Bug 591487
| Summary: | MPathError: multipath activation failed for 'mpatha' | ||||||||||
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| Product: | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | Reporter: | James G. Brown III <james.brown> | ||||||||
| Component: | anaconda | Assignee: | Peter Jones <pjones> | ||||||||
| Status: | CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE | QA Contact: | Release Test Team <release-test-team-automation> | ||||||||
| Severity: | medium | Docs Contact: | |||||||||
| Priority: | medium | ||||||||||
| Version: | 6.0 | CC: | borgan, jstodola, pbatkowski | ||||||||
| Target Milestone: | rc | ||||||||||
| Target Release: | --- | ||||||||||
| Hardware: | x86_64 | ||||||||||
| OS: | Linux | ||||||||||
| Whiteboard: | anaconda_trace_hash:f36c794b0e5715b245ad4fee2100511d8a44872b630598c607fa82cf0360ca81 | ||||||||||
| Fixed In Version: | anaconda-13.21.40-1 | Doc Type: | Bug Fix | ||||||||
| Doc Text: | Story Points: | --- | |||||||||
| Clone Of: | Environment: | ||||||||||
| Last Closed: | 2010-11-15 13:51:24 UTC | Type: | --- | ||||||||
| Regression: | --- | Mount Type: | --- | ||||||||
| Documentation: | --- | CRM: | |||||||||
| Verified Versions: | Category: | --- | |||||||||
| oVirt Team: | --- | RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host: | |||||||||
| Cloudforms Team: | --- | Target Upstream Version: | |||||||||
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Created attachment 413404 [details]
Attached traceback automatically from anaconda.
Created attachment 413406 [details]
anaconda.log-38.1
Created attachment 413408 [details]
syslog.38-1
Installing with nightly 5/12 anaconda-13.21.38-1. I've started a boot from san installation using mpath. Should I still be using mpath?
When presented with available storage at the Basic storage screen I see 4 disks which is only really 1 disk with 4 paths. Should this be showing up as Specialized Storage Devices? I am presuming this is what is intended by the comment "Installs or upgrades to devices such as Storage Area Networks (SANs)..."
Using either one or all of the disks presented and clicking next continues the installation so no huge problem there although not very intuitive. We should only be presented with one disk not all the paths to the same disk (The serial number and Identifier for the disks are the same for all paths/disks which should allow anaconda to filter and present just the one)...
After clicking next at with the default "Replace Existing Linux System(s)" I am presented with 2 options "Data Storage Devices (to be mounted only)" where there should only be 1 as it is the same disk, although they are presented slightly differently as far as their names; 1742-900 and IBM 1742-900.
Selecting the IBM 1742-900 says couldn't find enough free space try to use another formating. When selecting the other option 1742-900 I receive this unhandled exception.
FYI, changing the partitioning to "Use All Space" progresses to the package selection screen, effectively getting me beyond the unhandled exception reported here. Didn't know if that would be a useful data point This request was evaluated by Red Hat Product Management for inclusion in a Red Hat Enterprise Linux major release. Product Management has requested further review of this request by Red Hat Engineering, for potential inclusion in a Red Hat Enterprise Linux Major release. This request is not yet committed for inclusion. I think this should be fixed in 13.21.40-1 (as of 2010-May-14). Please try on a newer snapshot. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.0 is now available and should resolve the problem described in this bug report. This report is therefore being closed with a resolution of CURRENTRELEASE. You may reopen this bug report if the solution does not work for you. |
The following was filed automatically by anaconda: anaconda 13.21.38 exception report Traceback (most recent call first): File "/usr/lib/anaconda/storage/devices.py", line 3169, in setup self.name) File "/usr/lib/anaconda/storage/partitioning.py", line 804, in doPartitioning disk.setup() File "/usr/lib/anaconda/storage/partitioning.py", line 214, in doAutoPartition exclusiveDisks=anaconda.id.storage.clearPartDisks) File "/usr/lib/anaconda/dispatch.py", line 205, in moveStep rc = stepFunc(self.anaconda) File "/usr/lib/anaconda/dispatch.py", line 126, in gotoNext self.moveStep() File "/usr/lib/anaconda/gui.py", line 1260, in nextClicked self.anaconda.dispatch.gotoNext() MPathError: multipath activation failed for 'mpatha'