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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=949072217-20052009>Check the status of the multipath demon:
multipathd status</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=949072217-20052009>I have seen a problem where the demon would die after
starting. I believe there is </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=949072217-20052009>an update to multipath tools to fix this (at lease for
Suse there is).</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=949072217-20052009>You should be mounting by label rather that /dev/dm-x.
Label the drives and then</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=949072217-20052009>use: LABEL=mylabel in the fstab file. The
relationship between dm-x and any particular</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=949072217-20052009>is not persistent between boots. In other words, dm-2
may be the oragrid volume next time.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=949072217-20052009></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=949072217-20052009>I have seen another problem. After mounting
by label the 'mount' command shows the drives</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=949072217-20052009>mounting as /dev/sdx rather than a multipathed device.
You may have to delay the multipath </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=949072217-20052009>demon at boot time for things to settle. Adding a
'sleep 5' to the appropriate startup script</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=949072217-20052009>will usually fix it.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=949072217-20052009><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>good
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2><B>From:</B> ocfs2-users-bounces@oss.oracle.com
[mailto:ocfs2-users-bounces@oss.oracle.com] <B>On Behalf Of </B>McKinley,
Reid<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, May 20, 2009 12:57 PM<BR><B>To:</B>
ocfs2-users@oss.oracle.com<BR><B>Subject:</B> [Ocfs2-users] OCFS2 mount points
will not automatically mount onboot<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">We are trying to figure out why our
OCFS2 mount points will not automatically mount on
reboot.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">We are on OEL version 2.6.18-92.el5
and we are using multipathing. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Here are the OCFS2 entries in
/etc/fstab. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">/dev/dm-2
/oracw
oracle_clusterware datavolume,nointr,_netdev 0
0<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">/dev/dm-3
/oragrid
oracle_home datavolume,nointr,_netdev 0 0<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Should we be using the “mapper”
device names in the /etc/fstab file?<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Thanks,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Reid<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 7.5pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><A
title=mailto:rcheruvattath@tiaa-cref.org
href="mailto:rmckinley@tiaa-cref.org">rmckinley@tiaa-cref.org</A></SPAN></FONT><FONT
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