On Fri, Aug 14, 2020 at 02:24:08AM +0200, Xose Vazquez Perez wrote: > >If E830f is an Active-Active array without ALUA support, >add to /etc/multipath.conf: > >devices { > device { > vendor "Promise" > product "VTrak" > product_blacklist "VTrak V-LUN" > path_grouping_policy "multibus" > detect_prio "no" > hardware_handler "" > prio "const" > failback "manual" > no_path_retry 30 > } >} > >run update-initramfs, and reboot. I updated multipath.conf as above, ran update-initramfs. # cat /etc/multipath.conf devices { device { vendor "Promise" product "VTrak" product_blacklist "VTrak V-LUN" path_grouping_policy "multibus" detect_prio "no" hardware_handler "" prio "const" failback "manual" no_path_retry 30 } } Also, I removed the wwid of the test LUN # multipath -v 3 -w 2228a0001558b1855 Aug 14 11:52:54 | set open fds limit to 1048576/1048576 Aug 14 11:52:54 | loading //lib/multipath/libchecktur.so checker Aug 14 11:52:54 | checker tur: message table size = 3 Aug 14 11:52:54 | loading //lib/multipath/libprioconst.so prioritizer Aug 14 11:52:54 | foreign library "nvme" loaded successfully Aug 14 11:52:54 | libdevmapper version 1.02.155 (2018-12-18) Aug 14 11:52:54 | DM multipath kernel driver v1.13.0 Aug 14 11:52:54 | removing line '/2228a0001558b1855/ ' from wwids file Aug 14 11:52:54 | found '/2228a0001558b1855/ ' wwid '2228a0001558b1855' removed Aug 14 11:52:54 | unloading const prioritizer Aug 14 11:52:54 | unloading tur checker # cat /etc/multipath/wwids # Multipath wwids, Version : 1.0 # NOTE: This file is automatically maintained by multipath and multipathd. # You should not need to edit this file in normal circumstances. # # Valid WWIDs: /2221f000155c0792e/ /3600a098000b173f60000079e5da82d73/ /222e300015555469c/ #2228a0001558b1855/ # multipath -F # multipath -l (no output) # multipath -r # multpath -l |grep dm- 3600a098000b173f60000079e5da82d73 dm-10 DELL,MD38xxf # reboot # multipath -ll 3600a098000b173f60000079e5da82d73 dm-10 DELL,MD38xxf size=40T features='5 queue_if_no_path pg_init_retries 50 queue_mode mq' hwhandler='1 rdac' wp=rw |-+- policy='service-time 0' prio=14 status=active | |- 1:0:10:0 sdaa 65:160 active ready running | |- 1:0:12:0 sdac 65:192 active ready running | |- 1:0:14:0 sdae 65:224 active ready running | `- 1:0:8:0 sdy 65:128 active ready running `-+- policy='service-time 0' prio=9 status=enabled |- 1:0:11:0 sdab 65:176 active ready running |- 1:0:13:0 sdad 65:208 active ready running |- 1:0:7:0 sdx 65:112 active ready running `- 1:0:9:0 sdz 65:144 active ready running # multipath -T defaults { verbosity 2 polling_interval 5 max_polling_interval 20 reassign_maps "no" multipath_dir "//lib/multipath" path_selector "service-time 0" path_grouping_policy "failover" uid_attribute "ID_SERIAL" prio "const" prio_args "" features "0" path_checker "tur" alias_prefix "mpath" failback "manual" rr_min_io 1000 rr_min_io_rq 1 max_fds "max" rr_weight "uniform" queue_without_daemon "no" flush_on_last_del "no" user_friendly_names "no" fast_io_fail_tmo 5 bindings_file "/etc/multipath/bindings" wwids_file "/etc/multipath/wwids" prkeys_file "/etc/multipath/prkeys" log_checker_err always all_tg_pt "no" retain_attached_hw_handler "yes" detect_prio "yes" detect_checker "yes" force_sync "no" strict_timing "no" deferred_remove "no" config_dir "/etc/multipath/conf.d" delay_watch_checks "no" delay_wait_checks "no" marginal_path_err_sample_time "no" marginal_path_err_rate_threshold "no" marginal_path_err_recheck_gap_time "no" marginal_path_double_failed_time "no" find_multipaths "strict" uxsock_timeout 4000 retrigger_tries 0 retrigger_delay 10 missing_uev_wait_timeout 30 skip_kpartx "no" disable_changed_wwids "yes" remove_retries 0 ghost_delay "no" find_multipaths_timeout -10 } blacklist { devnode "^(ram|raw|loop|fd|md|dm-|sr|scd|st|dcssblk)[0-9]" devnode "^(td|hd|vd)[a-z]" devnode "^cciss!c[0-9]d[0-9]*" device { vendor "SGI" product "Universal Xport" } device { vendor "^DGC" product "LUNZ" } device { vendor "EMC" product "LUNZ" } device { vendor "DELL" product "Universal Xport" } device { vendor "IBM" product "Universal Xport" } device { vendor "IBM" product "S/390" } device { vendor "(NETAPP|LSI|ENGENIO)" product "Universal Xport" } device { vendor "STK" product "Universal Xport" } device { vendor "SUN" product "Universal Xport" } device { vendor "(Intel|INTEL)" product "VTrak V-LUN" } device { vendor "Promise" product "Vess V-LUN" } device { vendor "Promise" product "VTrak V-LUN" } } blacklist_exceptions { property "(SCSI_IDENT_|ID_WWN)" } devices { device { vendor "Promise" product "VTrak" product_blacklist "VTrak V-LUN" path_grouping_policy "multibus" hardware_handler "" prio "const" failback "manual" no_path_retry 30 detect_prio "no" } device { vendor "DELL" product "^MD3" product_blacklist "Universal Xport" path_grouping_policy "group_by_prio" path_checker "rdac" features "2 pg_init_retries 50" hardware_handler "1 rdac" prio "rdac" failback "immediate" no_path_retry 30 } } overrides { } multipaths { multipath { wwid "3600a098000b173f60000079e5da82d73" } } This is the device section I had before for the Promise device { vendor "Promise" product "VTrak" product_blacklist "VTrak V-LUN" path_grouping_policy "multibus" path_selector "service-time 0" path_checker "tur" prio "alua" failback "immediate" no_path_retry 30 } The only real differences are the prio and failback. 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