No, you don't have to change the distro. Do you see the disks ? (the #:#:#:# makes me think that the underlying block devices are not configured properly). IOW, do you the sd devices under /sys/block ? Are you able to read/write from/to the devices ? chandra On Thu, 2009-03-12 at 15:07 -0400, Thomas Witzel wrote: > Thanks Chandra, > > sorry for the out of order reply, still had the digest mode on. I > setup the config similar to what you said > > devices { > device { > vendor "DELL" > product "MD3000" > hardware_handler "1 rdac" > path_checker rdac > path_grouping_policy group_by_prio > prio_callout "/sbin/mpath_prio_rdac /dev/%n" > failback immediate > getuid_callout "/sbin/scsi_id -g -u /block/%n" > } > } > > > and I'm still getting: > sdh: checker msg is "directio checker reports path is down" > create: 360022190009773680000214749504780 , > [size=2.0T][features=0][hwhandler=0] > \_ round-robin 0 [prio=1][undef] > \_ #:#:#:# sdb 8:16 [undef][ready] > \_ round-robin 0 [prio=0][undef] > \_ #:#:#:# sdh 8:112 [undef][faulty] > sdc: checker msg is "directio checker reports path is down" > create: 3600221900096f27d00000ab3495047fd , > [size=2.0T][features=0][hwhandler=0] > \_ round-robin 0 [prio=0][undef] > \_ #:#:#:# sdc 8:32 [undef][faulty] > \_ round-robin 0 [prio=1][undef] > \_ #:#:#:# sdi 8:128 [undef][ready] > sdj: checker msg is "directio checker reports path is down" > create: 360022190009773680000214a495047ce , > [size=2.0T][features=0][hwhandler=0] > \_ round-robin 0 [prio=1][undef] > \_ #:#:#:# sdd 8:48 [undef][ready] > \_ round-robin 0 [prio=0][undef] > \_ #:#:#:# sdj 8:144 [undef][faulty] > sde: checker msg is "directio checker reports path is down" > create: 3600221900096f27d00000ab449504839 , > [size=2.0T][features=0][hwhandler=0] > \_ round-robin 0 [prio=0][undef] > \_ #:#:#:# sde 8:64 [undef][faulty] > \_ round-robin 0 [prio=1][undef] > \_ #:#:#:# sdk 8:160 [undef][ready] > sdl: checker msg is "directio checker reports path is down" > create: 360022190009773680000214c49504806 , > [size=1.1T][features=0][hwhandler=0] > \_ round-robin 0 [prio=1][undef] > \_ #:#:#:# sdf 8:80 [undef][ready] > \_ round-robin 0 [prio=0][undef] > \_ #:#:#:# sdl 8:176 [undef][faulty] > create: 360022190009773680000000000000000 , > [size=20M][features=0][hwhandler=0] > \_ round-robin 0 [prio=1][undef] > \_ #:#:#:# sdg 8:96 [undef][ready] > create: 3600221900096f27d0000000000000000 , > [size=20M][features=0][hwhandler=0] > \_ round-robin 0 [prio=1][undef] > \_ #:#:#:# sdm 8:192 [undef][ready] > libdevmapper: libdm-common.c(312): Created > /dev/mapper/360022190009773680000000000000000 > libdevmapper: libdm-common.c(312): Created > /dev/mapper/3600221900096f27d0000000000000000 > > Now this is not on RH or SLES, its an ubuntu 8.4 system. If absolutely > necessary I would consider switching the distribution, but right now > I'd prefer to stick with what all the other machines have. > > Thanks, Thomas > > -- > 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