[mythtv-users] SMARTD reports a drive issue with a MythTV Storage drive

[Ben Kamen]

On 2013-01-17 2:45 PM, david.scott.day at gmail.com wrote:
> Assuming you have a spare SATA port in this machine, start with your 3rd
> step more or less.
>
> 1.  Don't shut down myth just yet.  The family may continue to use it.

Heh - no family. Just me. :D

> 2.  Add the new drive and format/configure as needed.
> 3.  Rsync files from the old drive to the new drive.  This will take
> up to several hours or more, and since myth is still running, it may be a slightly imperfect copy. No matter, we will fix that soon enough.
> 4.  Now, once rsync is done, wait until you have some time (I don't
> know, say a half hour or an hour between recordings and no one who wants
> to watch TV during that time.
> 5.  Now do the rsync again.  This time it will only have to sync the
> diffs between the now nearly identical drives and therefore you have
> minimized your down time.
> 6.  Fix up /etc/fstab.  Unmount the drives and remount the new in place of the old.
> 7.  Restart myth.


Everyone has pretty   much summed it up. Thanks!

  -Ben