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No software RAID scrub/check scheduled by default

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      Description of problem:
      In previous RHEL version, a cron entry existed for automatic scrub of software RAID arrays. In current RHEL 9.x two services called mdcheck_start.service and mdcheck_continue.service are provided, and they can be triggered by the respective systemd timers. However they call a non-existing script at path /usr/share/mdadm/mdcheck. The mdcheck script really lives at /usr/share/doc/mdadm/mdcheck.

      Indeed, checking which packages provides the mdcheck script shows:

      1. yum whatprovides */mdcheck
        Last metadata expiration check: 2:21:21 ago on Sat 19 Aug 2023 09:40:01 AM CEST.
        mdadm-4.2-8.el9.x86_64 : The mdadm program controls Linux md devices (software RAID arrays)
        Repo : @System
        Matched from:
        Filename : /usr/share/doc/mdadm/mdcheck

      As things stand now, one has to create a custom cron entry or softlink the /usr/share/doc/mdadm/mdcheck at the path expected by the systemd services (ie: ln -s /usr/share/doc/mdadm/mdcheck /usr/share/mdadm/mdcheck)

      Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
      mdadm-4.2-8.el9.x86_64

      How reproducible:
      Try starting mdcheck_start.service and see how it fails due to a non-existent ExecStart path.

      Steps to Reproduce:
      1. systemctl start mdcheck_start.service
      2. systemctl status mdcheck_start.service
      3. the service is in failed state

      Actual results:
      mdcheck_start.service and mdcheck_continue.service do not start, nor classical cron entry is provided for software RAID scrub/check

      Expected results:
      Automatic software RAID scrub/check should be provided out of the box.

      Additional info:
      None.

            xni@redhat.com Xiao Ni
            g.danti@assyoma.it Gionatan Danti (Inactive)
            Xiao Ni Xiao Ni
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