SnapDrive for UNIX service fails to start on a host where multipathing is running
Applies to
SnapDrive for UNIX (SDU)
Issue
- SnapDrive for UNIX does not start:
linux-server:/var/log # snapdrived start
Unable to start daemon...check daemon log file for more details
sd-daemon-trace log:
[f7f496c0]v,10,0,Job[CNsbzayyEc]::error: Exit message: 0001-082 FATAL error: Initialization of MpAssistant failed:
sd-trace log:
12:31:37 03/28/12 [f7f496c0]v,9,0,ASSISTANT EXECUTION (at 0.111318): /etc/init.d/multipathd status"
12:31:37 03/28/12 [f7f496c0]v,9,0,ASSISTANT EXECUTION (at 0.116489): Output: multipathd (pid 1441) is running...
12:31:37 03/28/12 [f7f496c0]i,2,6,Operation::addErrorReport: (2) MpAssistant:MpAssistant 6 1082:Initialization of MpAssistant failed: (Reason:Multipath Kernel modules are not loaded.)
12:31:37 03/28/12 [f7f496c0]i,2,6,Operation::addErrorReport: (1) MpAssistant:MpAssistant 6 1082:Initialization of MpAssistant failed:
12:31:37 03/28/12 [f7f496c0]i,2,6,Operation::addErrorReport: (2) MpAssistant:MpAssistant 6 1082:Initialization of MpAssistant failed: (Reason:Multipath Kernel modules are not loaded.)
12:31:37 03/28/12 [f7f496c0]?,2,2,0001-082 FATAL error: Initialization of MpAssistant failed: (Reason:Multipath Kernel modules are not loaded.)