You have been subscribed to a public bug: Problem Description ====================== non-multpath disks are classified as multipath after the multipath-tools package is installed.
---uname output--- Linux uu04g1 3.16.0-21-generic #28-Ubuntu SMP Mon Oct 6 15:57:32 UTC 2014 ppc64le ppc64le ppc64le GNU/Linux Machine Type = Tuleta pKVM guest Steps to Reproduce ========================= 1) Create a guest with an unused, non-mpath disk (not the install disk) (a qemu img file is fine). 2) apt-get install multipath-tools. 3) multipath -ll. 4) Note that your file backed disks are showing up as mpath disks. Userspace tool common name: multipath The userspace tool has the following bit modes: 64 System Dump Info: The system is not configured to capture a system dump. Userspace rpm: multipath-tools Userspace tool obtained from project website: multipath-tools v0.4.9 (05/33, 2016) == Comment: #1 - Edward R. Cheslek <eches...@us.ibm.com> - == root@uu04g1:~# multipath -ll 0QEMU QEMU HARDDISK drive-scsi0-0-1-0 dm-0 QEMU,QEMU HARDDISK size=20G features='0' hwhandler='0' wp=rw `-+- policy='round-robin 0' prio=1 status=active `- 0:0:1:0 sdb 8:16 active ready running 0QEMU QEMU HARDDISK drive-scsi0-0-2-0 dm-1 QEMU,QEMU HARDDISK size=20G features='0' hwhandler='0' wp=rw `-+- policy='round-robin 0' prio=1 status=active `- 0:0:2:0 sdc 8:32 active ready running root@uu04g1:~# lsblk NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT sda 8:0 0 20G 0 disk ??sda1 8:1 0 7M 0 part ??sda2 8:2 0 19.1G 0 part / ??sda3 8:3 0 896M 0 part [SWAP] sdb 8:16 0 20G 0 disk ??0QEMU\x20\x20\x20\x20QEMU\x20HARDDISK\x20\x20\x20drive-scsi0-0-1-0 252:0 0 20G 0 mpath sdc 8:32 0 20G 0 disk ??0QEMU\x20\x20\x20\x20QEMU\x20HARDDISK\x20\x20\x20drive-scsi0-0-2-0 252:1 0 20G 0 mpath root@uu04g1:~# root@uu04g1:~# lsscsi [0:0:0:0] disk QEMU QEMU HARDDISK 2.0. /dev/sda [0:0:1:0] disk QEMU QEMU HARDDISK 2.0. /dev/sdb [0:0:2:0] disk QEMU QEMU HARDDISK 2.0. /dev/sdc == Comment: #2 - Edward R. Cheslek <eches...@us.ibm.com> - 2014-10-08 22:27:09 == This is the xml file of the affected guest. Please note that all disks are file backed. root@uu04g1:~# multipath -l 0QEMU QEMU HARDDISK drive-scsi0-0-1-0 dm-0 QEMU,QEMU HARDDISK size=20G features='0' hwhandler='0' wp=rw `-+- policy='round-robin 0' prio=-1 status=active `- 0:0:1:0 sdb 8:16 active undef running 0QEMU QEMU HARDDISK drive-scsi0-0-2-0 dm-1 QEMU,QEMU HARDDISK size=20G features='0' hwhandler='0' wp=rw `-+- policy='round-robin 0' prio=-1 status=active `- 0:0:2:0 sdc 8:32 active undef running root@uu04g1:~# multipath -v2 root@uu04g1:~# ** Affects: multipath-tools (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: architecture-ppc64le bot-comment bugnameltc-117319 severity-high targetmilestone-inin--- -- multipath shows non-mpath disks as being multipath https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1386637 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to multipath-tools in Ubuntu. -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list Ubuntu-server-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs