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		<title>Urgent SAN on Redhat x86_64 problem</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2008 12:47:54 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[FDISK]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HBA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Logical Unit Number]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LUN]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Probe LUNs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Redhat Linux]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[If I run probe-luns -a, it shows all 3 luns. I then use fdisk -l and it shows the devices as expected. Output after reboot: [root@hhln-mgt-sac101 ~]# fdisk -l Disk /dev/cciss/c0d0: 146.7 GB, 146778685440 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 17844 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Device Boot Start End [...]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><b>If I run probe-luns -a, it shows all 3 luns. I then use fdisk -l and it shows the devices as expected.</b></p>
<p><b>Output after reboot:</b><br />
[root@hhln-mgt-sac101 ~]# fdisk -l</p>
<p>Disk /dev/cciss/c0d0: 146.7 GB, 146778685440 bytes<br />
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 17844 cylinders<br />
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes</p>
<p>           Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System<br />
/dev/cciss/c0d0p1   *           1          13      104391   83  Linux<br />
/dev/cciss/c0d0p2              14       17844   143227507+  8e  Linux LVM</p>
<p><b>Output after running &#8220;probe-luns -a&#8221;</b><br />
[root@hhln-mgt-sac101 ~]# probe-luns -a<br />
Adding legacy tape devices to /proc/scsi/device_info</p>
<p>Scanning /proc/scsi/qla2xxx/2, target 0, LUN 3</p>
<p>scsi2  00 00 01 HP         OPEN-V*2   5007       Direct-Access<br />
scsi2  00 00 02 HP         OPEN-V*3   5007       Direct-Access<br />
scsi2  00 00 03 HP         OPEN-V*3   5007       Direct-Access</p>
<p>[root@hhln-mgt-sac101 ~]# fdisk -l</p>
<p>Disk /dev/cciss/c0d0: 146.7 GB, 146778685440 bytes<br />
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 17844 cylinders<br />
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes</p>
<p>           Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System<br />
/dev/cciss/c0d0p1   *           1          13      104391   83  Linux<br />
/dev/cciss/c0d0p2              14       17844   143227507+  8e  Linux LVM</p>
<p>Disk /dev/sda (Sun disk label): 15 heads, 512 sectors, 9991 cylinders<br />
Units = cylinders of 7680 * 512 bytes</p>
<p>   Device Flag    Start       End    Blocks   Id  System<br />
/dev/sda1             0        35    134400    2  SunOS root<br />
/dev/sda2  u         35        70    134400    3  SunOS swap<br />
/dev/sda3  u          0      9991  38365440    5  Whole disk<br />
/dev/sda7            70      9991  38096640    4  SunOS usr</p>
<p>Disk /dev/sda1 (Sun disk label): 15 heads, 512 sectors, 9991 cylinders<br />
Units = cylinders of 7680 * 512 bytes</p>
<p>    Device Flag    Start       End    Blocks   Id  System<br />
/dev/sda1p1             0        35    134400    2  SunOS root<br />
/dev/sda1p2  u         35        70    134400    3  SunOS swap<br />
/dev/sda1p3  u          0      9991  38365440    5  Whole disk<br />
/dev/sda1p7            70      9991  38096640    4  SunOS usr</p>
<p>Disk /dev/sda3 (Sun disk label): 15 heads, 512 sectors, 9991 cylinders<br />
Units = cylinders of 7680 * 512 bytes</p>
<p>    Device Flag    Start       End    Blocks   Id  System<br />
/dev/sda3p1             0        35    134400    2  SunOS root<br />
/dev/sda3p2  u         35        70    134400    3  SunOS swap<br />
/dev/sda3p3  u          0      9991  38365440    5  Whole disk<br />
/dev/sda3p7            70      9991  38096640    4  SunOS usr</p>
<p>Disk /dev/sdb: 117.8 GB, 117888122880 bytes<br />
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 14332 cylinders<br />
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes</p>
<p>Disk /dev/sdb doesn&#8217;t contain a valid partition table</p>
<p>Disk /dev/sdc (Sun disk label): 15 heads, 512 sectors, 9991 cylinders<br />
Units = cylinders of 7680 * 512 bytes</p>
<p>   Device Flag    Start       End    Blocks   Id  System<br />
/dev/sdc1             0        35    134400    2  SunOS root<br />
/dev/sdc2  u         35        70    134400    3  SunOS swap<br />
/dev/sdc3  u          0      9991  38365440    5  Whole disk<br />
/dev/sdc7            70      9991  38096640    4  SunOS usr</p>
<p>Disk /dev/sdc1 (Sun disk label): 15 heads, 512 sectors, 9991 cylinders<br />
Units = cylinders of 7680 * 512 bytes</p>
<p>    Device Flag    Start       End    Blocks   Id  System<br />
/dev/sdc1p1             0        35    134400    2  SunOS root<br />
/dev/sdc1p2  u         35        70    134400    3  SunOS swap<br />
/dev/sdc1p3  u          0      9991  38365440    5  Whole disk<br />
/dev/sdc1p7            70      9991  38096640    4  SunOS usr</p>
<p>Disk /dev/sdc3 (Sun disk label): 15 heads, 512 sectors, 9991 cylinders<br />
Units = cylinders of 7680 * 512 bytes</p>
<p>    Device Flag    Start       End    Blocks   Id  System<br />
/dev/sdc3p1             0        35    134400    2  SunOS root<br />
/dev/sdc3p2  u         35        70    134400    3  SunOS swap<br />
/dev/sdc3p3  u          0      9991  38365440    5  Whole disk<br />
/dev/sdc3p7            70      9991  38096640    4  SunOS usr</p>
<p>Here is the problem, if I reboot the server, the luns disappear. Fdisk -l shows nothing. I have to run probe-luns again for them to reappear.</p>
<p>Please help. Urgent.</p>
<p>Thanks<br />
Ali.</p>
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