DM-Multipath doesn't recover lost path after reconnecting
Issue
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When the storage side controllers are stopped, DM-Multipath looses access to the LUNs, "physically", and then the system deletes the sub paths (
/dev/sdXdevices) mapped to the multipath devices. -
Once the storage controller is up and running, still the removed sub paths could not discovered on the system even after rescanning the SCSI bus using steps in article - How do I rescan the SCSI bus to add or remove a SCSI device without rebooting the computer?
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After rescanning the scsi bus,
/proc/scsi/scsishowing all the devices butfdisk -ldoes not list all the devices. -
After reboot system detect all the sub paths properly.
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6.3
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