Erez Zilber [erezz@xxxxxxxxxxxx] wrote: > Hi, > > I guess that I'm missing something: > > I started /etc/init.d/multipathd on SLES 10 sp1 and now I see the > following devices: > > 3600c0ff000d508d7def2894702000000dm-1 DotHill,R/Evo 2730-2R > [size=82G][features=0][hwhandler=0] > \_ round-robin 0 [prio=1][active] > \_ 16:0:0:0 sdc 8:32 [active][ready] > \_ round-robin 0 [prio=1][enabled] > \_ 17:0:0:0 sdd 8:48 [active][ready] > > I understand that sdc & sdd are mapped to dm-1. However, I don't > understand how to use dm-1. For example, I can't run INQUIRY on it: > > seed1:~ # sg_inq /dev/dm-1 > Both SCSI INQUIRY and fetching ATA information failed on /dev/dm-1 All things that work on /dev/sdc may not work on /dev/dm-1. You should use /dev/sdc instead of /dev/dm-1 for those cases. You should be able to use /dev/dm-1 for normal I/O (like dd, mounting etc.) Thanks, Malahal. -- dm-devel mailing list dm-devel@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/dm-devel