[dm-devel] Multipathd not starting up properly

[seth vidal]

On Wed, 2006-08-30 at 09:42 +0200, Hannes Reinecke wrote:
> 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.
> 

And this:
 error calling out /sbin/mpath_prio_alua 65:16

Any suggestions on what to look for for that?

-sv