Eric

 >>Bernd, are you trying to export the same backend device to two 
different guests? 

That's what I want to do.

 >>That feature had been removed from 1.1, but due to strong demand, we 
are planning to restore it for 1.2 (but requiring a new command-line switch
 >> to prevent inadvertently setting up such a config).  The relevant CR 
is 6753910.  As there are currently two escalations open against this
 >>CR, I assume a patch will be made available.

Ah, okay

 >>The only workaround I can think of is to setup an alternate path to 
the same backend device and use the alternate path when exporting it to 
the >>second guest; the LDom Manager is doing a simple string compare of 
the pathnames.

Yea, that's the workaround I use now:

Disable mpxio and use one path for Guest LDom 1 and the other path for 
the Guest LDom 2.

This is only for testing VCS in Guest LDoms - so we can live with that 
restriction until the patch is out.

Thanks for the infos

regards

Bernd


Eric Sharakan wrote:
> Bernd, are you trying to export the same backend device to two 
> different guests?  That feature had been removed from 1.1, but due to 
> strong demand, we are planning to restore it for 1.2 (but requiring a 
> new command-line switch to prevent inadvertently setting up such a 
> config).  The relevant CR is 6753910.  As there are currently two 
> escalations open against this CR, I assume a patch will be made 
> available.
>
> The only workaround I can think of is to setup an alternate path to 
> the same backend device and use the alternate path when exporting it 
> to the second guest; the LDom Manager is doing a simple string compare 
> of the pathnames.
>
> -Eric
>
> On Feb 5, 2009, at 12:37 PM, Bernd Schemmer wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> looks like this does not work anymore with ldm 1.1:
>>
>> With ldm 1.1 we get an error from ldm that says the backend device is 
>> already in use by the "guest ldom primary" .
>>
>> Is there a workaround for this features?
>>
>> We want to test a VCS Cluster with two nodes each in a separate Guest 
>> LDom on the same hardware
>>
>> regards
>>
>> Bernd
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