Multipath چیست؟

افزونگی در مسیرهای اتصال داده سرورها به SAN Storage و تشخیص این افزونگی و مدیریت fail شدن مسیرها به نام multipath شناخته می‌شود. انواع روش‌ها برای این موضوع وجود دارد همچون، مسیرهای مختلف به یک کنترلر، مسیرهای مختلف به دو کنترلر. در این مستند نحوه راه‌اندازی multipath در PVM مورد بررسی قرار می‌گیرد.

نصب Multipath در PVM

مراحل ساخت multipath در  PVM بصورت زیر است.

ساخت فایل کانفیگ multipath

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یک نمونه ساده که به صورت پیش‌فرض جوابگو است.

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تنظیم شروع خودکار سرویس multipathd و شروع آن به صورت زیر است.

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برای اطمینان از وجود کار کردن درست multipath، دستور زیر را وارد می‌کنیم.

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این دستور توپولوژی وضعیت multipath را نشان خواهد داد

يک نکته در راه‌اندازی اولیه

در راه‌اندازی‌هایی که انجام شد مشخص شد که anaconda در ابتدای راه افتادن سیستم یک فایل کانفیگ می‌سازد که براساس این فایل کانفیگ دستور multipath -l هیچگونه خروجی ندارد.
در ابتدا نصب توصیه شده است که ابتدا فایل /etc/multipath.conf/ حذف گردد.

دیوایس‌های multipath

دیوایس‌ها با WWID یا World Wide Identiier شناخته می‌شوند که در تمام کلاستر این عدد برای هر دیوایس یکتا می‌باشد.
این دیوایس‌ها در مسیر /dev/mapper/ قرار دارند.
دستور multipath -l به شما نشان خواهد داد که هر دیوایس شامل چه دیسک‌هایی است.
چنانچه user_friendly_names فعال باشد، دیوایس‌هایی با نام mpath* ایجاد می‌شوند که به جای WWID می‌توانند مورد استفاده قرار گیرند و در مسیر /dev/mapper/ قرار دارند.

لیست WWIDها همچنین در فایل /etc/multipath/wwids وجود دارد که توسط multipathd و multipath ایجاد و مدیریت می‌شود.

اجزای dm-multipath

Component Description
.Reroutes I/O and supports failover for paths and path groups dm_multipath
kernel module
.Configures and enables device mapper multipathing

این دستور فایل کانفیگ را چنانچه وجود دارد تغییر می‌دهد و اگر نیست می‌سازد

پارامترهای این دستور:

mpathconf -h

چنانچه این دستور به صورت خالی در خط فرمان وارد شود وضعیت کانفیگ‌های را نشان می‌دهد:

mpathconf

طبق گفته مستند منبع، تنظیمات پیش‌فرض به صورت کامپایل شده در multipath وجود دارد و چنانچه نیاز به انجام تغییرات در مورد تنظیمات پیش‌فرض بود باید فایل multipath.conf را تغییر داد.

ساده ترین محتوای فایل multipath.conf به این شرح است:

defaults {

user_friendly_names no

}

blacklist {

}

mpathconf utility
Lists and configures multipath devices. Normally started up with
/etc/rc.sysinit, it can also be started up by a udev program whenever a
.block device is added or it can be run by the initramfs file system
multipath command
Monitors paths; as paths fail and come back, it may initiate path group switches
Provides for interactive changes to multipath devices. This must be restarted for
any changes to the /etc/multipath.conf file
multipathd daemon
Creates device mapper devices for the partitions on a device It is necessary to use
this command for DOS-based partitions with DM-MP. The kpartx is provided in
its own package, but the device-mapper-multipath package depends on it.
kpartx command

دستور multipath و انجام تغییرات در حین کار بدون restart

تجربه کار نشان داد که در صورت user_friendly_names ابتدا yes باشد و بعد no شود و multipathd هم reload شود نامها user_friendly حذف نمی‌شوند.
همچنین stop کردن multipathd موجب حذف شدن دیوایس‌هایی که ساخته شده است نمی‌شود.
برای حذف دیوایس‌ها و ساخت مجدد آن از روش زیر استفاده کنید:

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از این شیوه برای تغییراتی که بعد از انجام در فایل کانفیگ و reload اعمال نمی‌شوند استفاده کنید.
دقت داشته باشید که در هنگام استفاده از دستور multipath -F سیستم در وضعیت عملیاتی نباشد.

نکات مهم

  1. هرگونه تغییر در فایل کانفیگ /etc/multipath.conf/ می‌بایست سرویس multipathd راه‌اندازی مجدد یا reload گردد.
  2. دستور multipathd -k کنسول تعاملی با سرویس multipathd را در اختیار قرار می‌دهد.

 فایل تنظیمات /etc/multipath.conf/

این فایل از ۵ قسمت اصل تشکیل می‌شود:

blacklist  
.Listing of specific devices that will not be considered for multipath
blacklist_exceptions  
.Listing of multipath candidates that would otherwise be blacklisted according to the parameters of the blacklist section
defaults  
.General default settings for DM-Multipath
multipaths  
Settings for the characteristics of individual multipath devices. These values overwrite what is specified in the defaults and devices sections of the configuration file
devices  
Settings for the individual storage controllers. These values overwrite what is specified in the defaults section of the configuration file. If you are using a storage array that is not supported by default, you may need to create a devices subsection for your array.

blacklist_exceptions و Blacklist

نمونه‌هایی از نحوه بلاک کردن به شرح زیر آمده است:

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قابل ذکر است که Exepstion هم به همین طریق قابل انجام است.

قسمت defaults

این قسمت مقادیر پیش‌فرض را برای تمامی multipathها در خود دارد. نمونه‌ای از مقادیر که می‌توانند ذکر شوند و توضیح مقدار آنها به شرح زیر است:

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Attribute Description
polling_interval Specifies the interval between two path checks in
seconds. For properly functioning paths, the interval
between checks will gradually increase to (4 *
.polling_interval). The default value is 5
udev_dir .The directory where udev device nodes are created
.The default value is /dev
multipath_dir The directory where the dynamic shared objects are
stored. The default value is system dependent,
.commonly /lib/multipath
find_multipaths Defines the mode for setting up multipath devices. If
this parameter is set to yes, then multipath will not
try to create a device for every non-blacklisted path.
Instead multipath will create a device only if one of
:three conditions are met
There are at least two non-blacklisted paths with the –
.same WWID
The user manually forces the creation of the device –
by specifying a device with the multipath
.command
A path has the same WWID as a multipath device –
that was previously created. Whenever a multipath
device is created with find_multipaths set,
multipath remembers the WWID of the device so that
it will automatically create the device again as soon
as it sees a path with that WWID. This allows you to
have multipath automatically choose the correct paths
to make into multipath devices, without having to edit
the multipath blacklist. For instructions on the
procedure to follow if you have previously created
multipath devices when the find_multipaths
parameter was not set, see Section 4.2,
.” “Configuration File Blacklist
.The default value is no
verbosity The default verbosity. Higher values increase the
verbosity level. Valid levels are between 0 and 6. The
.default value is 2
path_selector Specifies the default algorithm to use in determining
what path to use for the next I/O operation.:Possible values include

round-robin 0: Loop through every path in the
.path group, sending the same amount of I/O to each
queue-length 0: Send the next bunch of I/O down
the path with the least number of outstanding I/O
.requests
service-time 0: Send the next bunch of I/O down
the path with the shortest estimated service time, which
is determined by dividing the total size of the
.outstanding I/O to each path by its relative throughput
.The default value is round-robin 0

path_grouping_policy Specifies the default path grouping policy to apply to
:unspecified multipaths. Possible values include
.failover: 1 path per priority group
.multibus: all valid paths in 1 priority group
group_by_serial: 1 priority group per detected
.serial number
group_by_prio: 1 priority group per path priority
value. Priorities are determined by callout programs
specified as global, per-controller, or per-multipath
.options
group_by_node_name: 1 priority group per target
node name. Target node names are fetched in
/sys/class/fc_transport/target*/node_
.name
.The default value is failover
getuid_callout Specifies the default program and arguments to call out
to obtain a unique path identifier. An absolute path is
.required
The default value is /lib/udev/scsi_id
.–whitelisted –device=/dev/%n
prio Specifies the default function to call to obtain a path
priority value. For example, the ALUA bits in SPC-3
provide an exploitable prio value. Possible values
:include
.const: Set a priority of 1 to all paths
.emc: Generate the path priority for EMC arrays
alua: Generate the path priority based on the SCSI-3
.ALUA settings
tpg_pref: Generate the path priority based on the
.SCSI-3 ALUA settings, using the preferred port bit
.ontap: Generate the path priority for NetApp arrays
rdac: Generate the path priority for LSI/Engenio
.RDAC controller
hp_sw: Generate the path priority for Compaq/HP
controller in active/standby mode.
hds: Generate the path priority for Hitachi HDS
Modular storage arrays.
The default value is const
features The default extra features of multipath devices. The
only existing feature is queue_if_no_path, which
is the same as setting no_path_retry to queue.
For information on issues that may arise when using
this feature, see Section 5.6, “Issues with
.” queue_if_no_path feature
path_checker Specifies the default method used to determine the state
of the paths. Possible values include:
readsector0: Read the first sector of the device.
tur: Issue a TEST UNIT READY to the device.
emc_clariion: Query the EMC Clariion specific
EVPD page 0xC0 to determine the path.
hp_sw: Check the path state for HP storage arrays
with Active/Standby firmware.
rdac: Check the path stat for LSI/Engenio RDAC
storage controller.directio: Read the first sector with direct I/O.
The default value is directio.
failback  .Manages path group failback
A value of immediate specifies immediate failback to
the highest priority path group that contains active
.paths
A value of manual specifies that there should not be
immediate failback but that failback can happen only
.with operator intervention
A value of followover specifies that automatic
failback should be performed when the first path of a
path group becomes active. This keeps a node from
automatically failing back when another node
.requested the failover
A numeric value greater than zero specifies deferred
.failback, expressed in seconds
.The default value is manual
rr_min_io Specifies the number of I/O requests to route to a path
before switching to the next path in the current path
group. This setting is only for systems running kernels
older than 2.6.31. Newer systems should use
.rr_min_io_rq. The default value is 1000
rr_min_io_rq Specifies the number of I/O requests to route to a path
before switching to the next path in the current path
group, using request-based device-mapper-multipath.
This setting should be used on systems running current
kernels. On systems running kernels older than 2.6.31,
.use rr_min_io. The default value is 1
rr_weight If set to priorities, then instead of sending
rr_min_io requests to a path before calling
path_selector to choose the next path, the number
of requests to send is determined by rr_min_io times
the path’s priority, as determined by the prio function.
If set to uniform, all path weights are equal. The
.default value is uniform
no_path_retry A numeric value for this attribute specifies the
number of times the system should attempt to use a
.failed path before disabling queueing
A value of fail indicates immediate failure, without
.queueing
A value of queue indicates that queueing should not
.stop until the path is fixed
.The default value is 0
user_friendly_names If set to yes, specifies that the system should use the
/etc/multipath/bindings file to assign a
persistent and unique alias to the multipath, in the form
of mpathn. If set to no, specifies that the system
should use the WWID as the alias for the multipath. In
either case, what is specified here will be overridden by
any device-specific aliases you specify in the
multipaths section of the configuration file. The
.default value is no
queue_without_daemon If set to no, the multipathd daemon will disable
queueing for all devices when it is shut down. The
.default value is no
flush_on_last_del If set to yes, the multipathd daemon will disable
queueing when the last path to a device has been
.deleted. The default value is no
max_fds Sets the maximum number of open file descriptors that
can be opened by multipath and the multipathd
daemon. This is equivalent to the ulimit -n
command. As of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3
release, the default value is max, which sets this to the
system limit from /proc/sys/fs/nr_open. For
earlier releases, if this is not set the maximum number
of open file descriptors is taken from the calling
process; it is usually 1024. To be safe, this should be
set to the maximum number of paths plus 32, if that
.number is greater than 1024
checker_timeout The timeout to use for path checkers that issue SCSI
commands with an explicit timeout, in seconds. The
default value is taken from
.sys/block/sdx/device/timeout
fast_io_fail_tmo The number of seconds the SCSI layer will wait after a
problem has been detected on an FC remote port
before failing I/O to devices on that remote port. This
value should be smaller than the value of
dev_loss_tmo. Setting this to off will disable the
.timeout. The default value is determined by the OS
dev_loss_tmo The number of seconds the SCSI layer will wait after a
problem has been detected on an FC remote port
before removing it from the system. Setting this to
infinity will set this to 2147483647 seconds, or 68
.years. The default value is determined by the OS
hwtable_regex_match Red Hat Enterprise Linux Release 6.3 and later))
Controls how multipath integrates the device
configurations from the devices section of the
configuration file with the built-in device
.configurations
Each device configuration in the devices section of
the multipath.conf file will either create its own
device configuration or it will modify one of the builtin device configurations. Prior to Red Hat Enterprise
Linux 6.3, if the vendor, product, and revision strings
in a user’s device configuration exactly matched
those strings in a built-in device configuration, the
built-in configuration was modified by the options in
the user’s configuration. Otherwise. the user’s device
.configuration was treated as a new configuration
If hwtable_regex_match is set to yes, a
regular expression match is used instead. The vendor,
product, and revision strings are all regular
expressions. The user device configuration values for
these options are matched against the built-in device
configuration values. This match works the same way
that an actual device’s vendor product and revision
strings are matched against a device configuration’s
strings to see which configuration should be used for
the device. If the user’s device configuration matches,
then the built-in configuration is modified by the
options in the user’s configuration. Otherwise the
user’s device configuration is treated as a new
.configuration
retain_attached_hw_handler Red Hat Enterprise Linux Release 6.4 and later) If this)

parameter is set to yes and the scsi layer has already
attached a hardware handler to the path device,
multipath will not force the device to use the
hardware_handler specified by the
mutipath.conf file. If the scsi layer has not
attached a hardware handler, multipath will continue
to use its configured hardware handler as usual. The
.default value is no

detect_prio Red Hat Enterprise Linux Release 6.4 and later) If this)
is set to yes, multipath will first check if the device
supports ALUA, and if so it will automatically assign
the device the alua prioritizer. If the device doesn’t
support ALUA, it will determine the prioritizer as it
.always does. The default value is no

 قسمت multipath

مشخصات ویژه هر مسیر multipath در اینجا ذکر می‌شود همچون alias. یک نمونه از این مورد به شرح زیر می‌باشد.

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 Attribute Description
wwid Specifies the WWID of the multipath device to which the
multipath attributes apply. This parameter is mandatory for this
.section of the multipath.conf file
alias Specifies the symbolic name for the multipath device to which the
multipath attributes apply. If you are using
user_friendly_names, do not set this value to mpathn; this
may conflict with an automatically assigned user friendly name and
.give you incorrect device node names
path_grouping_policy Specifies the default path grouping policy to apply to
:unspecified multipaths. Possible values include
failover = 1 path per priority group
multibus = all valid paths in 1 priority group
group_by_serial = 1 priority group per detected serial
number
group_by_prio = 1 priority group per path priority value
group_by_node_name = 1 priority group per target node
nam
path_selector Specifies the default algorithm to use in determining what path
:to use for the next I/O operation. Possible values include
round-robin 0: Loop through every path in the path
.group, sending the same amount of I/O to each
queue-length 0: Send the next bunch of I/O down the
.path with the least number of outstanding I/O requests
service-time 0: Send the next bunch of I/O down the
path with the shortest estimated service time, which is
determined by dividing the total size of the outstanding I/O to
.each path by its relative throughput
failback Manages path group failback
A value of immediate specifies immediate failback to the
.highest priority path group that contains active pathsA value of manual specifies that there should not be
immediate failback but that failback can happen only with
.operator intervention
A value of followover specifies that automatic failback
should be performed when the first path of a path group
becomes active. This keeps a node from automatically failing
.back when another node requested the failover
A numeric value greater than zero specifies deferred failback,
.expressed in seconds
prio Specifies the default function to call to obtain a path priority
value. For example, the ALUA bits in SPC-3 provide an
:exploitable prio value. Possible values include
.const: Set a priority of 1 to all paths
.emc: Generate the path priority for EMC arrays
alua: Generate the path priority based on the SCSI-3 ALUA
.settings
tpg_pref: Generate the path priority based on the SCSI-3
.ALUA settings, using the preferred port bit
.ontap: Generate the path priority for NetApp arrays
rdac: Generate the path priority for LSI/Engenio RDAC
.controller
hp_sw: Generate the path priority for Compaq/HP controller
.in active/standby mode
hds: Generate the path priority for Hitachi HDS Modular
.storage arrays
no_path_retry A numeric value for this attribute specifies the number of times
the system should attempt to use a failed path before disabling
.queueing
A value of fail indicates immediate failure, without
.queueing
A value of queue indicates that queueing should not stop.until the path is fixed
rr_min_io Specifies the number of I/O requests to route to a path before
switching to the next path in the current path group. This setting is
only for systems running kernels older that 2.6.31. Newer systems
.should use rr_min_io_rq. The default value is 1000
rr_min_io_rq Specifies the number of I/O requests to route to a path before
switching to the next path in the current path group, using requestbased device-mapper-multipath. This setting should be used on
systems running current kernels. On systems running kernels older
.than 2.6.31, use rr_min_io. The default value is 1
rr_weight If set to priorities, then instead of sending rr_min_io
requests to a path before calling path_selector to choose the
next path, the number of requests to send is determined by
rr_min_io times the path’s priority, as determined by the prio
.function. If set to uniform, all path weights are equal
flush_on_last_del If set to yes, then multipath will disable queueing when the last
.path to a device has been deleted
user_friendly_names If set to yes, specifies that the system should use the
/etc/multipath/bindings file to assign a persistent and
unique alias to the multipath, in the form of mpathn. If set to no,
specifies that the system should use use the WWID as the alias for
the multipath. In either case, what is specified here will be
overridden by any device-specific aliases you specify in the
.multipaths section of the configuration file

قسمت devices

این قسمت بر اساس Product ID و Vendor ID تنظیمات مورد نظر را اعمال می‌کند.
این تنظیمات، قسمت defaults را overwrite می‌کند ولی توسط multipaths برای مسیری که این دیوایس عضو آن است overwrite می‌شود.

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Attribute Description
vendor Specifies the vendor name of the storage device to which the
.device attributes apply, for example COMPAQ
product Specifies the product name of the storage device to which the
.device attributes apply, for example HSV110 (C)COMPAQ
revision Specifies the product revision identifier of the storage device
product_blacklist  .Specifies a regular expression used to blacklist devices by product
hardware_handler Specifies a module that will be used to perform hardware
specific actions when switching path groups or handling I/O
errors. Possible values include:
1 emc: hardware handler for EMC storage arrays.
1 alua: hardware handler for SCSI-3 ALUA arrays.
1 hp_sw: hardware handler for Compaq/HP controllers.
1 rdac: hardware handler for the LSI/Engenio RDAC
controllers.
path_grouping_policy Specifies the default path grouping policy to apply to
:unspecified multipaths. Possible values include
failover = 1 path per priority group
multibus = all valid paths in 1 priority group
group_by_serial = 1 priority group per detected serial
number
group_by_prio = 1 priority group per path priority value
group_by_node_name = 1 priority group per target node
name
getuid_callout Specifies the default program and arguments to call out to obtain a
.unique path identifier. An absolute path is required
path_selector Specifies the default algorithm to use in determining what path
:to use for the next I/O operation. Possible values include
round-robin 0: Loop through every path in the path
.group, sending the same amount of I/O to each
queue-length 0: Send the next bunch of I/O down the
.path with the least number of outstanding I/O requests
service-time 0: Send the next bunch of I/O down the
path with the shortest estimated service time, which is
determined by dividing the total size of the outstanding I/O to
.each path by its relative throughput
path_checker Specifies the default method used to determine the state of the
:paths. Possible values include
.readsector0: Read the first sector of the device
.tur: Issue a TEST UNIT READY to the device
emc_clariion: Query the EMC Clariion specific EVPD
.page 0xC0 to determine the path
hp_sw: Check the path state for HP storage arrays with
.Active/Standby firmware
rdac: Check the path stat for LSI/Engenio RDAC storage
.controller
.directio: Read the first sector with direct I/O
features The extra features of multipath devices. The only existing feature is
queue_if_no_path, which is the same as setting
no_path_retry to queue. For information on issues that may
arise when using this feature, see Section 5.6, “Issues with
.” queue_if_no_path feature
prio Specifies the default function to call to obtain a path priority
value. For example, the ALUA bits in SPC-3 provide an
:exploitable prio value. Possible values include
.const: Set a priority of 1 to all paths
.emc: Generate the path priority for EMC arraysalua: Generate the path priority based on the SCSI-3 ALUA
.settings
tpg_pref: Generate the path priority based on the SCSI-3
.ALUA settings, using the preferred port bit
.ontap: Generate the path priority for NetApp arrays
rdac: Generate the path priority for LSI/Engenio RDAC
.controller
hp_sw: Generate the path priority for Compaq/HP controller
.in active/standby mode
hds: Generate the path priority for Hitachi HDS Modular
.storage arrays
failback  .Manages path group failback
A value of immediate specifies immediate failback to the
.highest priority path group that contains active paths
A value of manual specifies that there should not be
immediate failback but that failback can happen only with
.operator intervention
A value of followover specifies that automatic failback
should be performed when the first path of a path group
becomes active. This keeps a node from automatically failing
.back when another node requested the failover
A numeric value greater than zero specifies deferred failback,
.expressed in seconds
rr_weight If set to priorities, then instead of sending rr_min_io
requests to a path before calling path_selector to choose the
next path, the number of requests to send is determined by
rr_min_io times the path’s priority, as determined by the prio
.function. If set to uniform, all path weights are equa
no_path_retry A numeric value for this attribute specifies the number of times
the system should attempt to use a failed path before disabling
.queueing
A value of fail indicates immediate failure, without.queueing
A value of queue indicates that queueing should not stop until
.the path is fixed
rr_min_io Specifies the number of I/O requests to route to a path before
switching to the next path in the current path group. This setting is
only for systems running kernels older that 2.6.31. Newer systems
.should use rr_min_io_rq. The default value is 1000
rr_min_io_rq Specifies the number of I/O requests to route to a path before
switching to the next path in the current path group, using requestbased device-mapper-multipath. This setting should be used on
systems running current kernels. On systems running kernels older
.than 2.6.31, use rr_min_io. The default value is 1
fast_io_fail_tmo The number of seconds the SCSI layer will wait after a problem has
been detected on an FC remote port before failing I/O to devices on
that remote port. This value should be smaller than the value of
.dev_loss_tmo. Setting this to off will disable the timeout
dev_loss_tmo The number of seconds the SCSI layer will wait after a problem has
been detected on an FC remote port before removing it from the
system. Setting this to infinity will set this to 2147483647 seconds,or
.68 years
flush_on_last_del If set to yes, the multipathd daemon will disable queueing when
.the last path to a device has been deleted
user_friendly_names If set to yes, specifies that the system should use the
/etc/multipath/bindings file to assign a persistent and
unique alias to the multipath, in the form of mpathn. If set to no,
specifies that the system should use use the WWID as the alias for
the multipath. In either case, what is specified here will be
overridden by any device-specific aliases you specify in the
multipaths section of the configuration file. The default value is
.no
retain_attached_hw_handler Red Hat Enterprise Linux Release 6.4 and later) If this parameter is)
set to yes and the scsi layer has already attached a hardware
handler to the path device, multipath will not force the device to use
the hardware_handler specified by the mutipath.conf file.
If the scsi layer has not attached a hardware handler, multipath will
.continue to use its configured hardware handler as usual
detect_prio Red Hat Enterprise Linux Release 6.4 and later) If this is set to )

yes, multipath will first check if the device supports ALUA, and if
so it will automatically assign the device the alua prioritizer. If the
device doesn’t support ALUA, it will determine the prioritizer as it
.always does

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