Replacing a faulty drive in an mdadm managed RAID array.

1. Use 'mdadm –manage /dev/mdX -r /dev/sdF' to remove the drive that was marked as faulty from the array.
2. Power down and replace the drive with a good drive.
3. Power up and set the partition table on the new drive to match those of the other drives in the array. Here we used 'sfdisk -d /dev/sdN | sfdisk /dev/sdF'.
4. Add the proper partition on the new drive into the array, 'mdadm –manage /dev/mdX -a /dev/sdN2'
5. Sit back and wait for the recovery to happen. The system will be a bit slow but usable.

Ref:

• http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-server-73/mdadm-raid-5-single-drive-failure-644325/#post3173822
• http://askubuntu.com/questions/57908/how-can-i-quickly-copy-a-gpt-partition-scheme-from-one-hard-drive-to-another/57922#57922
• http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/re-read-the-partition-table-without-rebooting-linux-system.html

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