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casualcramp
Level 2
14 years ago

is it possible to use multipathd with vxvm, and not vxdmp?

Hello, I'm using rhel 5.5 64bit. I would like to know about the possibility of using vxvm with native Linux multipathd instead of the bundled vxdmp pathing software. Is this possible, or recommende...
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  • TonyGriffiths's avatar
    TonyGriffiths
    14 years ago

    Hi

    Its not supported to use VxVM/SF with native linux multipathing as a multipathing solution, there is no interaction between DMP layer and LinuxDM.

    If you have the SF stack, you will have DMP functionaility.

    Is there a reason/problem why DMP cannot be used ?

    thanks

    tony

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Marianne
Level 6
14 years ago

Seems it is possible:

Hardware Compatibility List for Veritas Storage Foundation 

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NOTE: The DMP OS native stack support feature has been released through add-on patch on 5.1 release. DMP OS native stack support feature would allow new/existing non-root OS native volume groups or file systems to operate over DMP devices. This feature is available for ZFS on Solaris 10 (SPARC, and X64), LVM on AIX 5.3, 6.1, and 7.1, LVM on HP-UX 11iv3, and LVM on Linux RHEL5, RHEL6, SLES 10, and SLES 11. For DMP OS native stack support patch information on 5.1 release, see <https://sort.symantec.com/patches> . On 5.1SP1 release, the DMP OS native stack feature is supported without addtional patch.