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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Is it correct that if an LUN is seen over 2 Paths,</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">1 active 1 standby i cannot fdisk the standby device?</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">#multipath -l</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">(3600601604032190097fd5fbefd22db11)</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">[size=11 GB][features="1 queue_if_no_path"][hwhandler="1 emc"]</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">\_ round-robin 0 [active]</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> \_ 3:0:0:7 sdi 8:128 [active][ready]</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">\_ round-robin 0 [enabled]</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> \_ 3:0:1:7 sdq 65:0 [active][ready]</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">#fdisk -l /dev/sdi</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Disk /dev/sdi: 11.8 GB, 11811160064 bytes</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 1435 cylinders</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">/dev/sdi1 1 1435 11526606 83 Linux</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">#fdisk -l /dev/sdq</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">--> creates in /var/log/messages</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Sep 28 12:01:22 saptf2 kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sdq, sector 0</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Sep 28 12:01:22 saptf2 kernel: Buffer I/O error on device sdq, logical block 0</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Regards Manuel Herr</FONT>
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