On Friday 28 March 2008 11:55:37 Lars Täuber wrote: > Hi Bernd, > > Bernd Schubert <bs@xxxxxxxxx> schrieb: > > > Here the conf file: > > > monosan:~ # cat /etc/mdadm.conf > > > DEVICE /dev/sd[ab][0-9] /dev/dm-* > > > ARRAY /dev/md2 level=raid1 UUID=d9d31de2:e6dbd3c3:37c7ea09:882a64e5 > > > ARRAY /dev/md3 level=raid1 num-devices=2 > > > UUID=a8687183:a79e514c:ca492c4b:ffd4384f ARRAY /dev/md4 level=raid6 > > > num-devices=15 spares=1 UUID=cfcbe071:f6766d8f:0f1ffefa:892d09c3 ARRAY > > > /dev/md9 level=raid1 num-devices=2 name=9 > > > UUID=db687150:614e76fd:28feefc0:b1aae572 > > > > > > All dm-* devices are really distinctive. I could post the > > > /etc/multipath.conf too if you want. > > here is the file: > monosan:~ # cat /etc/multipath.conf > # > # This configuration file is generated by Yast, do not modify it > # manually please. > # > defaults { > polling_interval "0" > user_friendly_names "yes" > # path_grouping_policy "multibus" > } > > blacklist { > # devnode "*" > wwid "SATA_WDC_WD1600YS-01_WD-WCAP02964085" > wwid "SATA_WDC_WD1600YS-01_WD-WCAP02965435" > } Hmm, maybe you are creating multipath of multipath? Here's something from a config of our systems: devnode_blacklist { devnode "^(ram|raw|loop|fd|md|dm-|sr|scd|st)[0-9]*" } > > blacklist_exceptions { > } > > multipaths { > mutlipath { > wwid "SATA_ST31000340NS_5QJ02TBK" > } I would set user friendly names using the alias paramter, something like this multipaths { multipath { wwid 360050cc000203ffc0000000000000019 alias raid1a-ost } > I only have very little experience with multipathing, but please send > > your config. The fact you really do use multipathing only confirms my > > initial guess it is a multipath and not a md problem. > > But when I assemble the array after a clean shutdown after it has been > initially synced there is no problem. Just if the array was degraded it has > such duplicated superblocks. How comes? No idea so far, but please do some blacklisting. And if you will set more readable names like "/dev/disk8" instead of "dm-8", it might get much more easy to figure out what it wrong. Cheers, Bernd -- Bernd Schubert Q-Leap Networks GmbH -- 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