Public bug reported: I'm currently using a dual iscsi-connection to our san on 14.04 and trying to enable multipath. I want to use the "no_path_retry"-feature instead of "queue_if_no_path". It's working if I start everything manually, but it doesn't work after a reboot, because multipathd doesn't know the multipathed iscsi disks.
to reproduce: * disconnect your iscsi-sessions * reconfigure your multipathd * "show paths" should be empty * stop your multipathd * start your multipathd * start your iscsi-connections multipath -ll -- size=4.0T features='1 queue_if_no_path' hwhandler='0' wp=rw `-+- policy='round-robin 0' prio=1 status=active |- 10:0:0:0 sdc 8:32 active ready running `- 11:0:0:0 sda 8:0 active ready running -- Now I would expect multipathd to check the paths and disable "queue_if_no_path" if max-retry is reached or multipathd exits, but "show config" is empty and multipathd isn't doing anything. -- echo 'show paths' | multipathd -k multipathd> show paths multipathd> -- If I execute a "reconfigure" everything is detected and checks are executed. -- # echo "reconfigure" | multipathd -k multipathd> reconfigure ok # echo 'show paths' | multipathd -k multipathd> show paths hcil dev dev_t pri dm_st chk_st dev_st next_check 11:0:0:0 sda 8:0 1 active ready running XXXXXXX... 7/10 10:0:0:0 sdc 8:32 1 active ready running XXXXXXX... 7/10 -- But during boot nobody is triggering this "reconfigure", so multipathd isn't checking the paths and queue_if_no_path will not be removed after max-retry is reached causing a system hang if storage isn't reachable. ** Affects: multipath-tools (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1400371 Title: multipathd doesn't reconfigure To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/multipath-tools/+bug/1400371/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs