Re: SCSI reservation conflicts after update

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I went back and investigated why this might happen. Seems that I had seen it before but could not recall how this sort of thing happens.

For 4.6, the scsi_reserve script should only be run if you intend to use SCSI reservations as a fence mechanism, as you correctly pointed out at the end of your message. I believe in 4.6 scsi_reserve was incorrectly enabled by default.

The real problem is that the keys used for scsi reservations are based on node ID. For this reason, it is required that nodeid be defined in the cluster.conf file for all nodes. Without this, the nodeid can change from node to node between cluster restarts, etc. The scsi_reserve and fence_scsi scripts require consistent nodeid (ie. they do not change).

So I think the problem we are seeing is that running 'scsi_reserve stop' cannot work since that will attempt to remove that node's key from the devices. If that key has changed (the node ID changed), it will not find a matching registration key on the device and thus fail.

The best bet is to disable scsi_reserve and to clear all scsi reservations. As you mentioned, the sg_persist command with the -C option should do the trick. I am guessing that the reason that failed for you is that you must supply the device name AND the key being used for that I_T nexus. You can use sg_persist to list the keys registered with a particular device, but since nodeid's may have changed you might have to guess the key for a particular node (ie. the node you run the sg_persist -C command on). The good news is that when you identify the correct key it will clear all the keys.

Ryan

Sajesh Singh wrote:
After updating my GFS cluster to the latest packages (as of 3/28/08) on an Enterprise Linux 4.6 cluster (kernel version 2.6.9-67.0.7.ELsmp) I am receiving scsi reservation errors whenever the nodes are rebooted. The node is then subsequently rebooted at varying intervals without any intervention. I have tried to disable the scsi_reserve script from startup, but it does not seem to have any effect. I have also tried to use the sg_persist command to clear all reservations with the -C option to no avail. I first noticed something was wrong when the 2nd node of the 2 node cluster was being updated. That was the first sign of the scsi reservation errors on the console.

From my understanding persistent SCSI reservations are only needed if I am using the fence_scsi module.

I would appreciate any guidance.

Regards,

Sajesh Singh

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