In addition to that, should "dm-" also be under the devnode_blacklilst? Regards, Pradipmaya. On Jan 17, 2008 11:02 AM, Chandra Seetharaman <sekharan@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Thu, 2008-01-17 at 12:40 -0600, Nath, Varun wrote: > > I used the /dev/mapper/mpath# also in the fstab but that did not help. > > That is odd. > > When the system boots up completely, do you see the multipath devices, > or you explicitly run the multipath command to make the multipath > devices show up ? > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: dm-devel-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:dm-devel-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] > > On Behalf Of Chandra Seetharaman > > Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2008 12:38 PM > > To: device-mapper development > > Subject: Re: Need Help > > > > Without the /etc/fstab, this is my hunch: you are using /dev/mpath > > in /etc/fstab. Try /dev/mapper instead. > > > > On Thu, 2008-01-17 at 08:35 -0600, Nath, Varun wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > > > > > I am trying to configure multipathing on Red hat 4 update 6 64 bit. > > > > > > > > > > > > Below is the list of RPM I have installed > > > > > > > > > > > > rpm -qa | grep mapper > > > > > > device-mapper-1.02.21-1.el4 > > > > > > device-mapper-1.02.21-1.el4 > > > > > > device-mapper-multipath-0.4.5-27.RHEL4 > > > > > > > > > > > > The hardware is Sun x4600 and I am using QLA cards. The system has two > > > LUNs presented to it of size 10 GB and size 90 GB > > > > > > > > > > > > There is a problem when I configure file system on it. I am able to > > > access and mount the file system. But when I add those entries > > > in /etc/fstab, the system would not recognize those devices. > > > > > > > > > > > > Below is the output from multipath command > > > > > > > > > > > > multipath -ll > > > > > > mpath5 (3600508b40010541d00009000065d0000) > > > > > > [size=90 GB][features="1 queue_if_no_path"][hwhandler="0"] > > > > > > \_ round-robin 0 [prio=100][active] > > > > > > \_ 1:0:0:2 sdd 8:48 [active][ready] > > > > > > \_ 2:0:0:2 sdh 8:112 [active][ready] > > > > > > \_ round-robin 0 [prio=20][enabled] > > > > > > \_ 1:0:1:2 sdf 8:80 [active][ready] > > > > > > \_ 2:0:1:2 sdj 8:144 [active][ready] > > > > > > > > > > > > mpath4 (3600508b40010541d00009000065a0000) > > > > > > [size=10 GB][features="1 queue_if_no_path"][hwhandler="0"] > > > > > > \_ round-robin 0 [prio=100][enabled] > > > > > > \_ 1:0:1:1 sde 8:64 [active][ready] > > > > > > \_ 2:0:1:1 sdi 8:128 [active][ready] > > > > > > \_ round-robin 0 [prio=20][enabled] > > > > > > \_ 1:0:0:1 sdc 8:32 [active][ready] > > > > > > \_ 2:0:0:1 sdg 8:96 [active][ready] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Also, below is my /etc/multipath.conf > > > > > > > > > > > > # This is an example configuration file for device mapper multipath. > > > > > > # For a complete list of the default configuration values, see > > > > > > # /usr/share/doc/device-mapper-multipath-0.4.5/multipath.conf.defaults > > > > > > # For a list of configuration options with descriptions, see > > > > > > # /usr/share/doc/device-mapper- > > > multipath-0.4.5/multipath.conf.annotated > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > # Blacklist all devices by default. Remove this to enable multipathing > > > > > > # on the default devices. > > > > > > #devnode_blacklist { > > > > > > # devnode "*" > > > > > > #} > > > > > > > > > > > > ## Use user friendly names, instead of using WWIDs as names. > > > > > > defaults { > > > > > > user_friendly_names yes > > > > > > selector "round-robin 0" > > > > > > } > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ## By default, devices with vendor = "IBM" and product = "S/390.*" are > > > > > > ## blacklisted. To enable mulitpathing on these devies, uncomment the > > > > > > ## following lines. > > > > > > #devices { > > > > > > # device { > > > > > > # vendor "IBM" > > > > > > # product "S/390 DASD ECKD" > > > > > > # path_grouping_policy multibus > > > > > > # getuid_callout "/sbin/dasdview -j -f /dev/%n" > > > > > > # path_checker directio > > > > > > # } > > > > > > #} > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ## > > > > > > ## This is a template multipath-tools configuration file > > > > > > ## Uncomment the lines relevent to your environment > > > > > > ## > > > > > > #defaults { > > > > > > # udev_dir /dev > > > > > > # polling_interval 10 > > > > > > # selector "round-robin 0" > > > > > > # path_grouping_policy multibus > > > > > > # getuid_callout "/sbin/scsi_id -g -u -s /block/%n" > > > > > > # prio_callout /bin/true > > > > > > # path_checker readsector0 > > > > > > # rr_min_io 100 > > > > > > # rr_weight priorities > > > > > > # failback immediate > > > > > > # no_path_retry fail > > > > > > # user_friendly_name yes > > > > > > #} > > > > > > ## > > > > > > ## The wwid line in the following blacklist section is shown as an > > > example > > > > > > ## of how to blacklist devices by wwid. The 3 devnode lines are the > > > > > > ## compiled in default blacklist. If you want to blacklist entire > > > types > > > > > > ## of devices, such as all scsi devices, you should use a devnode > > > line. > > > > > > ## However, if you want to blacklist specific devices, you should use > > > > > > ## a wwid line. Since there is no guarantee that a specific device > > > will > > > > > > ## not change names on reboot (from /dev/sda to /dev/sdb for example) > > > > > > ## devnode lines are not recommended for blacklisting specific > > > devices. > > > > > > ## > > > > > > devnode_blacklist { > > > > > > wwid 3600508e000000000ed7fb52911133c06 > > > > > > devnode "^(ram|raw|loop|fd|md|sr|scd|st)[0-9]*" > > > > > > devnode "^hd[a-z]" > > > > > > } > > > > > > #multipaths { > > > > > > # multipath { > > > > > > # wwid > > > 3600508b4000156d700012000000b0000 > > > > > > # alias yellow > > > > > > # path_grouping_policy multibus > > > > > > # path_checker readsector0 > > > > > > # path_selector "round-robin 0" > > > > > > # failback manual > > > > > > # rr_weight priorities > > > > > > # no_path_retry 5 > > > > > > # } > > > > > > # multipath { > > > > > > # wwid 1DEC_____321816758474 > > > > > > # alias red > > > > > > # } > > > > > > #} > > > > > > #devices { > > > > > > # device { > > > > > > # vendor "COMPAQ " > > > > > > # product "HSV110 (C)COMPAQ" > > > > > > # path_grouping_policy multibus > > > > > > # getuid_callout "/sbin/scsi_id -g -u - > > > s /block/%n" > > > > > > # path_checker readsector0 > > > > > > # path_selector "round-robin 0" > > > > > > # hardware_handler "0" > > > > > > # failback 15 > > > > > > # rr_weight priorities > > > > > > # no_path_retry queue > > > > > > # } > > > > > > # device { > > > > > > # vendor "COMPAQ " > > > > > > # product "MSA1000 " > > > > > > # path_grouping_policy multibus > > > > > > # } > > > > > > #} > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Here is the contents of the /dev/mpath/ > > > > > > > > > > > > [root@x mpath]# pwd > > > > > > /dev/mpath > > > > > > [root@x mpath]# ls -all > > > > > > total 0 > > > > > > drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 80 Jan 16 17:34 . > > > > > > drwxr-xr-x 12 root root 5260 Jan 17 08:17 .. > > > > > > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Jan 16 17:34 mpath4 -> ../dm-8 > > > > > > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Jan 16 17:34 mpath5 -> ../dm-9 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Can anyone please help me with this? I think I am missing some > > > configuration on the system which is causing this. > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > dm-devel mailing list > > > dm-devel@xxxxxxxxxx > > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/dm-devel > -- > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Chandra Seetharaman | Be careful what you choose.... > - sekharan@xxxxxxxxxx | .......you may get it. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > -- > dm-devel mailing list > dm-devel@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/dm-devel > -- dm-devel mailing list dm-devel@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/dm-devel
