My device-mapper-multipath device names changed on reboot, why is this?

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Release found: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 & 5.

Problem: When user-friendly names are used with device-mapper-multipath, device names or configurations do not remain persistent across reboots when the /var directory is configured as a separate file system.

Solution: If /var is configured ...

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