[dm-devel] Multipathd not starting up properly
Hannes Reinecke
hare at suse.de
Wed Aug 30 07:42:44 UTC 2006
Adam Huffman wrote:
> I'm seeing the following messages when I start multipathd:
>
> Aug 29 19:00:21 multipathd: error calling out /sbin/scsi_id -g -u -s
> /block/sda
> Aug 29 19:00:21 multipathd: error calling out /sbin/scsi_id -g -u -s
> /block/sdb
>
> Here is the output of multipath -v 3:
>
>
[ .. ]
> path checker = readsector0 (internal default)
> state = 2
> getprio = (null) (internal default)
> prio = 1
> getuid = /sbin/scsi_id -g -u -s /block/%n (internal default)
> error calling out /sbin/scsi_id -g -u -s /block/sda
This is your problem. Somehow 'scsi_id' cannot talk to the drive.
Try 'sg_inq /dev/sda' to find out where the problem is.
Cheers,
Hannes
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