Thanks, I was able to locate and install the mkinitrd..rpm. After
install, copied to /etc/multipath_bindings file then renamed the bindings
file under /var/lib/multipath. The current location of the multipath
bindings file is in /etc. We then executed the new mkinitrd along with
zipl followed by a recycle. Once the server was up, we noticed the system
created a new /var/lib/multipath/bindings file. The system seems to
still use the /var/libmultipath/bindings file instead of the bindings file
defined under the multipath.conf file.
r...@mlxess1s:/export/home/nj88478>rpm -Fvh
mkinitrd-1.2-106.86.3.s390x.rpm
Preparing... ###########################################
[100%]
1:mkinitrd ###########################################
[100%]
r...@mlxess1s:/export/home/nj88478>cd
r...@mlxess1s:/root>rpm -qa mkinitrd
mkinitrd-1.2-106.86.3
r...@mlxess1s:/root>ls -la /var/lib/multipath/bindings*
-rw------- 1 root root 241 Jan 29 10:41 /var/lib/multipath/bindings
-rw------- 1 root root 241 Jan 29 09:54 /var/lib/multipath/bindings.ORIG
-rw------- 1 root root 282 Jan 28 10:50 /var/lib/multipath/bindings.ORIG2
r...@mlxess1s:/root>mv /var/lib/multipath/bindings
/var/lib/multipath/bindings.ORIG3-mkinitrd
r...@mlxess1s:/root>ls -la /var/lib/multipath/bindings*
-rw------- 1 root root 241 Jan 29 09:54 /var/lib/multipath/bindings.ORIG
-rw------- 1 root root 282 Jan 28 10:50 /var/lib/multipath/bindings.ORIG2
-rw------- 1 root root 241 Jan 29 10:41
/var/lib/multipath/bindings.ORIG3-mkinitrd
r...@mlxess1s:/etc>ls -la multi*
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 137 Jan 28 10:40 multipath.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 137 Jan 28 10:40 multipath.conf.BINDINGS
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 89 Jan 28 10:40 multipath.conf.ORIG
-rw------- 1 root root 241 Jan 29 10:41 multipath_bindings
-rw------- 1 root root 487 Jan 28 10:40 multipath_bindings.OLD
r...@mlxess1s:/etc>more multipath.conf
defaults {
user_friendly_names yes
bindings_file "/etc/multipath_bindings"
}
blacklist {
devnode "^(dasd)[a-z]+[0-9]*"
}
r...@mlxess1s:/etc>more multipath_bindings
# Multipath bindings, Version : 1.0
# NOTE: this file is automatically maintained by the multipath program.
# You should not need to edit this file in normal circumstances.
#
# Format:
# alias wwid
#
mpatha 3600507630efe0d040000000000000324
r...@mlxess1s:/etc>more /var/lib/multipath/bindings.ORIG3-mkinitrd
# Multipath bindings, Version : 1.0
# NOTE: this file is automatically maintained by the multipath program.
# You should not need to edit this file in normal circumstances.
#
# Format:
# alias wwid
#
mpatha 3600507630efe0d040000000000000324
r...@mlxess1s:/etc>multipath -ll
mpatha (3600507630efe0d040000000000000324) dm-0 IBM,1750500
[size=15G][features=1 queue_if_no_path][hwhandler=0]
\_ round-robin 0 [prio=50][active]
\_ 0:0:0:1076117507 sda 8:0 [active][ready]
\_ round-robin 0 [prio=10][enabled]
\_ 1:0:0:1076117507 sdb 8:16 [active][ready]
r...@mlxess1s:/etc>
After reboot
Displaying to rf8c2f.bbh.com:0.0.
r...@mlxess1s:/root>ls -la /var/lib/multipath/*
-rw------- 1 root root 241 Feb 2 09:59 /var/lib/multipath/bindings
-rw------- 1 root root 241 Jan 29 09:54 /var/lib/multipath/bindings.ORIG
-rw------- 1 root root 282 Jan 28 10:50 /var/lib/multipath/bindings.ORIG2
-rw------- 1 root root 241 Jan 29 10:41
/var/lib/multipath/bindings.ORIG3-mkinitrd
r...@mlxess1s:/root>ls -la /etc/multi*
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 137 Jan 28 10:40 /etc/multipath.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 137 Jan 28 10:40 /etc/multipath.conf.BINDINGS
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 89 Jan 28 10:40 /etc/multipath.conf.ORIG
-rw------- 1 root root 241 Jan 29 10:41 /etc/multipath_bindings
-rw------- 1 root root 487 Jan 28 10:40 /etc/multipath_bindings.OLD
Ray Cabanlit
Brown Brothers Harriman
Operating Systems - NJ
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