[dm-devel] hradware_handler error on HP MSA1000

[Dave Wysochanski]

On Wed, 2008-08-13 at 11:30 +0200, jean Diallo wrote:
> Hi
> I have been strugling with an HP MSA1000 for a few weeks now.
> I am using the old active/passive firmware.
> Here is the device section of my multipath.conf :
> 
> devices {
> 	device {
> 		vendor 		"COMPAQ"
> 
> 
> 		product		"MSA1000"
> 		hardware_handler	"1 hp_sw"

Try "1 hp-sw" instead of "1 hp_sw".

The underscore got changed when the hp handler was submitted upstream.

> 		path_grouping_policy	group_by_prio
> 		path_checker	hp_sw
>  			 		
>  	}
> }
> 
> I am under RHEL5.2 and this is the rpm package of dm-multipath 0.4.7-16.el5.
> Here is my /var/log/messages when i start multipathd daemon :
> Aug 12 13:48:33 cluster3 kernel: device-mapper: ioctl: error adding target to table
> Aug 12 13:48:33 cluster3 kernel: device-mapper: table: 253:19: multipath: unknown hardware handler type
> Aug 12 13:48:33 cluster3 kernel: device-mapper: ioctl: error adding target to table
> Aug 12 13:48:33 cluster3 kernel: device-mapper: table: 253:19: multipath: unknown hardware handler type
> Aug 12 13:48:33 cluster3 kernel: device-mapper: ioctl: error adding target to table
> Aug 12 13:48:33 cluster3 kernel: device-mapper: table: 253:19: multipath: unknown hardware handler type
> Aug 12 13:48:33 cluster3 kernel: device-mapper: ioctl: error adding target to table
> Aug 12 13:48:33 cluster3 kernel: device-mapper: table: 253:19: multipath: unknown hardware handler type
> Aug 12 13:48:33 cluster3 kernel: device-mapper: ioctl: error adding target to table
> Aug 12 13:48:33 cluster3 kernel: device-mapper: table: 253:19: multipath: unknown hardware handler type
> Aug 12 13:48:33 cluster3 kernel: device-mapper: ioctl: error adding target to table
> Aug 12 13:48:33 cluster3 kernel: device-mapper: table: 253:19: multipath: unknown hardware handler type
> Aug 12 13:48:33 cluster3 kernel: device-mapper: ioctl: error adding target to table
> Aug 12 13:48:33 cluster3 multipathd: path checkers start up
> 
> If anyone can help, thanks in advance.
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