Daily email [NL-40.internal] Anacron job 'cron.daily' on NL-40

  • Hi,

    I get this each day. Is there a guide to how to fix it? The raid 5 is fine.


    /etc/cron.daily/openmediavault-mdadm:

    mdadm: DeviceDisappeared event detected on md device /dev/md/md0

    mdadm: NewArray event detected on md device /dev/md0

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  • this worked, unfortunately the following emails then commenced daily.


    Subject: [NL-40.internal] Anacron job 'cron.daily' on NL-40


    Date: Sunday, August 16, 2026 7:39 AM


    /etc/cron.daily/openmediavault-mdadm:


    mdadm: SparesMissing event detected on md device /dev/md/md0


    And

    Subject: [NL-40.internal] SparesMissing event on /dev/md/md0:NL-40


    Date: Sunday, August 16, 2026 11:17 AM


    This is an automatically generated mail message.


    SparesMissing event detected on md device /dev/md/md0 The /proc/mdstat file currently contains the following:



    Personalities : [raid6] [raid5] [raid4] [raid0] [raid1] [raid10]


    md0 : active (auto-read-only) raid5 sdc[2] sdb[1] sdd[3] sda[4]


    2929887744 blocks super 1.2 level 5, 512k chunk, algorithm 2 [4/4] [UUUU]




    unused devices: <none>

  • Yes this is a known OMV/mdadm issue and doesn't necessarily mean your RAID5 is failing.


    If /proc/mdstat shows the array as healthy then it's probably just the /dev/md/md0 vs /dev/md0 naming issue. I would check:


    cat /proc/mdstatmdadm --detail /dev/md0 eplfeedback


    Both look healthy so you can check the mdadm/udev configuration without building/making changes to the RAID.

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    Yes this is a known OMV/mdadm issue and doesn't necessarily mean your RAID5 is failing.

    Are you a bot? This isn't a known issue. The array really is in auto read only.

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  • To fix the "spares missing" notification issue:


    1. Edit /etc/mdadm/mdadm.conf.

    2. Look for spares=1 and change it to spares=0. Be careful not to alter anything else.

    3. Run update-initramfs -u.

    4. Reboot.

    5. (Optional) Check the health of your array with cat /proc/mdstat and/or cat /etc/mdadm/mdadm.conf to verify it still says spares=0.

    6. There should be no more notifications now.

  • All fixed. Thanks.

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