[dm-devel] RE: Problem with multipathd and a blacklisted device
Ransegnola, Lori
Lori.Ransegnola at hp.com
Tue Mar 31 15:27:28 UTC 2009
One last try.... Anybody have any input on why this is happening, and if there is something that I can do about it??
Thanks.
Lori
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ransegnola, Lori
> Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2009 5:13 PM
> To: device-mapper development
> Cc: Ransegnola, Lori
> Subject: RE: [dm-devel] RE: Problem with multipathd and a
> blacklisted device
>
> Here is the 'multipath -ll' output before disk was pulled:
>
> /root> ls -l /dev/hpdev
> total 0
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Mar 24 11:53 sda1 -> ../sdm1
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Mar 24 11:53 sdb1 -> ../sdn1
> /root> multipath -ll
> multisde (35000c5000a41e633) dm-2 HP,DF300BB6C3
> [size=279G][features=0][hwhandler=0]
> \_ round-robin 0 [prio=0][active]
> \_ 0:0:5:0 sde 8:64 [active][ready]
> \_ round-robin 0 [prio=0][enabled]
> \_ 0:0:19:0 sdq 65:0 [active][ready]
> 35000c5000a41e44bdm-5 HP,DF300BB6C3
> [size=279G][features=0][hwhandler=0]
> \_ round-robin 0 [prio=0][active]
> \_ 0:0:8:0 sdh 8:112 [active][ready]
> \_ round-robin 0 [prio=0][enabled]
> \_ 0:0:22:0 sdt 65:48 [active][ready]
> multisdc (35000c5000a41f38f) dm-0 HP,DF300BB6C3
> [size=279G][features=0][hwhandler=0]
> \_ round-robin 0 [prio=0][active]
> \_ 0:0:3:0 sdc 8:32 [active][ready]
> \_ round-robin 0 [prio=0][enabled]
> \_ 0:0:17:0 sdo 8:224 [active][ready]
> 35000c5000a41e9bbdm-7 HP,DF300BB6C3
> [size=279G][features=0][hwhandler=0]
> \_ round-robin 0 [prio=0][active]
> \_ 0:0:10:0 sdj 8:144 [active][ready]
> \_ round-robin 0 [prio=0][enabled]
> \_ 0:0:24:0 sdv 65:80 [active][ready]
> 35000c50004acb2cfdm-1 HP,DF0300B8053
> [size=279G][features=0][hwhandler=0]
> \_ round-robin 0 [prio=0][active]
> \_ 0:0:4:0 sdd 8:48 [active][ready]
> \_ round-robin 0 [prio=0][enabled]
> \_ 0:0:18:0 sdp 8:240 [active][ready]
> 35000c5000a41f1b3dm-4 HP,DF300BB6C3
> [size=279G][features=0][hwhandler=0]
> \_ round-robin 0 [prio=0][active]
> \_ 0:0:7:0 sdg 8:96 [active][ready]
> \_ round-robin 0 [prio=0][enabled]
> \_ 0:0:21:0 sds 65:32 [active][ready]
> 35000c5000a41f997dm-9 HP,DF300BB6C3
> [size=279G][features=0][hwhandler=0]
> \_ round-robin 0 [prio=0][active]
> \_ 0:0:12:0 sdl 8:176 [active][ready]
> \_ round-robin 0 [prio=0][enabled]
> \_ 0:0:26:0 sdx 65:112 [active][ready]
> 35000c5000a41f37fdm-6 HP,DF300BB6C3
> [size=279G][features=0][hwhandler=0]
> \_ round-robin 0 [prio=0][active]
> \_ 0:0:9:0 sdi 8:128 [active][ready]
> \_ round-robin 0 [prio=0][enabled]
> \_ 0:0:23:0 sdu 65:64 [active][ready]
> 35000c5000a41e0efdm-8 HP,DF300BB6C3
> [size=279G][features=0][hwhandler=0]
> \_ round-robin 0 [prio=0][active]
> \_ 0:0:11:0 sdk 8:160 [active][ready]
> \_ round-robin 0 [prio=0][enabled]
> \_ 0:0:25:0 sdw 65:96 [active][ready]
> multisdf (35000c5000a41f007) dm-3 HP,DF300BB6C3
> [size=279G][features=0][hwhandler=0]
> \_ round-robin 0 [prio=0][active]
> \_ 0:0:6:0 sdf 8:80 [active][ready]
> \_ round-robin 0 [prio=0][enabled]
> \_ 0:0:20:0 sdr 65:16 [active][ready]
> /root>
>
> Now once the disk has been pulled and the path to the device is lost:
>
> /root> ls -l /dev/hpdev
> total 0
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Mar 24 11:53 sdb1 -> ../sdn1
> /root> multipath -ll
> multisde (35000c5000a41e633) dm-2 HP,DF300BB6C3
> [size=279G][features=0][hwhandler=0]
> \_ round-robin 0 [prio=0][active]
> \_ 0:0:5:0 sde 8:64 [active][ready]
> \_ round-robin 0 [prio=0][enabled]
> \_ 0:0:19:0 sdq 65:0 [active][ready]
> 35000c5000a41e44bdm-5 HP,DF300BB6C3
> [size=279G][features=0][hwhandler=0]
> \_ round-robin 0 [prio=0][active]
> \_ 0:0:8:0 sdh 8:112 [active][ready]
> \_ round-robin 0 [prio=0][enabled]
> \_ 0:0:22:0 sdt 65:48 [active][ready]
> multisdc (35000c5000a41f38f) dm-0 HP,DF300BB6C3
> [size=279G][features=0][hwhandler=0]
> \_ round-robin 0 [prio=0][active]
> \_ 0:0:3:0 sdc 8:32 [active][ready]
> \_ round-robin 0 [prio=0][enabled]
> \_ 0:0:17:0 sdo 8:224 [active][ready]
> 35000c5000a41e9bbdm-7 HP,DF300BB6C3
> [size=279G][features=0][hwhandler=0]
> \_ round-robin 0 [prio=0][active]
> \_ 0:0:10:0 sdj 8:144 [active][ready]
> \_ round-robin 0 [prio=0][enabled]
> \_ 0:0:24:0 sdv 65:80 [active][ready]
> 35000c50004acb2cfdm-1 HP,DF0300B8053
> [size=279G][features=0][hwhandler=0]
> \_ round-robin 0 [prio=0][active]
> \_ 0:0:4:0 sdd 8:48 [active][ready]
> \_ round-robin 0 [prio=0][enabled]
> \_ 0:0:18:0 sdp 8:240 [active][ready]
> 35000c5000a41f1b3dm-4 HP,DF300BB6C3
> [size=279G][features=0][hwhandler=0]
> \_ round-robin 0 [prio=0][active]
> \_ 0:0:7:0 sdg 8:96 [active][ready]
> \_ round-robin 0 [prio=0][enabled]
> \_ 0:0:21:0 sds 65:32 [active][ready]
> 35000c5000a41f997dm-9 HP,DF300BB6C3
> [size=279G][features=0][hwhandler=0]
> \_ round-robin 0 [prio=0][active]
> \_ 0:0:12:0 sdl 8:176 [active][ready]
> \_ round-robin 0 [prio=0][enabled]
> \_ 0:0:26:0 sdx 65:112 [active][ready]
> 35000c5000a41f37fdm-6 HP,DF300BB6C3
> [size=279G][features=0][hwhandler=0]
> \_ round-robin 0 [prio=0][active]
> \_ 0:0:9:0 sdi 8:128 [active][ready]
> \_ round-robin 0 [prio=0][enabled]
> \_ 0:0:23:0 sdu 65:64 [active][ready]
> 35000c5000a41e0efdm-8 HP,DF300BB6C3
> [size=279G][features=0][hwhandler=0]
> \_ round-robin 0 [prio=0][active]
> \_ 0:0:11:0 sdk 8:160 [active][ready]
> \_ round-robin 0 [prio=0][enabled]
> \_ 0:0:25:0 sdw 65:96 [active][ready]
> multisdf (35000c5000a41f007) dm-3 HP,DF300BB6C3
> [size=279G][features=0][hwhandler=0]
> \_ round-robin 0 [prio=0][active]
> \_ 0:0:6:0 sdf 8:80 [active][ready]
> \_ round-robin 0 [prio=0][enabled]
> \_ 0:0:20:0 sdr 65:16 [active][ready]
> /root>
>
> Please let me know if there is any other information that you
> require from the node. Thank you.
>
> Lori
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: dm-devel-bounces at redhat.com
> > [mailto:dm-devel-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of malahal at us.ibm.com
> > Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2009 9:42 AM
> > To: dm-devel at redhat.com
> > Subject: Re: [dm-devel] RE: Problem with multipathd and a
> > blacklisted device
> >
> > Ransegnola, Lori [Lori.Ransegnola at hp.com] wrote:
> > > I sent this question last week and have not heard a thing.
> > Do you have a suggestion of a better mailing list that I
> > should use for this question?
> > >
> > > Thank you.
> > >
> > > Lori
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Ransegnola, Lori
> > > > Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 3:51 PM
> > > > To: dm-devel at redhat.com
> > > > Cc: Ransegnola, Lori
> > > > Subject: Problem with multipathd and a blacklisted device
> > > >
> > > > Configuration:
> > > > --------------
> > > >
> > > > I have a multipath configuration set up where 10 disks are
> > > > multipathed and 2 disks are blacklisted and are not
> multipathed.
> > > > Here are the relevant parts of the multipath.conf file:
> > > >
> > > > defaults {
> > > > udev_dir /dev
> > > > polling_interval 10
> > > > selector "round-robin 0"
> > > > # path_grouping_policy multibus
> > > > getuid_callout "/sbin/scsi_id -g -u -s
> /block/%n"
> > > > prio_callout /bin/true
> > > > # path_checker readsector0
> > > > path_checker tur
> > > > rr_min_io 100
> > > > rr_weight priorities
> > > > failback immediate
> > > > no_path_retry fail
> > > > user_friendly_name yes
> > > > }
> > > >
> > > > blacklist {
> > > > # wwid 26353900f02796769
> > > > # devnode "^(ram|raw|loop|fd|md|dm-|sr|scd|st)[0-9]*"
> > > > # devnode "^hd[a-z]"
> > > > wwid 35000c5000a41f72b
> > > > wwid 35000c5000a41f98b
> > > > devnode "^cciss!c[0-9]d[0-9]*"
> > > > }
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > The two disks that are not multipathed have udev rules
> > and are part
> > > > of a software RAID set. The devices show up as
> > > >
> > > > /etc/udev/rules.d> ls -l /dev/hpdev
> > > > total 0
> > > > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Mar 18 10:50 sda1 -> ../sda1
> > lrwxrwxrwx 1
> > > > root root 7 Mar 18 03:32 sdb1 -> ../sdb1
> > > >
> > > > /dev/md0 is created with sda and sdb. Here is the
> bottom of the
> > > > 'mdadm --detail /dev/md0' output:
> > > >
> > > > /root> mdadm --detail /dev/md0
> > > > /dev/md0:
> > > > Version
> > > > ...
> > > > Failed Devices : 0
> > > > Spare Devices : 0
> > > >
> > > > UUID : 94813396:a3e341fc:c5d4b8ba:0617a019
> > > > Events : 0.84
> > > >
> > > > Number Major Minor RaidDevice State
> > > > 0 8 1 0 active sync /dev/sda1
> > > > 1 8 17 1 active sync /dev/sdb1
> > > > /root>
> > > >
> > > > I am running on a Linux RHEL5 U2 system.
> > > > /etc/udev/rules.d> uname -a
> > > > Linux n0 2.6.18-53.el5 #1 SMP Wed Oct 10 16:34:19 EDT 2007
> > > > x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux /etc/udev/rules.d> multipath -v
> > > > Missing option arguement multipath-tools v0.4.7 (03/12, 2006)
> > > > ----------------------------
> > > >
> > > > Problem:
> > > >
> > > > This configuration works well until I do some failure
> > testing with
> > > > one of the 2 blacklisted devs in the software RAID set.
> > > > I found that if I temporarily remove disk sda and put it back a
> > > > minute later the disk path, /dev/hpdev/sda1, is removed,
> > even though
> > > > it is blacklisted.
> >
> > What is 'multipath -ll' output before you remove the
> > blacklisted device?
> > What is 'multipath -ll' output after you put the device back
> > a minute later?
> >
> > Thanks, Malahal.
> >
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