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Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] Auto PV scan w/ LVM
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On 3/26/2010 2:16 PM, Mike Snitzer wrote:
> Are you using multipath's 'queue_if_no_path' (assuming RHEL4 has it)?
> Could be LVM's IO to the mpath devices will queue (block) until the
> point when you "break the clone" (which makes the paths(s) available).
>
This seems to be a pretty good solution to the problem - When I set it 
to fail_if_no_path via dmsetup, it seemed to work nicely. Any idea how 
to set this within a multipaths { multipath { wwid xxxx }} config?