Re: [storage-discuss] [zfs-discuss] multipath used inadvertantly?

2011-02-16 Thread Ray Van Dolson
On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 10:56:22AM -0800, Torrey McMahon wrote: From mpathd or from scsi_vhci? If they're scsi_vhci it's probably the we found a device with one path and it's optimal message, right? Here's the message: Feb 15 09:47:17 prodsys-dmz-zfs2 genunix: [ID 408114 kern.info]

Re: [storage-discuss] [zfs-discuss] multipath used inadvertantly?

2011-02-15 Thread Ray Van Dolson
Thanks Torrey. I definitely see that multipathing is enabled... I mainly want to understand whether or not there are installation scenarios where multipathing is enabled by default (if the mpt driver thinks it can support it will it enable mpathd at install time?) as well as the consequences of

Re: [storage-discuss] [zfs-discuss] multipath used inadvertantly?

2011-02-15 Thread Ray Van Dolson
Thanks Cindy. Are you (or anyone else reading) aware of a way to disable MPxIO at install time? I imagine there's no harm* in leaving MPxIO enabled with single-pathed devices -- we'll likely just keep this in mind for future installs. Thanks, Ray * performance penalty -- we do see errors in

Re: [storage-discuss] [zfs-discuss] multipath used inadvertantly?

2011-02-15 Thread Cindy Swearingen
Hi Ray, MPxIO is on by default for x86 systems that run the Solaris 10 9/10 release. On my Solaris 10 9/10 SPARC system, I see this: # stmsboot -L stmsboot: MPxIO is not enabled stmsboot: MPxIO disabled You can use the stmsboot CLI to disable multipathing. You are prompted to reboot the