How can I simulate a failed disk during testing?

Question

In a Linux VM (Vmware workstation or similar), how can I simulate a failure on a previously working disc?

I have a situation happening in production where a disc fai

Answer 1

Linux kernel provides a nice feature called “fault injection”

echo 1 > /sys/block/vdd/vdd2/make-it-fail

To setup some of the options:

mkdir /debug
mount debugfs /debug -t debugfs
cd /debug/fail_make_request
echo 10 > interval # interval
echo 100 > probability # 100% probability
echo -1 > times # how many times: -1 means no limit

https://lxadm.com/Using_fault_injection