Why does multipathd daemon report failed paths?
Issue
- Multipathd is reporting failed paths. Found following error messages in /var/log/messages file
May 6 10:49:01 hostname kernel: sd 1:0:1:0: emc: at SP A Port 3 (owned, default SP A)
May 6 10:49:01 hostname multipathd: dm-9: add map (uevent)
May 6 10:49:01 hostname multipathd: dm-9: devmap already registered
May 6 10:49:01 hostname kernel: sd 0:0:1:0: Device not ready: <6>: Current: sense key: Not Ready
May 6 10:49:01 hostname kernel: Add. Sense: Logical unit not ready, manual intervention required
May 6 10:49:01 hostname kernel:
May 6 10:49:01 hostname kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev sdl, sector 16549394
May 6 10:49:01 hostname kernel: device-mapper: multipath: Failing path 8:176.
May 6 10:49:01 hostname multipathd: dm-9: add map (uevent)
May 6 10:49:01 hostname multipathd: dm-9: devmap already registered
Found following messages in dmesg :
end_request: I/O error, dev sdx, sector 24827154
device-mapper: multipath: Failing path 65:112.
sd 1:0:1:0: emc: long trespass command sent
sd 1:0:1:0: emc: at SP A Port 3 (owned, default SP A)
sd 0:0:0:0: emc: at SP A Port 2 (owned, default SP A)
sd 0:0:1:0: emc: long trespass command sent
sd 0:0:1:0: emc: at SP B Port 3 (owned, default SP A)
sd 1:0:0:0: emc: at SP B Port 2 (owned, default SP A)
sd 0:0:0:0: Device not ready: <6>: Current: sense key: Not Ready
Add. Sense: Logical unit not ready, manual intervention required
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.5
- multipath
- EMC Clariion
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