Multipath errors "user defined alias 'mpathX' clashes with user_friendly_names"

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Issue

  • 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 5
  • Device-Mapper Multipath

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