It seems that multipath fails to start after a fresh boot or reboot.
root@ccsmiscrit2:~# systemctl status multipath-tools.service
● multipath-tools.service - LSB: multipath daemon
Loaded: loaded (/etc/init.d/multipath-tools)
Active: active (exited) since Tue 2015-12-22 07:26:09 EST; 24s ago
Process: 2737 ExecStart=/etc/init.d/multipath-tools start (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
Dec 22 07:26:09 ccsmiscrit2 multipath-tools[2737]: Starting multipath daemon: multipathd.
Dec 22 07:26:09 ccsmiscrit2 multipathd[2741]: mpatha: ignoring map
Dec 22 07:26:09 ccsmiscrit2 multipathd[2741]: failure during configuration
I can simply do the following to get it going.
root@ccsmiscrit2:~# systemctl restart multipath-tools.service
root@ccsmiscrit2:~# systemctl status multipath-tools.service
● multipath-tools.service - LSB: multipath daemon
Loaded: loaded (/etc/init.d/multipath-tools)
Active: active (running) since Tue 2015-12-22 07:27:21 EST; 1s ago
Process: 3067 ExecStop=/etc/init.d/multipath-tools stop (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
Process: 3077 ExecStart=/etc/init.d/multipath-tools start (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
CGroup: /system.slice/multipath-tools.service
└─3082 /sbin/multipathd
Dec 22 07:27:21 ccsmiscrit2 multipath-tools[3077]: Starting multipath daemon: multipathd.
Dec 22 07:27:21 ccsmiscrit2 multipathd[3082]: mpatha: ignoring map
Dec 22 07:27:22 ccsmiscrit2 multipathd[3082]: mpath0: load table [0 16777216000 multipath 1 queue_if_no_path 0 1 1 round-robin 0 2 1 8:16 10 8:32 10]
Dec 22 07:27:22 ccsmiscrit2 multipathd[3082]: mpath0: event checker started
Dec 22 07:27:22 ccsmiscrit2 multipathd[3082]: path checkers start up
Dec 22 07:27:22 ccsmiscrit2 multipathd[3082]: dm-3: remove map (uevent)
Dec 22 07:27:22 ccsmiscrit2 multipathd[3082]: dm-3: remove map (uevent)
My best guess is multipath is attempting to start before iscsi disks are logged in. Is anyone else running into this issue?
root@ccsmiscrit2:~# systemctl status multipath-tools.service
● multipath-tools.service - LSB: multipath daemon
Loaded: loaded (/etc/init.d/multipath-tools)
Active: active (exited) since Tue 2015-12-22 07:26:09 EST; 24s ago
Process: 2737 ExecStart=/etc/init.d/multipath-tools start (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
Dec 22 07:26:09 ccsmiscrit2 multipath-tools[2737]: Starting multipath daemon: multipathd.
Dec 22 07:26:09 ccsmiscrit2 multipathd[2741]: mpatha: ignoring map
Dec 22 07:26:09 ccsmiscrit2 multipathd[2741]: failure during configuration
I can simply do the following to get it going.
root@ccsmiscrit2:~# systemctl restart multipath-tools.service
root@ccsmiscrit2:~# systemctl status multipath-tools.service
● multipath-tools.service - LSB: multipath daemon
Loaded: loaded (/etc/init.d/multipath-tools)
Active: active (running) since Tue 2015-12-22 07:27:21 EST; 1s ago
Process: 3067 ExecStop=/etc/init.d/multipath-tools stop (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
Process: 3077 ExecStart=/etc/init.d/multipath-tools start (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
CGroup: /system.slice/multipath-tools.service
└─3082 /sbin/multipathd
Dec 22 07:27:21 ccsmiscrit2 multipath-tools[3077]: Starting multipath daemon: multipathd.
Dec 22 07:27:21 ccsmiscrit2 multipathd[3082]: mpatha: ignoring map
Dec 22 07:27:22 ccsmiscrit2 multipathd[3082]: mpath0: load table [0 16777216000 multipath 1 queue_if_no_path 0 1 1 round-robin 0 2 1 8:16 10 8:32 10]
Dec 22 07:27:22 ccsmiscrit2 multipathd[3082]: mpath0: event checker started
Dec 22 07:27:22 ccsmiscrit2 multipathd[3082]: path checkers start up
Dec 22 07:27:22 ccsmiscrit2 multipathd[3082]: dm-3: remove map (uevent)
Dec 22 07:27:22 ccsmiscrit2 multipathd[3082]: dm-3: remove map (uevent)
My best guess is multipath is attempting to start before iscsi disks are logged in. Is anyone else running into this issue?