Re: Linux Native Multipath, ASM and Instance Failures

From: Ls Cheng <exriscer_at_gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 28 Jul 2012 19:00:48 +0200
Message-ID: <CAJ2-Qb8ZDF5BfDNA8mCYTfA=5a+tz5+LWYOkbNA1yGoxdn2TjA_at_mail.gmail.com>



Hi
I fidks as following:

fdisk /dev/mapper/3PAR_kenan_data_dsk01

then kpartx /dev/mapper/3PAR_kenan_data_dsk01 so I get now
/dev/mapper/3PAR_kenan_data_dsk01_part1

however if you read 3PAR documentation it says never use fdisk on
/dev/mapper/3PAR_kenan_data_dsk01 but instead run the underlying /dev/sd*
devices. This is strange because other storage makers says we must not run fdisk against /dev/sd* multipath devices, 3PAR is the first one which says opposite.

against what device did you run fdisk? /dev/mapper*

Thanks

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Received on Sat Jul 28 2012 - 12:00:48 CDT

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