Hello, This is a problem with our init scripts that will be fixed in U3. The change is to make kpartx run for every multipathed device like so /sbin/dmsetup ls --target multipath --exec "/sbin/kpartx -a" this is put in /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit right after we load the dm-multipath module. Thank you, Josef On Tue, Mar 07, 2006 at 07:57:06AM +0000, Bahadir Kiziltan wrote: > > Have a Dell PowerEdge 6850 server with 2 x Emulex LP1050 HBAs with the > latest firmware and BIOS connected to EMC CX300 storage system via 2 x SAN > switches. It's a fully redundant SAN fabric. A LUN sized and named 112GB is > dedicated to such server running RHEL4 U2. Here are some more details... > > [root@devapp2 ~]# multipath -ll > 112GB (36006016064e116004a8cdf7cd8a9da11) > [size=112 GB][features="1 queue_if_no_path"][hwhandler="1 emc"] > \_ round-robin 0 [active] > \_ 1:0:0:0 sdb 8:16 [ready ][active] > \_ round-robin 0 [enabled] > \_ 1:0:1:0 sdc 8:32 [ready ][active] > \_ round-robin 0 [enabled] > \_ 2:0:0:0 sdd 8:48 [ready ][active] > \_ round-robin 0 [enabled] > \_ 2:0:1:0 sde 8:64 [ready ][active] > > Such LUN is presented under "/dev" as "dm-0". Also "/dev/mapper/112GB" > device file is available. However I can't see partitions created on such > LUN without executing "kpartx" command manually. > > [root@devapp2 ~]# kpartx -va /dev/dm-0 > add map dm-0p1 : 0 9783522 linear /dev/dm-0 63 > > I tried to modify script files under /etc/udev/rules directory but no luck. > > How is it possible to make partition(s) available on boot time? > > BTW, fail-over and fail-back operations are working flawless. > > Thanks. > > > -- > > dm-devel@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/dm-devel -- dm-devel@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/dm-devel
