> 1 DL585 running SLES 9 with kernel 2.6.5-7.111.5. Two Qlogic HBAs using > the 8.00.00 driver. Each HBA is connected to a Fibre Channel switch > (Total of two switches). Each switch also has a port from the target I > am using connected to it. I am using HP arrays, XP128 and the XP12000, > two ports on each arrays. > Good, this is an unreported target hardware yet. We'll try to have it straight. > I started the Multipathd daemon > > And I get the following: > > Dec 13 21:10:08 netsrv83 multipathd: --------start up-------- > Dec 13 21:10:08 netsrv83 multipathd: start DM events thread > Dec 13 21:10:08 netsrv83 multipathd: initial reconfigure multipath maps > Dec 13 21:10:08 netsrv83 multipathd: no devmap found > Dec 13 21:10:08 netsrv83 multipathd: path checkers start up > Dec 13 21:10:08 netsrv83 multipathd: path checker startup : 65:160 > Dec 13 21:10:08 netsrv83 multipathd: path checker startup : 65:176 > Dec 13 21:10:08 netsrv83 multipathd: path checker startup : 65:192 > Dec 13 21:10:08 netsrv83 multipathd: path checker startup : 65:208 > Dec 13 21:10:08 netsrv83 multipathd: path checker startup : 65:224 > Dec 13 21:10:08 netsrv83 multipathd: path checker startup : 65:240 > Dec 13 21:10:08 netsrv83 multipathd: path checker startup : 66:0 > Dec 13 21:10:08 netsrv83 multipathd: path checker startup : 66:16 > Dec 13 21:10:08 netsrv83 multipathd: path checker startup : 66:32 > Dec 13 21:10:08 netsrv83 multipathd: path checker startup : 66:48 > Dec 13 21:10:08 netsrv83 multipathd: path checker startup : 66:64 > Dec 13 21:10:08 netsrv83 multipathd: path checker startup : 66:80 > Dec 13 21:10:08 netsrv83 multipathd: path checker startup : 66:96 > Dec 13 21:10:08 netsrv83 multipathd: path checker startup : 66:112 > Dec 13 21:10:08 netsrv83 multipathd: path checker startup : 66:128 > Dec 13 21:10:08 netsrv83 multipathd: path checker startup : 66:144 > ...................... (more the the rest of the Luns) > Mostly good, but the multipath tool didn't configured any multipath map ... we'll need to track that. > Followed by the following after a little while: > The little while is the time for the fd leak to fill the entire fd space ... upgrade to 0.4.0 > Dec 13 21:12:40 netsrv83 multipathd: 67:64 : readsector0 checker reports > path is down > Dec 13 21:12:40 netsrv83 multipathd: 67:80 : readsector0 checker reports > path is down > Dec 13 21:12:40 netsrv83 multipathd: 67:96 : readsector0 checker reports > path is down ... > > Running the command multipath -v 2 doesn't yield any output and /dev had > no dm device created. > That the heart of the problem. You should compile the tool with DEBUG=3 and sent the output. regards, -- christophe varoqui <christophe.varoqui@xxxxxxx>
