Multipath devices are not created at boot time

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • The following errors are displayed in the logs at system boot
kernel: device-mapper: table: 253:27: multipath: error getting device
kernel: device-mapper: ioctl: error adding target to table
  • Duplicate PV errors are being shown when running lvm related commands.
# pvs
Found duplicate PV nqZyLUJKlD0S1GkVVI5tK1PRR3J2QEM3: using /dev/sdi1 not /dev/sdq1
Found duplicate PV LMJXMeemO0iJFXwqdl1da0YEJ9ReqYEn: using /dev/sdn1 not /dev/sdf1
Found duplicate PV 8GTpIf4ay6GYEGn2kSwpK4j2degmiOR6: using /dev/sdo1 not /dev/sdg1
Found duplicate PV 2sCKvF0VWBfqa8oT33jHhcLYXcDTCv9E: using /dev/sdp1 not /dev/sdh1

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux
  • device-mapper-multipath
  • LVM2 volume groups created on top of the multipath'd LUNs

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