On ven, 2005-07-01 at 17:30 -0400, goggin, edward wrote: > > (1) In the event that automatic path group failback is not configured, which > value for the highest > priority path group should be displayed by "multipath -l" -- the one used by > the multipath target > driver in the kernel or the path group which is actually the highest > priority path group at that > moment in time? Or both -- or still do (see issue (2) below) for path > state? > > The notion of highest priority path group in the kernel may be different > from the actual highest > priority path group in a case whereby: > > (a) auto failback is not enabled > (b) all paths to the highest priority path group are failed > (c) multipath is run manually -- causing path group switching to another > path group > (d) one or more of the paths that were had failed are now made active > again -- yet > because auto failback is not enabled, this path group is not made > the highest > priority path group in the kernel, although by definition it is the > highest priority > path group > Would printing the "PG-summed path priorities" value for each PG meet your needs/taste ? Regards, -- christophe varoqui <christophe.varoqui@xxxxxxx>
