Using EMC's Symmetrix Remote Data Facility (SRDF) method for replication, the messages file is showing repeated SCSI messages "Sense Key: Write Protected" .
Because of these errors, Dynamic Multipathing (DMP) disables the path for the particular LUN.
There are no issues with the array settings.
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May 4 10:54:51 system scsi: [ID 107833 kern.warning] Warning:
/scsi_vhci/disk@g60000970000292600681533032304435 (sd6):
May 4 10:54:51 system Error for Command: write Error Level: Fatal
May 4 10:54:51 system scsi: [ID 107833 kern.notice] Requested Block: 0 Error Block: 0
May 4 10:54:51 system scsi: [ID 107833 kern.notice] Vendor: EMC Serial Number: 81!#|000D
May 4 10:54:51 system scsi: [ID 107833 kern.notice] Sense Key: Write Protected
May 4 10:54:51 system scsi: [ID 107833 kern.notice] ASC: 0x27 (write protected), ASCQ: 0x0, FRU: 0x0
May 4 10:54:51 system vxdmp: [ID 480808 kern.notice] NOTICE: VxVM vxdmp V-5-0-112 disabled path 30/0x180 belonging to the dmpnode 224/0x100 due to path failure
May 4 10:54:51 system vxdmp: [ID 824220 kern.notice] NOTICE: VxVM vxdmp V-5-0-111 disabled dmpnode 224/0x100
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