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тАО05-18-2011 07:59 AM
тАО05-18-2011 07:59 AM
DM-Multipath & Friendly Names
Hello everyone,
I'm configuring a RHEL4 system in order to access our SAN disks (XP storage-array). So far, so good. The only problem I'm having is that, after a reboot, the multipath devices are created using their WWID instead of the friendly "alias". I properly configured this in the /etc/multipath.conf file by means of:
"user_friendly_names yes"
The only way to make it work after a reboot is by creating "multipath" entries under the "multipaths" section...but I have to do that for EACH of the disks.
Does anyone knows why wouldn't "user_friendly_names" work?
Thanks,
Jorge
I'm configuring a RHEL4 system in order to access our SAN disks (XP storage-array). So far, so good. The only problem I'm having is that, after a reboot, the multipath devices are created using their WWID instead of the friendly "alias". I properly configured this in the /etc/multipath.conf file by means of:
"user_friendly_names yes"
The only way to make it work after a reboot is by creating "multipath" entries under the "multipaths" section...but I have to do that for EACH of the disks.
Does anyone knows why wouldn't "user_friendly_names" work?
Thanks,
Jorge
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тАО05-18-2011 08:16 AM
тАО05-18-2011 08:16 AM
Re: DM-Multipath & Friendly Names
RHEL5 here and we also do a lot of alias'ing in our multipath.conf file's "multipaths{}" section. No way around that if you want your SAN Disks to be easily identifiable for whatever needs you may have.
For our very large systems, we script creating the "multipaths{}" block.
We've also adopted certain standard naming conventions for multipath alias names:
/dev/mapper/XP_SAPMASTER_ASM_DATA001
/dev/mapper/NTAP_SAPDSS_ASM_DATA001
/dev/mapper/EVA_SAPMTEST_ASM_DATA001
...
.....
Works beautifully.
For our very large systems, we script creating the "multipaths{}" block.
We've also adopted certain standard naming conventions for multipath alias names:
/dev/mapper/XP_SAPMASTER_ASM_DATA001
/dev/mapper/NTAP_SAPDSS_ASM_DATA001
/dev/mapper/EVA_SAPMTEST_ASM_DATA001
...
.....
Works beautifully.
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тАО05-18-2011 10:42 PM
тАО05-18-2011 10:42 PM
Re: DM-Multipath & Friendly Names
On RHEL4 & 5, if your /var/lib/multipath/bindings file is not on the root filesystem (e.g. if you have /var as a separate filesystem), and you're using "user_friendly_names yes", it's very important that you configure an alternate location for the bindings file somewhere within the root filesystem.
The recommended way is to create a directory named /etc/multipath, move the bindings file there and specify the new location in multipath.conf as:
bindings_file /etc/multipath/bindings
See:
https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-17650
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MK
The recommended way is to create a directory named /etc/multipath, move the bindings file there and specify the new location in multipath.conf as:
bindings_file /etc/multipath/bindings
See:
https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-17650
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MK
MK
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тАО05-19-2011 01:51 PM
тАО05-19-2011 01:51 PM
Re: DM-Multipath & Friendly Names
Thank you guys for the suggestions. It turned out to be the version I was using. I upgraded to the lastest device-mapper-multipath package (for RHEL4) and it worked properly.
Thanks,
Jorge
Thanks,
Jorge
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