Multipath errors "user defined alias 'mpathX' clashes with user_friendly_names"
Issue
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After updating/installing the new kernel and booting with the same, following multipath errors are seen:
user defined alias 'mpath0' clashes with user_friendly_names. This can cause corruption. Change this alias in /etc/multipath.conf to avoid corruption user defined alias 'mpath1' clashes with user_friendly_names. This can cause corruption. Change this alias in /etc/multipath.conf to avoid corruption user defined alias 'mpath2' clashes with user_friendly_names. This can cause corruption. Change this alias in /etc/multipath.conf
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5, 6, 7
device-mapper-multipath
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