
EMC PowerPath for Linux Version 4.5 and Point Releases Release Notes
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Known Problems and Limitations
227536
Certain SCSI-based IOCTLs (for example, SCSI_GET_IDLUN) and
applications that use these IOCTLs (for example, sg_map) may not work
correctly for devices on active-active arrays (Symmetrix, for example) set to
the bf (Basic Failover) policy. In such instances, you may see the following
errors:
device /dev/sdp failed on scsi ioctl(idlun), skip:
No such device or address
device /dev/sdr failed on scsi ioctl(idlun), skip:
No such device or address
4.5.0 Use the powermt set policy
command to change the policy to so
(Symmetrix Optimized) for Symmetrix
devices or to ad (Adaptive) for other
active-active devices. Rerun the
application.
226467
Starting PowerPath on a SLES 9 host with a qla4xxx iSCSI driver may
generate the following message:
qla4xxx: invalid ioctl magic number received.
4.5.0 Ignore the message.
226387
PowerPath uninstallation may fail on a host where I/O had been running for an
extended period.
4.5.0 Refer to EMC KnowledgeBase
solution emc123149 for more
information.
225724
Running the powermt remove command to remove a PowerPath pseudo
device causes a trespass if I/O is inflight to the pseudo device and the last
path of that pseudo is a passive.
4.5.0 None.
224770
Uninstalling PowerPath can fail in any of the following scenarios:
• When a dump device is configured on an array native device (for example
/dev/sdx, where sdx is a Symmetrix, CLARiiON, or third-party array
device).
• Any device that is opened before or after PowerPath is loaded.
4.5.0 • Remove the dump device or
reconfigure it to point to an internal
disk.
• Close the open device.
223760
Repeatedly using parted to create and delete partitions causes the host to
run out of memory.
4.5.0 None.
223441: If you stop PowerPath and the device configuration changes when
you restart PowerPath, you may see a message that PowerPath failed to start.
4.5.0 Ignore the message. PowerPath
restarts successfully despite the
message.
218291: In RHEL4 U2, the existing parted version
(parted-1.6.19-1.EL) does not work correctly on pseudo devices.
4.5.0 • Use the fdisk utility instead of
parted to create partitions
using pseudo devices.
• Upgrade to parted version
parted-1.6.21 series or later.
Table 1-7 Known Problems in PowerPath (continued)
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