Package: multipath-tools Version: 0.4.8+git0.761c66f-10 Severity: normal Hello,
on a IBM Power LPAR with dual virtual I/O server (VIOS) backed disk devices, multipath seems not to be able to recover temporarily failed disk paths (e.g. after one VIOS is restarted after maintenance). The serial console shows: [ 325.695570] ibmvscsi 30000003: Virtual adapter failed rc 2! [ 325.799041] ibmvscsi 30000003: SRP_VERSION: 16.a [ 325.799076] ibmvscsi 30000003: Partner adapter not ready [ 325.799087] ibmvscsi 30000003: error after reset [ 326.072253] sd 1:0:1:0: [sdb] Unhandled error code [ 326.072271] sd 1:0:1:0: [sdb] Result: hostbyte=DID_ERROR driverbyte=DRIVER_OK [ 326.072281] sd 1:0:1:0: [sdb] CDB: Read(10): 28 00 04 42 23 23 00 00 08 00 [ 326.072308] end_request: I/O error, dev sdb, sector 71443235 [ 326.072321] device-mapper: multipath: Failing path 8:16. [ 330.538142] sd 1:0:1:0: [sdb] Unhandled error code [ 330.538157] sd 1:0:1:0: [sdb] Result: hostbyte=DID_ERROR driverbyte=DRIVER_OK [ 330.538165] sd 1:0:1:0: [sdb] CDB: Read(10): 28 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 08 00 [ 330.538183] end_request: I/O error, dev sdb, sector 0 [ 335.538861] sd 1:0:1:0: [sdb] Unhandled error code [ 335.538876] sd 1:0:1:0: [sdb] Result: hostbyte=DID_ERROR driverbyte=DRIVER_OK [ 335.538884] sd 1:0:1:0: [sdb] CDB: Read(10): 28 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 08 00 [ 335.538902] end_request: I/O error, dev sdb, sector 0 ... ... loops forever ... Any ideas where this may be caused and/or could be resolved? Thanks & best regards, Frank Fegert -- Package-specific info: Contents of /etc/multipath.conf: defaults { getuid_callout "/lib/udev/scsi_id -g -u -d /dev/%n" no_path_retry 10 user_friendly_names yes } blacklist { devnode "^(ram|raw|loop|fd|md|dm-|sr|scd|st)[0-9]*" devnode "^hd[a-z][[0-9]*]" devnode "^cciss!c[0-9]d[0-9]*[p[0-9]*]" } multipaths { multipath { wwid 36005076801918127980000000000023C } } devices { } -- System Information: Debian Release: 6.0.6 APT prefers stable APT policy: (990, 'stable'), (500, 'stable-updates') Architecture: powerpc (ppc64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.39-bpo.2-powerpc (SMP w/6 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages multipath-tools depends on: ii initscripts 2.88dsf-13.1+squeeze1 scripts for initializing and shutt ii kpartx 0.4.8+git0.761c66f-10 create device mappings for partiti ii libaio1 0.3.107-7 Linux kernel AIO access library - ii libc6 2.11.3-4 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib ii libdevmapper1.02.1 2:1.02.48-5 The Linux Kernel Device Mapper use ii libncurses5 5.7+20100313-5 shared libraries for terminal hand ii libreadline6 6.1-3 GNU readline and history libraries ii lsb-base 3.2-23.2squeeze1 Linux Standard Base 3.2 init scrip ii udev 164-3 /dev/ and hotplug management daemo multipath-tools recommends no packages. Versions of packages multipath-tools suggests: ii multipath-tools-bo 0.4.8+git0.761c66f-10 Support booting from multipath dev -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org