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I am wanting to move a linux md raid6 array to a new server. &nbsp;I want to know the proper way of doing this without losing my data:<br />
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The new system has all the appropriate tools AND drivers installed so it will recognize all 16 disks and have mdadm running in the background ready.<br />
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I have NOT configured mdadm.conf on the new system.<br />
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The current drives do NOT have partitions set to 'fd' Linux RAID Auto-Detect.<br />
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The RAID devices should have the md uuid in their superblock right?<br />
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I have all of my data backed up.<br />
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Also, for the future, should you 100% always make partitions for a software raid?
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I am wanting to move a linux md raid6 array to a new server.  I want to know the proper way of doing this without losing my data:

The new system has all the appropriate tools AND drivers installed so it will recognize all 16 disks and have mdadm running in the background ready.

I have NOT configured mdadm.conf on the new system.

The current drives do NOT have partitions set to 'fd' Linux RAID Auto-Detect.

The RAID devices should have the md uuid in their superblock right?


I have all of my data backed up.


Also, for the future, should you 100% always make partitions for a software raid?

Proper way to move a Linux MD Raid6 array to another server?

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