Multipath error messages output when booting a RHEL 5 system

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Error messages outputs when booting a system.

dmesg

device-mapper: multipath: version 1.0.5 loaded
device-mapper: multipath round-robin: version 1.0.0 loaded
device-mapper: table: 253:29: multipath: error getting device
device-mapper: ioctl: error adding target to table
device-mapper: table: 253:29: multipath: error getting device
device-mapper: ioctl: error adding target to table

/etc/multipath.conf

blacklist_exceptions {
wwid "3600507630efe08bf0000000000000401"
wwid "3600507630efe08bf0000000000000407"
wwid "3600507630efe08bf0000000000000405"
wwid "3600507630efe08bf0000000000000411"
wwid "3600507630efe08bf000000000000040d"
wwid "3600507630efe08bf000000000000040a"
wwid "3600507630efe08bf0000000000000500"
wwid "3600507630efe08bf000000000000040f"
wwid "3600507630efe08bf0000000000000404"
wwid "3600507630efe08bf0000000000000400"
wwid "3600507630efe08bf0000000000000501"
wwid "3600507630efe08bf000000000000040e"
wwid "3600507630efe08bf0000000000000403"
wwid "3600507630efe08bf000000000000031f"
wwid "3600507630efe08bf0000000000000412"
}

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • multipath

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