lemons_terry@xxxxxxx <lemons_terry@xxxxxxx> wrote: > A third application, alas, uses SCSI IDs to refer to the tape devices. > I've been instructed to seek a persistent naming solution for this > application, too, one that (hopefully) won't require modification of the > application. I started out looking at the QLogic FC HBA's persistence > capability, and saw that it functions at the target level within a > single HBA. But I found that some vendors don't support this method of > persistence, opting instead to use device mapper. > If the "third application" is wanting a I:T:L nexus for some type of passthrough SG_IO operation I assume someone must provide the device nodes to the application to open for its operations (config file??). Since this is not device mapper specific maybe send me a reply offlist and maybe I can help guide your request back to the proper list for more discussion. -andmike -- Michael Anderson andmike@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx -- dm-devel mailing list dm-devel@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/dm-devel