How to get rid of 'ghost running' in multipath output in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6?

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How to get rid of 'ghost running' in multipath output in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6?

# iscsiadm --mode node
xxxx.com.netapp:5481.xxcec00000000529cb60b
xxxx.com.netapp:5481.xxcec00000000529cb60b
xxxx.com.netapp:5481.xxcec00000000529cb60b
xxxx.com.netapp:5481.xxcec00000000529cb60b

# multipath -ll
mpathc (123456789) dm-13 LSI,INF-01-00
size=2.2T features='3 queue_if_no_path pg_init_retries 50' hwhandler='1 rdac' wp=rw
|-+- policy='round-robin 0' prio=6 status=active
| |- 4:0:0:2 sdj 8:144 active ready running
| `- 6:0:0:2 sdg 8:96  active ready running
`-+- policy='round-robin 0' prio=1 status=enabled
  |- 5:0:0:2 sdf 8:80  active ghost running
  `- 7:0:0:2 sdi 8:128 active ghost running
mpathb (123456789) dm-14 LSI,INF-01-00
size=2.2T features='3 queue_if_no_path pg_init_retries 50' hwhandler='1 rdac' wp=rw
|-+- policy='round-robin 0' prio=6 status=active
| |- 7:0:0:1 sde 8:64  active ready running
| `- 5:0:0:1 sdc 8:32  active ready running
`-+- policy='round-robin 0' prio=1 status=enabled
  |- 4:0:0:1 sdh 8:112 active ghost running
  `- 6:0:0:1 sdd 8:48  active ghost running

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5

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