On Thursday August 31, dlware@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > Hi all, > > Just wondering if there is any way to get mdadm created multipath devices > to re-activate a previously disabled path? > > I know I can > > mdadm /dev/md0 -f /dev/sdx -r /dev/sdx -a /dev/sdx > > to re-activate it, but I want mdadm to do it on its own. > > Will the monitoring tool allow this (running it in daemon mode)? > > Is there any plan to include dynamic multipathing in the future? > > I've used Sun's disksuite multipathing in the past and IBM's sdd/vpath > tools and it just worked, so I kind of just expected it here. > > Thanks for any help you can provide. No, mdadm doesn't do that. md/multipath is not being actively supported. Most multipath development effort is centring around dm/multipath. However I'm happy to accept and review patches to md/multipath and/or mdadm for multipath support. NeilBrown -- VGER BF report: H 1.30853e-05 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
