Re: [Linux-cluster] SCSI Reservations & Red Hat Cluster Suite

2008-03-31 Thread Maciej Bogucki
> I believe that this is only a limitation for RHEL4. RHEL5 should have a > fix that allows dm-multipath to properly pass ioctls to all devices. Hello, One problem is registration, but another problem is un-registration fe. when there is failover from one HBA to another and failback. Third proble

Re: [Linux-cluster] SCSI Reservations & Red Hat Cluster Suite

2008-03-31 Thread Maciej Bogucki
Tomasz Sucharzewski napisaƂ(a): > Hello, > > Ryan O'Hara wrote: >>> 4 - Limitations > ... >>> - Multipath devices are not currently supported. > > What is the reason - it is strongly required to use at least two HBA in a SAN > network, which is useless when using scsi reservation. > Hello, Th

Re: [Linux-cluster] SCSI Reservations & Red Hat Cluster Suite

2008-03-28 Thread Jeff Macfarland
True. Any solution for auto discovery? I've no problem with statically defining a device, but that would be pretty nice if possible. Alex Kompel wrote: > On Fri, Mar 28, 2008 at 8:15 AM, Ryan O'Hara <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> The reason for the cluster LVM2 requirement is for device discovery.

Re: [Linux-cluster] SCSI Reservations & Red Hat Cluster Suite

2008-03-28 Thread Alex Kompel
On Fri, Mar 28, 2008 at 8:15 AM, Ryan O'Hara <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The reason for the cluster LVM2 requirement is for device discovery. The > scripts use LVM commands to find cluster volumes and then gets a list of > devices that make up those volumes. Consider the alternative -- users > w

Re: [Linux-cluster] SCSI Reservations & Red Hat Cluster Suite

2008-03-28 Thread Ryan O'Hara
Tomasz Sucharzewski wrote: Hello, Ryan O'Hara wrote: 4 - Limitations ... - Multipath devices are not currently supported. What is the reason - it is strongly required to use at least two HBA in a SAN network, which is useless when using scsi reservation. It has to do with how dm-multip

Re: [Linux-cluster] SCSI Reservations & Red Hat Cluster Suite

2008-03-28 Thread Tomasz Sucharzewski
Hello, Ryan O'Hara wrote: >>4 - Limitations ... >>- Multipath devices are not currently supported. What is the reason - it is strongly required to use at least two HBA in a SAN network, which is useless when using scsi reservation. Regards, Tomasz Sucharzewski On Fri, 28 Mar 2008 09:20:53 -05

Re: [Linux-cluster] SCSI Reservations & Red Hat Cluster Suite

2008-03-28 Thread Ryan O'Hara
Jeff Macfarland wrote: Nice overview. Wish I had this a few weeks ago :-) I am curious as to why LVM2 is required? The reason for the cluster LVM2 requirement is for device discovery. The scripts use LVM commands to find cluster volumes and then gets a list of devices that make up those volu

Re: [Linux-cluster] SCSI Reservations & Red Hat Cluster Suite

2008-03-28 Thread Jeff Macfarland
Nice overview. Wish I had this a few weeks ago :-) I am curious as to why LVM2 is required? With simple modification of the scsi_reserve (and maybe fence_scsi), using an msdos partitioned disk seems to work fine. This is only in testing but I haven't seen any issues as of yet. Ryan O'Hara wrote: