IBM zfcp luns unavailable with error "No handle is available"
Issue
- IBM
zfcpluns not showing up within the operating system as expected - There are zfcp events of "No handle is available":
kernel: zfcp 0.0.802b: No handle is available for LUN 0x4081400e00000000 on port 0x500507630a1050ff kernel: zfcp 0.0.802b: No handle is available for LUN 0x4081400e00000000 on port 0x500507630a1050ff kernel: zfcp 0.0.802b: No handle is available for LUN 0x4081400f00000000 on port 0x500507630a1050ff kernel: zfcp 0.0.802b: No handle is available for LUN 0x4081400f00000000 on port 0x500507630a1050ff kernel: zfcp 0.0.802b: No handle is available for LUN 0x4081401000000000 on port 0x500507630a1050ff kernel: zfcp 0.0.802b: No handle is available for LUN 0x4081401000000000 on port 0x500507630a1050ff
- With increased scsi logging enabled, the kernel reports that scanning for new luns is aborted following a "No handle" event.
kernel: scsi 4:0:1:1073823873::40014081->40814001.00000000: scsi scan: INQUIRY pass 1 length 36 kernel: scsi 4:0:1:1073823873::40014081->40814001.00000000: scsi scan: INQUIRY failed with code 0x70000 kernel: scsi 4:0:1:0::00000000->00000000.00000000: Unexpected response from lun 1073823873 while scanning, scan aborted
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux
- System Z / LinuxONE Hardware for FCP
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