MPxIO load balancing method cannot be changed on the fly with mpathadm
(Doc ID 1565862.1)
Last updated on OCTOBER 05, 2022
Applies to:
Solaris Operating System - Version 10 and laterInformation in this document applies to any platform.
Symptoms
On some circumstances, you may want to change the current loadbalancing type, from round-robin to logical-block for instance.
Logical block MPxIO load balancing method [ID 1004918.1] clearly explain why to do this and how to perform this change by modifying some configuration files; these modifications will be taken into effect once the host has been rebooted.
Can the same change be made on the fly ? Can i change the load-balance type on the fly ?
When looking at mpathadm manpages, one can read that mpathadm should be able to change the load-balance type on the fly with the "modify" subcommand :
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modify Subcommand
The syntax for the modify subcommand is:
# mpathadm modify direct-object [options] [operands...]
The modify subcommand modifies characteristics of the following direct-objects:
- mpath-support [options] mpath-support-name, ...
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- -b, --loadbalance loadbalance-type
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Change the default load balance type. The loadbalance type is one of the supported types listed in the show mpath-support output.
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Once you look at the supported load-balance type for the standard mp lib libmpscsi_vhci.so, one can see logical-block is supported :
Cause
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| Symptoms |
| Can the same change be made on the fly ? Can i change the load-balance type on the fly ? |
| modify Subcommand |
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