multipathd dead but pid file exists in RHEL 5 when using CA software

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Issue

  • Multipathd appears to start fine but is dead when checked with status or ps

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 5.3
  • device-mapper-multipath-0.4.7-23
  • Software provided by CA
    • See here for an issue with similar symptoms in RHEL 5.9 environments not running CA software

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