[Linux-cluster] Local Partitions detected as Multipath Device

[Elvir Kuric]

On 10/25/2013 07:29 AM, Zama Ques wrote:
> Creating a new RAMDISK resolved the issue as suggested by Elvir Kuric 
> after blacklisting the local disk in multipath.conf .
>
> ====
> $ df
> Filesystem           1K-blocks      Used Available Use% Mounted on
> /dev/sda8             43112964  19708732  21214204  49% /
> tmpfs                 32978736     25836  32952900   1% /dev/shm
> /dev/sda1               198337     66006    122091  36% /boot
> /dev/sda6             10079084    840160   8726924   9% /opt
> /dev/mapper/mpathbp1  51606124    184136  48800552   1% /webdata
> /dev/mapper/mpathcp1 209690016   3414728 206275288   2% /sharedweb
> ===
>
> Other options of  setting following parameter  " find_multipaths  
> yes"  did not helped to resolve the issue.
>
> Thanks all for the replies and suggestions.
>
> Thanks
> Zaman
>
>
> On Tuesday, 22 October 2013 4:58 PM, Elvir Kuric <ekuric at redhat.com> 
> wrote:
> On 10/22/2013 12:17 PM, Zama Ques wrote:
>> My local partitions are detected as multipath device
>> |$multipath -l
>>
>> mpathb (360014380125d90420000a000003e0000) dm-9 HP,HSV450
>> size=200G features='1 queue_if_no_path' hwhandler='0' wp=rw
>> `-+- policy='round-robin 0' prio=0 status=active
>> `- 3:0:0:1 sdb 8:16 active undef running
>> mpatha (3600508b1001c02143bc59c6862d97353) dm-0 HP,LOGICAL VOLUME
>> size=137G features='1 queue_if_no_path' hwhandler='0' wp=rw
>> `-+- policy='round-robin 0' prio=0 status=active
>> `- 0:0:0:1 sda 8:0  active undef running
>> |
>> I added the following lines in multipath.conf so that local 
>> partitions are not considered as multipath device
>> |blacklist {
>>     wwid 3600508b1001c02143bc59c6862d97353
>> }
>> |
>> Executed the following commands after that .
>> |#service multipathd reload
>>
>> # multipath -F
>> Oct 22 12:10:42 | mpathb: map in use
>> Oct 22 12:10:42 | mpatha: map in use
>> |
>> So , tried rebooting the server , but no luck . Any clues to resolve 
>> the issue will be highly appreciated .
>>
>> Thanks
>> Zaman
>>
>>
> hi,
>
> /me wonders what OS ( and version ) is in use? service multipathd 
> relaod ... suggest it is something RHEL based ( not 100 % sure )
>
> Check /etc/multipath/* files ( if rhel 6 )  and see is there WWID from 
> above, and also check initramfs ( RHEL 6 ) or initrd file  ( RHEL 5 ) 
> from /boot
>
> dobelow
>
> # mkdir /tmp/initrdtest
> # cp /boot/initramfs-$$$$.img ( or initrd ... ) /tmp/initrdtest
>
> unpack it
>
> # cd tmp/initrdtest
>
> # zcat initrd.img | cpio -i
>
> and check what is there for multiapth devices written.
>
> In short, I think you will need to ensure there are not records for 
> devices you want to blacklist in /etc/multipath/* ( rhel 6 ) or 
> /var/lib/multipath/*   ( rhel 5 ) and rebuild initramfs / initrd ( 
> depending is it RHEL 5 - initrd / RHEL 6 -initramfs  ) once these 
> records are not present.Rebuilding initrd/initramfs will pick values 
> from /etc/multipath/*  ( rhel 6 ) or /var/lib/multipath/ ( rhel 5 )
>
> to rebuild initrd/initramfs check docs out there  but in short process 
> is ( after you remove records for WWID from wwid and bindings files - 
> read above )
>
>
> RHEL 5:
>
> # cd /boot
> # cp initrd-$(uname -r).img initrd-$(uname -r).img.backup [ make backup ]
> # mkinitrd -v -f initrd-$(uname -r).img
> # reboot ( to boot to new initramfs )
>
> RHEL 6:
>
> same as above with small corrections ;)
>
>
> # cd /boot
> # cp initramfs-$(uname -r).img initramfs-$(uname -r).img.backup [ make 
> backup ]
> # dracut -v -f initramfs-$(uname -r).img
> # reboot ( to boot to new initramfs )
>
>
> good reading 
> https://access.redhat.com/site/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/5/html/DM_Multipath/config_file_blacklist.html 
>
>
> hope this helps
>
> Kind regards,
>
> -- 
> Elvir Kuric, Senior Technical Support Engineer / Red Hat / GSS EMEA /
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Cool, thank you for feedback.If you are Red Hat customer and have valid 
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Kind regards,

Elvir Kuric

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