Why softlink is not created in /dev/mapper/ for new multipath devices in RHEL6?
Issue
- Softlink is not created for new multipath devices in RHEL6.
- No symlink devices created in
/dev/mapper/for newly configuredmultipathdevice.
# ls -laR /dev/ |grep dm-13
brw------- 1 root root 253, 13 Apr 9 02:24 dm-13
- Expected result.
# ls -laR /dev/ |grep dm-2
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 253, 2 Apr 9 02:13 dm-2
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Apr 9 02:13 253:2 -> ../dm-2
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Apr 9 02:13 dm-name-mpatha -> ../../dm-2
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Apr 9 02:13 dm-uuid-mpath-1IET\x20\x20\x20\x20\x2000020001 -> ../../dm-2
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Apr 9 02:13 mpatha -> ../dm-2
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 438 Apr 9 02:13 block:dm-2
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 27 Apr 9 02:13 b253:2 -> /devices/virtual/block/dm-2
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 27 Apr 9 02:13 b253:2 -> /devices/virtual/block/dm-2
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 27 Apr 9 02:13 b253:2 -> /devices/virtual/block/dm-2
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 27 Apr 9 02:13 48 -> /devices/virtual/block/dm-2
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- device-mapper-multipath
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