on 6-19-2008 11:42 AM Raja Subramanian spake the following: > Hi All, > > My CentOS 5.1 server is using iSCSI attached disks connecting > to a dual controller storage array. I have also configured multipathd > to manage the multiple paths. Everything works well, and on > boot the dev nodes are automatically created in /dev/mapper. > On these devices, I have created logical volumes using lvm2. > > My problem is that lvm does not recognize these iscsi/multipath > volumes on boot up. I need to manually run "vgchange -ay" > and mount the logical volumes by hand. > > I tried running the vgchange and mount commands from > /etc/rc.local, but that has no effect. I have verified that > /etc/rc.local itself is executing correctly. > > What do I need to put in my boot up scripts so logical volumes > in iscsi/multipathd devices are automatically recognized on boot? > > TIA! > > - Raja LVM initialization is fairly early in the init. It is probably running long before your iscsi connector is starting. Maybe you could try moving its startup earlier? -- MailScanner is like deodorant... You hope everybody uses it, and you notice quickly if they don't!!!! -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 258 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20080619/1ec280f1/attachment-0005.sig>