn't Dell "back in the day" use or require their own megaraid driver's on Linux?? Can't remember as its been ages since I delt with a 28XX series with a PERC raid card.

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                              • JaredBuschJ
                                JaredBusch
                                last edited by

                                Using VirtIO SCSI (the default selection) the drives are not even seen by tthe recovery boot image. The onyl thing shown is the USB drive holding the data to restore.
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                                • JaredBuschJ
                                  JaredBusch
                                  last edited by

                                  Using VMWare PVSCSI the system won't even boot.
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                                  • JaredBuschJ
                                    JaredBusch
                                    last edited by

                                    VirtIO SCSI Single is the same as VirtIO SCSI
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                                    • JaredBuschJ
                                      JaredBusch
                                      last edited by

                                      The LSI 53C895A shows the drives, so attempting a restore..
                                      Note: Even though it says "Default" this is not the default choice when you go through the wizard, VirtIO SCSI is the default selection.
                                      8cfde816-02ae-444e-b4d4-a3dc8cd62f85-image.png

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                                      • JaredBuschJ
                                        JaredBusch
                                        last edited by

                                        Here is a video of the physical server booting. You can see the drives coming online at the 1:56 mark

                                        Youtube Video

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                                        • JaredBuschJ
                                          JaredBusch @JaredBusch
                                          last edited by

                                          @JaredBusch said in RHEL 4 not seeing ext3 label:

                                          The LSI 53C895A shows the drives, so attempting a restore..
                                          Note: Even though it says "Default" this is not the default choice when you go through the wizard, VirtIO SCSI is the default selection.
                                          8cfde816-02ae-444e-b4d4-a3dc8cd62f85-image.png

                                          So the restore completed, but no boot drive detected I guess.
                                          ac6edfb9-b567-45aa-aab9-885606a5c793-image.png

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                                          • JaredBuschJ
                                            JaredBusch @JaredBusch
                                            last edited by

                                            @JaredBusch or because I am getting cross eyed and did not notice that scsi0 was not selected in the boot order....
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                                            Fixed that.. Label not found.
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