Nuno Fernandes wrote:
> Failback:
>     At regular intervals, multipathd checks the current priority of all
>     path groups. If the current path group is not the highest priority
>     path group, multipathd reacts according to the failback mode. By
>     default, multipathd immediately switches to the highest priority
>     path group. Other options for multipathd are to (a) wait for a
>     user-defined length of time (for the path groups to stabilize) and
>     then switch or (b) for multipathd to do nothing and wait for manual
>     intervention.  Failback can be forced at any time by running the
>     multipath command.
> 
> If you don't want it to do that put failback in manual.

I've tried "manual" as well - no difference :-(

By the way, I had trouble getting multipath to use the rdac hardware 
handler. My solution became to add the following in a new "/etc/sysconfig/
modules/dm-rdac.modules" file:

#!/bin/sh
modprobe dm_rdac >/dev/null 2>&1

Before that, hwhandler stayed at value 0 no matter what I put in /etc/
multipath.conf.

Unfortunately, this didn't seem to make a difference, either. But it sure 
seems more logical.

My options for testing different configurations have been closed for now, 
so for the time being, I'll have to accept that changes to "preferred 
path" aren't accepted by the server. Everything else works fine: The setup 
passed all pull-and-push-fiber-cable tests that I could think of.

When a new opportunity for testing comes up, I suspect that I may have to 
work with the QLogic driver and perhaps firmware level/settings on the 
DS4800.

-- 
Regards,
Troels Arvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
http://troels.arvin.dk/

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