Local disk partitions are not created at boot time on multipath-blacklisted devices in RHEL 6

Solution Verified - Updated 2024-08-06T08:04:03+00:00 -

Issue

Disk partitions are not created at boot time for local storage with a single path
System panics on boot as it can't find the root logical volume or partition on the local storage device.
When my local device is blacklisted by vendor/model in /etc/multipath.conf, partitions do not get created, or are created and quickly removed.
Running a partprobe after boot brings partitions back
We updated the kernel and now the system won't boot.

blacklist {
        device {
                vendor "DELL"
                product "PERC H700"
        }
}

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