Persistent Naming of a Block Device CentOS 6
 

I have a server running CentOS 6 that is running multiple virtualizations.

Sometimes when I reboot the server the drives change names.

This is not a problem for the raided volumes as they seem to always resolve irrespective of the label, but the drives that are not raided get lost to the virtual systems if the label changes. IE: /dev/sdh1 becomes /dev/sdc1

I started to write a udev rule (20-persistent-naming) to ensure the drive is labeled as expected.
It think the rule syntax is correct... have not tested it yet. Assuming yes, I am not sure how to handle the raided volumes as they do not have unique UUIDs. Which I assume is how the raid knows to assemble itself. I suspect that the label is irrelevant to the softraid? Do I spec them as:
KERNEL=="sd*", BUS=="scsi", PROGRAM=="blkid -o value -s UUID",
RESULT=="03611a9f-f269-6fcd-9229-ebd614d37619", NAME="sda1"
KERNEL=="sd*", BUS=="scsi", PROGRAM=="blkid -o value -s UUID",
RESULT=="03611a9f-f269-6fcd-9229-ebd614d37619", NAME="sdb1"

Label is not the right word.... It is the drive location that is the issue. IE: /dev/sdh1 becomes /dev/sdc1

Looks like you have multiple paths to these block devices. Is that correct? (If so, is there any reason you're not using DM-Multipath?)

Do I? Not sure I understand what that is.

I only access the block devices from with in the virtual systems.
AKA:
/dev/sdh1 goes to backup virtual
/dev/md1 (sda1 + sdb1) goes to file server virtual

I am open to alternate configurations. Here is my setup: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2295801<br /...tup_5.2012.jpg
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2295801/Host...12.graffle.jpg

To put it a different way, are /dev/sda1 and /dev/sdb1 (for instance) really the same block device? You have multiple partitions where the UUIDs are identical.

(I don't completely understand the graphic you provided. The text within it is quite small in my web browser.)

Posted a bigger image if that helps. http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2295801/Host...12.graffle.jpg
I thought is was odd that the raids had the same UUID's but never notice until I started this. Should I be pulling the UUID_SUB?

[14:48:52 root]$ cat mdadm.conf
ARRAY /dev/md3 metadata=1.2 level=5 num-devices=4 name=localhost.home:3 UUID=3506e6c2:b59b44b2:2bd3df13:7f6c48cc
# md3 : active raid5 sdg1[2] sdd1[0] sde1[1] sdf1[3]
# 135278592 blocks super 1.2 level 5, 512k chunk, algorithm 2 [4/4] [UUUU]
ARRAY /dev/md0 metadata=1.2 level=5 num-devices=4 name=localhost.home:0 UUID=e84f8a6d:beb516d7:d8b6698d:ad143eb1
# md0 : active raid5 sdg2[2] sdd2[0] sde2[1] sdf2[3]
# 1036838400 blocks super 1.2 level 5, 512k chunk, algorithm 2 [4/4] [UUUU]
ARRAY /dev/md1 metadata=1.2 level=1 num-devices=2 name=localhost.home:1 UUID=03611a9f:f2696fcd:9229ebd6:14d37619
# md1 : active raid1 sdb1[1] sda1[0]
# 765463928 blocks super 1.2 [2/2] [UU]
ARRAY /dev/md2 metadata=1.2 level=1 num-devices=2 name=localhost.home:2 UUID=4fa3fe58:64fed0d9:e8e5fd4b:4fb2ae41
# md2 : active raid1 sdb2[1] sda2[0]
# 44049134 blocks super 1.2 [2/2] [UU]
ARRAY /dev/md4 metadata=1.2 level=1 num-devices=2 name=localhost.home:4 UUID=9c044aa4:e4b13e40:742b6fc7:4f1ac5a6
# md4 : active raid1 sdb3[1] sda3[0]
# 44049134 blocks super 1.2 [2/2] [UU]
ARRAY /dev/md5 metadata=1.2 level=1 num-devices=2 name=localhost.home:5 UUID=34d7be3f:21e9016b:ee288a30:b4fadb33
# md5 : active raid1 sdb5[1] sda5[0]
# 34610915 blocks super 1.2 [2/2] [UU]
ARRAY /dev/md6 metadata=1.2 level=1 num-devices=2 name=localhost.home:6 UUID=a10381d7:dfec017b:3e9fcefb:ece711da
# md6 : active raid1 sdb6[1] sda6[0]
# 34610915 blocks super 1.2 [2/2] [UU]
ARRAY /dev/md7 metadata=1.2 level=1 num-devices=2 name=localhost.home:7 UUID=7d8b71a7:5ae4a338:25826348:77b41ce0
# md7 : active raid1 sdb7[1] sda7[0]
# 53969240 blocks super 1.2 [2/2] [UU]

[13:19:09 root]$ blkid
/dev/sda1: UUID="03611a9f-f269-6fcd-9229-ebd614d37619" UUID_SUB="ba22bec9-750c-c207-4486-893655b347f2" LABEL="localhost.home:1" TYPE="linux_raid_member"
/dev/sda2: UUID="4fa3fe58-64fe-d0d9-e8e5-fd4b4fb2ae41" UUID_SUB="910c4220-bb95-a561-9977-3e419cc8c137" LABEL="localhost.home:2" TYPE="linux_raid_member"
/dev/sda3: UUID="9c044aa4-e4b1-3e40-742b-6fc74f1ac5a6" UUID_SUB="f9559f80-459e-2575-4795-4b451e8c3047" LABEL="localhost.home:4" TYPE="linux_raid_member"
/dev/sda5: UUID="34d7be3f-21e9-016b-ee28-8a30b4fadb33" UUID_SUB="1a326e2f-bf2b-3b82-d9db-9090490b9968" LABEL="localhost.home:5" TYPE="linux_raid_member"
/dev/sda6: UUID="a10381d7-dfec-017b-3e9f-cefbece711da" UUID_SUB="7ea7fe8c-4e02-3459-d7fd-43ddb524e906" LABEL="localhost.home:6" TYPE="linux_raid_member"
/dev/sda7: UUID="7d8b71a7-5ae4-a338-2582-634877b41ce0" UUID_SUB="b2f7c6d2-6e18-c359-cac7-5cbc2f5f75d4" LABEL="localhost.home:7" TYPE="linux_raid_member"
/dev/sdc1: UUID="1c666101-e599-413d-a646-cc8f0f42d6cc" TYPE="ext4"
/dev/sdb1: UUID="03611a9f-f269-6fcd-9229-ebd614d37619" UUID_SUB="579d7357-6cd4-c918-371b-ba3178df5da7" LABEL="localhost.home:1" TYPE="linux_raid_member"
/dev/sdb2: UUID="4fa3fe58-64fe-d0d9-e8e5-fd4b4fb2ae41" UUID_SUB="a027572b-aa57-b2c0-24c4-4a6ada7b55fa" LABEL="localhost.home:2" TYPE="linux_raid_member"
/dev/sdb3: UUID="9c044aa4-e4b1-3e40-742b-6fc74f1ac5a6" UUID_SUB="e13f9f67-ffb0-73a3-d420-f1ad87f39447" LABEL="localhost.home:4" TYPE="linux_raid_member"
/dev/sdb5: UUID="34d7be3f-21e9-016b-ee28-8a30b4fadb33" UUID_SUB="16fa06de-f368-b8e6-fff3-df1061668554" LABEL="localhost.home:5" TYPE="linux_raid_member"
/dev/sdb6: UUID="a10381d7-dfec-017b-3e9f-cefbece711da" UUID_SUB="e978f199-da30-8613-0218-8a6568451b59" LABEL="localhost.home:6" TYPE="linux_raid_member"
/dev/sdb7: UUID="7d8b71a7-5ae4-a338-2582-634877b41ce0" UUID_SUB="edc631fd-097d-1294-418f-a3935dad295f" LABEL="localhost.home:7" TYPE="linux_raid_member"
/dev/sde1: UUID="3506e6c2-b59b-44b2-2bd3-df137f6c48cc" UUID_SUB="f1d04a29-fecb-fbf1-bcf6-4eaff4c6842b" LABEL="localhost.home:3" TYPE="linux_raid_member"
/dev/sde2: UUID="e84f8a6d-beb5-16d7-d8b6-698dad143eb1" UUID_SUB="09e56f2b-55b1-360e-1308-acfa7dd6e488" LABEL="localhost.home:0" TYPE="linux_raid_member"
/dev/sdd1: UUID="3506e6c2-b59b-44b2-2bd3-df137f6c48cc" UUID_SUB="61edf730-a581-fae6-ea9a-feb3c477ef83" LABEL="localhost.home:3" TYPE="linux_raid_member"
/dev/sdd2: UUID="e84f8a6d-beb5-16d7-d8b6-698dad143eb1" UUID_SUB="2a642833-5006-feaa-19e8-ff547cde372e" LABEL="localhost.home:0" TYPE="linux_raid_member"
/dev/sdf1: UUID="3506e6c2-b59b-44b2-2bd3-df137f6c48cc" UUID_SUB="1642e40c-c0d0-dbfd-e09e-1a68e4e4161b" LABEL="localhost.home:3" TYPE="linux_raid_member"
/dev/sdf2: UUID="e84f8a6d-beb5-16d7-d8b6-698dad143eb1" UUID_SUB="d145aa2e-a082-12b3-7644-83bdfaef5114" LABEL="localhost.home:0" TYPE="linux_raid_member"
/dev/sdg1: UUID="3506e6c2-b59b-44b2-2bd3-df137f6c48cc" UUID_SUB="22d56cdc-dd0c-ddef-abf1-f6e2d3e67be9" LABEL="localhost.home:3" TYPE="linux_raid_member"
/dev/sdg2: UUID="e84f8a6d-beb5-16d7-d8b6-698dad143eb1" UUID_SUB="5087c6b6-1c70-375e-440f-2b3ca41c79c6" LABEL="localhost.home:0" TYPE="linux_raid_member"
/dev/sdh1: UUID="8946a854-1e9b-46b1-9fe8-4b318ebebab7" TYPE="ext3"
/dev/sdi1: UUID="6a2dc245-c87c-45b9-b2e0-819282889a37" TYPE="ext4"
/dev/sdi2: UUID="044d3adc-ebf1-40c1-8b34-96c1726d14de" TYPE="swap"
/dev/sdi3: UUID="b0db3a7f-82ed-4ac2-a3d9-7395ffb96e04" TYPE="ext4"
/dev/md2p1: UUID="78710a2e-7c21-442c-b542-d2f2cb825477" TYPE="ext4"
/dev/md2p2: UUID="X1iIG8-bdCB-ZgIE-CxkD-uBsf-umQy-hSojfH" TYPE="LVM2_member"
/dev/md5: UUID="867bfb23-f9b1-4551-a01f-82302d8f7ce7" TYPE="ext4"
/dev/md1: UUID="3c35000b-3d58-4e25-b02c-fc8835ccaa2d" TYPE="ext4"
/dev/md4: UUID="4e02b889-5494-4e84-9cd7-6a31919ba64f" SEC_TYPE="ext2" TYPE="ext3"
/dev/md4p1: UUID="C6F4DCF5F4DCE927" TYPE="ntfs"
/dev/md6: UUID="0c6c4ee1-a353-4785-b579-be218b9ee377" TYPE="ext4"
/dev/md0: UUID="6f894609-133f-4b38-9314-7ec36d4bdc08" TYPE="ext4"
/dev/md3: UUID="761ab9ab-d9cf-4d35-a7fa-f37aed8ef8e5" TYPE="ext4"
/dev/md7: UUID="82de017f-a0dc-4d4a-a68b-2efb2158e219" TYPE="ext4"
/dev/mapper/vg_haweater-lv_root: UUID="177c7b5a-561a-4c6d-9436-5bf07053fe1e" TYPE="ext4"
/dev/mapper/vg_haweater-lv_swap: UUID="c88d92b8-5a7c-4c82-8728-987d82d0b271" TYPE="swap"
/dev/md6p1: LABEL="System Reserved" UUID="BC6809F86809B1E6" TYPE="ntfs"
/dev/md6p2: UUID="0E4816814816682B" TYPE="ntfs"
/dev/md5p1: LABEL="System Reserved" UUID="5018137E18136270" TYPE="ntfs"
/dev/md5p2: UUID="9A701F32701F151B" TYPE="ntfs"

Thanks for posting the larger image - much easier to read. I apologize, but I don't totally understand the architecture you have in place. (The image is helpful, but I hesitate to give _any_ advice on something I do not follow.)

My DM-Multipath comments may have been out of line. I assumed you had multiple paths to devices because of the duplicated UUIDs, but now I'm not sure what I am looking at. ;)

I don't think I am actually configured out of the ordinary. I just need to know how to define the raid volumes in the udev rule.

Will this work?
 

# This prints out UUID of the /DEV/sd? it parses.
# blkid -o value -s UUID

# HOST SYSTEM OS
KERNEL=="sd*", BUS=="scsi", PROGRAM=="blkid -o value -s UUID", RESULT=="6a2dc245-c87c-45b9-b2e0-819282889a37", NAME="sda1"
KERNEL=="sd*", BUS=="scsi", PROGRAM=="blkid -o value -s UUID", RESULT=="044d3adc-ebf1-40c1-8b34-96c1726d14de", NAME="sda2"
KERNEL=="sd*", BUS=="scsi", PROGRAM=="blkid -o value -s UUID", RESULT=="b0db3a7f-82ed-4ac2-a3d9-7395ffb96e04", NAME="sda3"

# Raid 5
KERNEL=="sd*", BUS=="scsi", PROGRAM=="blkid -o value -s UUID_SUB", RESULT=="f1d04a29-fecb-fbf1-bcf6-4eaff4c6842b", NAME="sdb1"
KERNEL=="sd*", BUS=="scsi", PROGRAM=="blkid -o value -s UUID_SUB", RESULT=="09e56f2b-55b1-360e-1308-acfa7dd6e488", NAME="sdb2"
KERNEL=="sd*", BUS=="scsi", PROGRAM=="blkid -o value -s UUID_SUB", RESULT=="61edf730-a581-fae6-ea9a-feb3c477ef83", NAME="sdc1"
KERNEL=="sd*", BUS=="scsi", PROGRAM=="blkid -o value -s UUID_SUB", RESULT=="2a642833-5006-feaa-19e8-ff547cde372e", NAME="sdc2"
KERNEL=="sd*", BUS=="scsi", PROGRAM=="blkid -o value -s UUID_SUB", RESULT=="1642e40c-c0d0-dbfd-e09e-1a68e4e4161b", NAME="sdd1"
KERNEL=="sd*", BUS=="scsi", PROGRAM=="blkid -o value -s UUID_SUB", RESULT=="d145aa2e-a082-12b3-7644-83bdfaef5114", NAME="sdd2"
KERNEL=="sd*", BUS=="scsi", PROGRAM=="blkid -o value -s UUID_SUB", RESULT=="22d56cdc-dd0c-ddef-abf1-f6e2d3e67be9", NAME="sde1"
KERNEL=="sd*", BUS=="scsi", PROGRAM=="blkid -o value -s UUID_SUB", RESULT=="5087c6b6-1c70-375e-440f-2b3ca41c79c6", NAME="sde2"

# BACKUP Server Drive Mount
KERNEL=="sd*", BUS=="scsi", PROGRAM=="blkid -o value -s UUID", RESULT=="8946a854-1e9b-46b1-9fe8-4b318ebebab7", NAME="sdf1"

# Raid 1
KERNEL=="sd*", BUS=="scsi", PROGRAM=="blkid -o value -s UUID_SUB", RESULT=="ba22bec9-750c-c207-4486-893655b347f2", NAME="sdg1"
KERNEL=="sd*", BUS=="scsi", PROGRAM=="blkid -o value -s UUID_SUB", RESULT=="910c4220-bb95-a561-9977-3e419cc8c137", NAME="sdg2"
KERNEL=="sd*", BUS=="scsi", PROGRAM=="blkid -o value -s UUID_SUB", RESULT=="f9559f80-459e-2575-4795-4b451e8c3047", NAME="sdg3"
KERNEL=="sd*", BUS=="scsi", PROGRAM=="blkid -o value -s UUID_SUB", RESULT=="1a326e2f-bf2b-3b82-d9db-9090490b9968", NAME="sdg5"
KERNEL=="sd*", BUS=="scsi", PROGRAM=="blkid -o value -s UUID_SUB", RESULT=="7ea7fe8c-4e02-3459-d7fd-43ddb524e906", NAME="sdg6"
KERNEL=="sd*", BUS=="scsi", PROGRAM=="blkid -o value -s UUID_SUB", RESULT=="b2f7c6d2-6e18-c359-cac7-5cbc2f5f75d4", NAME="sdg7"

KERNEL=="sd*", BUS=="scsi", PROGRAM=="blkid -o value -s UUID_SUB", RESULT=="579d7357-6cd4-c918-371b-ba3178df5da7", NAME="sdh1"
KERNEL=="sd*", BUS=="scsi", PROGRAM=="blkid -o value -s UUID_SUB", RESULT=="a027572b-aa57-b2c0-24c4-4a6ada7b55fa", NAME="sdh2"
KERNEL=="sd*", BUS=="scsi", PROGRAM=="blkid -o value -s UUID_SUB", RESULT=="e13f9f67-ffb0-73a3-d420-f1ad87f39447", NAME="sdh3"
KERNEL=="sd*", BUS=="scsi", PROGRAM=="blkid -o value -s UUID_SUB", RESULT=="16fa06de-f368-b8e6-fff3-df1061668554", NAME="sdh5"
KERNEL=="sd*", BUS=="scsi", PROGRAM=="blkid -o value -s UUID_SUB", RESULT=="e978f199-da30-8613-0218-8a6568451b59", NAME="sdh6"
KERNEL=="sd*", BUS=="scsi", PROGRAM=="blkid -o value -s UUID_SUB", RESULT=="edc631fd-097d-1294-418f-a3935dad295f", NAME="sdh7"

# Unused
KERNEL=="sd*", BUS=="scsi", PROGRAM=="blkid -o value -s UUID", RESULT=="1c666101-e599-413d-a646-cc8f0f42d6cc", NAME="sdi1"

Still looking for an answer here.
The issue is that the boot drive is moving on each reboot. Not an issue accept that I am mounting a drive to a virtual system that is mapped by a drive letter. All of my other drives are raided so this is not an issue as the system knows how to handle them.

I created this udev rule (20-persistent-naming) but it has no effect?
# HOST SYSTEM OS
KERNEL=="sd*", BUS=="scsi", PROGRAM=="blkid -o value -s UUID", RESULT=="6a2dc245-c87c-45b9-b2e0-819282889a37", NAME="sda1"
KERNEL=="sd*", BUS=="scsi", PROGRAM=="blkid -o value -s UUID", RESULT=="044d3adc-ebf1-40c1-8b34-96c1726d14de", NAME="sda2"
KERNEL=="sd*", BUS=="scsi", PROGRAM=="blkid -o value -s UUID", RESULT=="b0db3a7f-82ed-4ac2-a3d9-7395ffb96e04", NAME="sda3"

# BACKUP Server Drive Mount
KERNEL=="sd*", BUS=="scsi", PROGRAM=="blkid -o value -s UUID", RESULT=="8946a854-1e9b-46b1-9fe8-4b318ebebab7", NAME="sdb1"

# 2.5" drive -- unused
KERNEL=="sd*", BUS=="scsi", PROGRAM=="blkid -o value -s UUID", RESULT=="1c666101-e599-413d-a646-cc8f0f42d6cc", NAME="sdc1"