I am running RHEL5 (2.6.18-53.el5) with EMCpowerpath. [root@linux2 ~]# pvs PV VG Fmt Attr PSize PFree /dev/emcpowera emc_vg lvm2 a- 50.00G 0 /dev/emcpowerb emc_vg lvm2 a- 50.00G 39.99G /dev/emcpowerc emc_vg lvm2 a- 50.00G 50.00G /dev/emcpowerd emc_vg lvm2 a- 50.00G 50.00G /dev/sda2 VolGroup00 lvm2 a- 67.62G 0 [root@linux2 ~]# lvs LV VG Attr LSize Origin Snap% Move Log Copy% LogVol00 VolGroup00 -wi-ao 62.75G LogVol01 VolGroup00 -wi-ao 4.88G emc_lv emc_vg -wi-a- 60.00G [root@linux2 ~]# lvmdiskscan /dev/ram0 [ 16.00 MB] /dev/emcpowera [ 50.00 GB] LVM physical volume /dev/root [ 62.75 GB] /dev/ram [ 16.00 MB] /dev/sda1 [ 101.94 MB] /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol01 [ 4.88 GB] /dev/ram2 [ 16.00 MB] /dev/sda2 [ 67.65 GB] LVM physical volume /dev/emc_vg/emc_lv [ 60.00 GB] /dev/ram3 [ 16.00 MB] /dev/ram4 [ 16.00 MB] /dev/ram5 [ 16.00 MB] /dev/ram6 [ 16.00 MB] /dev/ram7 [ 16.00 MB] /dev/ram8 [ 16.00 MB] /dev/ram9 [ 16.00 MB] /dev/ram10 [ 16.00 MB] /dev/ram11 [ 16.00 MB] /dev/ram12 [ 16.00 MB] /dev/ram13 [ 16.00 MB] /dev/ram14 [ 16.00 MB] /dev/ram15 [ 16.00 MB] /dev/emcpowerb [ 50.00 GB] LVM physical volume /dev/emcpowerc [ 50.00 GB] LVM physical volume /dev/emcpowerd [ 50.00 GB] LVM physical volume 3 disks 17 partitions 4 LVM physical volume whole disks 1 LVM physical volume I can do mount /dev/emc_vg/emc_lv /test, But if I reboot the node and try mounting the filesystem it shows [root@linux2 ~]# mount -a mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/emc_vg/emc_lv, missing codepage or other error In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try dmesg | tail or so [root@linux2 ~]# dmesg | tail Copyright (c) 1999-2007 LSI Logic Corporation Fusion MPT misc device (ioctl) driver 3.04.04 mptctl: Registered with Fusion MPT base driver mptctl: /dev/mptctl @ (major,minor=10,220) eth0: no IPv6 routers present Bridge firewalling registered virbr0: no IPv6 routers present ext3: No journal on filesystem on dm-2 ext3: No journal on filesystem on dm-2 ext3: No journal on filesystem on dm-2 Am not running native multipath, [root@linux2 ~]# ps -ef | grep multipath root 9082 8250 0 10:12 pts/1 00:00:00 grep multipath [root@linux2 ~]# powermt display dev=all Pseudo name=emcpowerd CLARiiON ID=CK200073300475 [SG_Linux2] Logical device ID=60060160DDD01D007C6B76E56A8CDC11 [LUN 0] state=alive; policy=CLAROpt; priority=0; queued-IOs=0 Owner: default=SP A, current=SP A ============================================================================== ---------------- Host --------------- - Stor - -- I/O Path - -- Stats --- ### HW Path I/O Paths Interf. Mode State Q-IOs Errors ============================================================================== 1 qla2xxx sdd SP A2 active alive 0 0 1 qla2xxx sdh SP B2 active alive 0 0 2 qla2xxx sdl SP A3 active alive 0 0 2 qla2xxx sdp SP B3 active alive 0 0 Pseudo name=emcpowerb CLARiiON ID=CK200073300475 [SG_Linux2] Logical device ID=60060160DDD01D007D6B76E56A8CDC11 [LUN 1] state=alive; policy=CLAROpt; priority=0; queued-IOs=0 Owner: default=SP B, current=SP B ============================================================================== ---------------- Host --------------- - Stor - -- I/O Path - -- Stats --- ### HW Path I/O Paths Interf. Mode State Q-IOs Errors ============================================================================== 1 qla2xxx sde SP A2 active alive 0 0 1 qla2xxx sdi SP B2 active alive 0 0 2 qla2xxx sdm SP A3 active alive 0 0 2 qla2xxx sdq SP B3 active alive 0 0 Pseudo name=emcpowera CLARiiON ID=CK200073300475 [SG_Linux2] Logical device ID=60060160DDD01D007E6B76E56A8CDC11 [LUN 2] state=alive; policy=CLAROpt; priority=0; queued-IOs=0 Owner: default=SP A, current=SP A ============================================================================== ---------------- Host --------------- - Stor - -- I/O Path - -- Stats --- ### HW Path I/O Paths Interf. Mode State Q-IOs Errors ============================================================================== 1 qla2xxx sdb SP A2 active alive 0 0 1 qla2xxx sdf SP B2 active alive 0 0 2 qla2xxx sdj SP A3 active alive 0 0 2 qla2xxx sdn SP B3 active alive 0 0 Pseudo name=emcpowerc CLARiiON ID=CK200073300475 [SG_Linux2] Logical device ID=60060160DDD01D007F6B76E56A8CDC11 [LUN 3] state=alive; policy=CLAROpt; priority=0; queued-IOs=0 Owner: default=SP B, current=SP B ============================================================================== ---------------- Host --------------- - Stor - -- I/O Path - -- Stats --- ### HW Path I/O Paths Interf. Mode State Q-IOs Errors ============================================================================== 1 qla2xxx sdc SP A2 active alive 0 0 1 qla2xxx sdg SP B2 active alive 0 0 2 qla2xxx sdk SP A3 active alive 0 0 2 qla2xxx sdo SP B3 active alive 0 0 -- madunix -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list