How can I create partitions on multipath devices in RHEL?

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Issue

  • How do I create a partition on a multipath device?
  • If I partition a multipath device, the partition is not showing up in /dev/mapper until I reboot or re-run multipath.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
  • device-mapper-multipath

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