[dm-devel] [multipath] meaning of "no_path_retry nn"
Diedrich Ehlerding
diedrich.ehlerding at ts.fujitsu.com
Fri Aug 28 13:16:17 UTC 2009
I would appreciate an explanation of "no_path_retry nn" parameter in
multipath.conf. Probably I misunderstood it as a number of seconds.
I am setting up a software mirror (mdadm) on top of an EMC Clariion
configuration for desaster protection. The Clariions are recognized by
multipath properly; it seems to be set up with "no_path_retry 60"
(according to multipath -t). I had no further settings in
multipath.conf; this seems to be hardcoded into multipath.
However, If I disconnect one Clariion, th mirror doesnt break -
multipath detects that all paths are failed and tells me that it will
now wait for 60 retries. These 60 retries seem to last very long;
atfter 5 minutes, it didnt complete.
Evertyhing works fine if I set up a multipath.conf containing the
Clariion settings from multipath -t and modify them to
"no_path_retry fail" and "features 0 fail_if_no_path". But even if I
just reduce the default settings to no_path_retry 2 the mirror doesnt
break - the IOs seem to hang indefinitely (well, I lost patience after
~5 minutes).
Probably I misunderstood "no_path_retry 60" - does that mean seconds,
or minutes, or what else? Is anything except "fail" a useful setting in
mirrored configurations?
system is a Suse with multipath-tools-0.4.7-34.43
Thanks
Diedrich
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