May 15, 2009; Managing Multipath I/O; November 24, 2008; A.5 May 15, 2009 - Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE SERVER 10 SP3 - STORAGE ADMINISTRATION GUIDE 2-23-2010 Administration Manual

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A.5 May 15, 2009

Updates were made to the following section. The changes are explained below.
Section A.5.1, "Managing Multipath I/O," on page 130

A.5.1 Managing Multipath I/O

Location
Section 5.8, "Configuring Multipath I/O
for the Root Device," on page 67

A.6 November 24, 2008

Updates were made to the following sections. The changes are explained below.
Section A.6.1, "Managing Multipath I/O," on page 130
Section A.6.2, "Using UUIDs to Mount Devices," on page 130

A.6.1 Managing Multipath I/O

Location
Section 5.2.8, "Supported Storage Arrays
for Multipathing," on page 47
"Applying Changes Made to the /etc/
multipath.conf File" on page 59
A.6.2 Using UUIDs to Mount Devices
Location
Section 3.2.1, "Using UUIDs to Assemble
or Activate File System Devices," on
page 32
130 SLES 10 SP3: Storage Administration Guide
Change
DM-MP is available but is not supported for
in SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP1 and later if all
root
online updates have been applied. More specifically, you
need
1.2-106.61 and
mkinitrd
34.23 or later. However, if you install the packages and set up
the configuration, you might run into update issues later.
Full multipath support is available in SUSE Linux Enterprise
Server 11.
Change
After you modify the
/etc/multipath.conf
run
mkinitrd
to re-create the INITRD on your system, then
reboot in order for the changes to take effect.
Change
The device ID assigned by the manufactuer for a drive never
changes, no matter where the device is mounted, so it can
always be found at boot. The UUID is a property of the
filesystem and can change if you reformat the drive.
and
/boot
/
0.4.7-
multipath-tools
file, you must

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