My /sys/block looks like this: ls /sys/block/ dm-0 dm-3 dm-6 loop2 loop5 ram0 ram11 ram14 ram3 ram6 ram9 sdc sdf sdi sdl dm-1 dm-4 loop0 loop3 loop6 ram1 ram12 ram15 ram4 ram7 sda sdd sdg sdj sdm dm-2 dm-5 loop1 loop4 loop7 ram10 ram13 ram2 ram5 ram8 sdb sde sdh sdk sr0 My /proc/partitions looks like this: major minor #blocks name 8 0 71041024 sda 8 1 68099503 sda1 8 2 1 sda2 8 5 2939863 sda5 8 16 2134896640 sdb 8 17 2134893883 sdb1 8 32 2134896640 sdc 8 48 2134896640 sdd 8 49 2134893883 sdd1 8 64 2134896640 sde 8 80 1222794240 sdf 8 96 20480 sdg 8 112 2134896640 sdh 8 128 2134896640 sdi 8 129 2134893883 sdi1 8 144 2134896640 sdj 8 160 2134896640 sdk 8 161 2134893883 sdk1 8 176 1222794240 sdl 8 192 20480 sdm 254 0 2134896640 dm-0 254 1 2134896640 dm-1 254 2 2134896640 dm-2 254 3 2134896640 dm-3 254 4 1222794240 dm-4 254 5 20480 dm-5 254 6 20480 dm-6 All the sd's with a partition are working fine, I even created a test file system at some point. I did load scsi_dh_rdac for testing at some point, and that put the following into the syslog: [10170.087743] sd 1:0:0:0: rdac: LUN 0 (owned) [10170.089151] sd 1:0:0:1: rdac: LUN 1 (unowned) [10170.089941] sd 1:0:0:2: rdac: LUN 2 (owned) [10170.090719] sd 1:0:0:3: rdac: LUN 3 (unowned) [10170.092112] sd 1:0:0:4: rdac: LUN 4 (owned) [10170.092964] sd 1:0:1:0: rdac: LUN 0 (unowned) [10170.093733] sd 1:0:1:1: rdac: LUN 1 (owned) [10170.094507] sd 1:0:1:2: rdac: LUN 2 (unowned) [10170.095261] sd 1:0:1:3: rdac: LUN 3 (owned) [10170.096081] sd 1:0:1:4: rdac: LUN 4 (unowned) [10170.096088] rdac: device handler registered Also loading the scsi_dh_rdac module seems to stop the [ 8996.087508] Buffer I/O error on device dm-5, logical block 5 [ 8996.087539] Buffer I/O error on device dm-5, logical block 6 [ 8996.087548] Buffer I/O error on device dm-5, logical block 5112 [ 8996.087553] Buffer I/O error on device dm-5, logical block 5112 [ 8996.087601] Buffer I/O error on device dm-5, logical block 12 [ 8996.087606] Buffer I/O error on device dm-5, logical block 13 [ 8996.087609] Buffer I/O error on device dm-5, logical block 14 [ 8996.087612] Buffer I/O error on device dm-5, logical block 15 [ 8996.087615] Buffer I/O error on device dm-5, logical block 16 [ 8996.087618] Buffer I/O error on device dm-5, logical block 17 type messages. On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 3:18 PM, Chandra Seetharaman <sekharan@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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 > -- dm-devel mailing list dm-devel@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/dm-devel