<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 TRANSITIONAL//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; CHARSET=UTF-8"> <META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="GtkHTML/3.6.2"> </HEAD> <BODY> The dm-emc module does not seem to be able to switchover a path on an EMC CX array when the device is reserved (I am reserving the device using SCSI-3 persistent reservations). I believe the problem is due to the default behavior of the dm-emc module to not honor reservations: /* Whether or not to honor SCSI reservations when initiating a * switch-over. Default: Don't. */ With the default setting I get the following errors: Apr 26 11:08:14 titan kernel: device-mapper: dm-multipath: 67:48 (#715918): IO error - error: -5 - bi_rw: 8 - bi_flags: 10000018 - bi_error: 02020403 Apr 26 11:08:14 titan kernel: device-mapper: dm-emc: emc_err: 715918: LU Not Ready, bypassing PG Apr 26 11:08:14 titan kernel: device-mapper: dm-multipath: bypass_pg: 2 Apr 26 11:08:14 titan kernel: device-mapper: dm-multipath: 67:48 (#715902): Requeued sector as #90 Apr 26 11:08:14 titan kernel: device-mapper: dm-emc: emc_pg_init: sending switch-over command Apr 26 11:08:14 titan kernel: scsi2 (0,0,6) : reservation conflict Apr 26 11:08:14 titan kernel: SCSI error : <2 0 0 6> return code = 0x18 Apr 26 11:08:14 titan kernel: device-mapper: dm-emc: emc_endio: pg_init error -5 The switchover is not successful. If I release the reservation the switch-over works. I recompiled dm-emc so that the default behavior is to honor reservations. When I cause the same scenario as above I now get: Apr 27 12:15:39 titan kernel: device-mapper: dm-multipath: 68:240 (#8): IO error - error: -5 - bi_rw: 8 - bi_flags: 18 - bi_error: 01000005 Apr 27 12:15:39 titan kernel: device-mapper: dm-multipath: Failing path 68:240 Apr 27 12:15:39 titan kernel: device-mapper: dm-multipath: 68:240 (#0): Requeued sector as #1 Apr 27 12:15:39 titan kernel: device-mapper: dm-emc: emc_pg_init: sending switch-over command At that point the path is activated and IO's continue. Is there a reason for the default behavior to be not to honor reservations? Is there an easier way to change the default behavior of the hardware handler other than rebuilding it? Thanks Eddie Williams </BODY> </HTML>