Is this the only rdac device that is present ? Can you also get me the o/p of "lsmod | grep scsi_dh_rdac" (just wanted to make sure if each (SCSI) device has a module. On Mon, 2008-10-06 at 13:26 -0600, Moger, Babu wrote: > Hi Chandra, > > All the dh_state values show "rdac". I have cut pasted the output below. > > I am seeing the following error messages when I tried to failover. > > Oct 6 13:50:01 localhost multipathd: 8:96: reinstated > Oct 6 13:50:01 localhost kernel: device-mapper: multipath: Cannot failover device because scsi_dh_rdac was not loaded. > Oct 6 13:50:01 localhost kernel: device-mapper: multipath: Failing path 8:96. > Oct 6 13:50:01 localhost kernel: device-mapper: multipath: Could not failover device. Error 15. > Oct 6 13:50:01 localhost multipathd: 8:96: mark as failed > > > Output of # multipath -ll > > mpath2 (3600a0b80000f6a7d000080454714d058) dm-2 LSI,INF-01-00 > [size=10G][features=1 queue_if_no_path][hwhandler=1 rdac][rw] > \_ round-robin 0 [prio=6][active] > \_ 3:0:0:2 sdf 8:80 [active][ready] > \_ 3:0:2:2 sdl 8:176 [active][ready] > \_ round-robin 0 [prio=0][enabled] > \_ 3:0:1:2 sdi 8:128 [active][ghost] > \_ 3:0:3:2 sdo 8:224 [active][ghost] > > > dh_state values. > > #cat /sys/block/sdf/device/dh_state > rdac > > #cat /sys/block/sdl/device/dh_state > rdac > > #cat /sys/block/sdi/device/dh_state > rdac > > # cat /sys/block/sdo/device/dh_state > rdac > > Please let me know what you think. > Note (Kernel version 2.6.27-rc7 and multipath-tools v0.4.8) > > Thanks > Babu Moger > > -----Original Message----- > From: Moger, Babu > Sent: Friday, October 03, 2008 10:35 PM > To: sekharan@xxxxxxxxxx > Cc: device-mapper development; linux-scsi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: RE: [dm-devel] failover does not work with rdac device handler > > Thanks Chandra for the response.. > > That is the good news. So, we do not have to change the kernel code everytime we want to support the new product. > > I will do the steps you mentioned first thing on Monday and reply your back. > > Thanks > Babu Moger > > ________________________________________ > From: Chandra Seetharaman [sekharan@xxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Friday, October 03, 2008 7:50 PM > To: Moger, Babu > Cc: device-mapper development; linux-scsi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: [dm-devel] failover does not work with rdac device handler > > It is supposed to work. I will look into it and respond. > > Can you try one thing > > for all your devices, do > echo rdac > /sys/block/sd?/dh_state > > (first you can read the files and see if they all show rdac or not) > > and then do your fail over. Let me know what happens. > > chandra > On Fri, 2008-10-03 at 18:12 -0600, Moger, Babu wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I have quick question. > > > > I am trying to configure device mapper for my FC array (on my Linux box). I have passed all the arguments from /etc/multipath.conf(like vendor, model etc ..). > > > > Discovery seems fine. But, failover is not working. I am seeing the following error. > > > > "device-mapper: multipath: Cannot failover device because scsi_dh_rdac was not loaded." > > > > Is it required to add vendor id and model id anywhere else to support this device? > > > > Thanks > > Babu Moger > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: dm-devel-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:dm-devel-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Moger, Babu > > Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2008 4:48 PM > > To: device-mapper development; linux-scsi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Subject: [dm-devel] failover does not work with rdac device handler > > > > Hi All, > > > > I am new to the device mapper and just thought I will set-up device mapper on our arrays. I am using the latest kernel 2.6.27.rc6 and got the latest multipath-tools from upstream. > > > > I updated /etc/multipath.conf with all the information (vendor, product, hardware_handler, prio etc ...). Note that my device is not part of rdac_dev_list. > > > > Discovery worked fine. "multipath -ll" displays all the information. I can see that it is picking up rdac device handler. > > > > But I found that for some reason failover/failback is not working. I am seeing following these messages. > > > > "device-mapper: multipath: Cannot failover device because scsi_dh_rdac was not loaded." > > > > I can see that scsi_dh_rdac driver is already loaded. > > > > I did some more investigation. Found that failover works fine if I add vendor, model in rdac_dev_list (in file scsi_dh_rdac.c). > > > > My question - is it required to add all the supported vendor and model names in rdac_dev_list? > > > > Appreciate your responses. > > > > Thanks > > Babu Moger > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > dm-devel mailing list > > dm-devel@xxxxxxxxxx > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/dm-devel > > -- > > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-scsi" in > > the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-scsi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
