hi list!
i want to build a software raid-1 on top of multipath-devices and maybe
need to stack an lvm on top of this (not sure yet).
some details of my trouble by doing so:
my host with 2 HBAs (emulex lp9802) is attached to 2 storage-arrays
(emc symmetrix on different locations) on a dual independet fabric (1
hba on each fabric).
i have 2 paths to each symmetrix - looks like this:
SYMMETRIX1:
(0 0 0 10) sdb [ready ] (8:16)
(1 0 0 10) sdr [ready ] (65:16)
SYMMETRIX2:
(0 0 1 61) sdj [ready ] (8:144)
(1 0 1 61) sdz [ready ] (65:144)
so i just build the multipath devices:
echo "0 17677440 multipath 2 round-robin 1 0 65:16 round-robin 1 0
8:16" | dmsetup create sym1_388
...make the nodes via dmsetup mknodes etc.
to this point all is fine.
but now i want to build a mirror between the syms and *grmbl*:
mdadm -C -l mirror -n 2 /dev/md0 /dev/mapper/sym1_dev388
/dev/mapper/sym2_dev388
results in:
Jun 8 02:24:09 s01kr606 kernel: md: could not lock dm-7.
Jun 8 02:24:09 s01kr606 kernel: md: error, md_import_device() returned -16
is there any other possibility or any clue to get it working??
i'm using a sles9 with sp1. in the past (kernel 2.4, sles8 w sp3) i got
the same construction working with md-only (md-multipathing, stacking a
md-mirror on top and finally stacking an lvm on top of the mirror) but i
like the multipath implemetation with dm much more...
thanks!
-sven
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