After package upgrade, 'multipath -l' shows path status as 'unknown'
Issue
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After upgrading the
device-mapper-multipathrpm to version0.4.9-111.el7,multipath -lcommand showsunknownstatus for active paths:$ multipath -l mpatha mpatha (36001405d0b9a050efa544b58fe8de66f) dm-2 LIO-ORG ,file11 size=500M features='0' hwhandler='0' wp=rw `-+- policy='service-time 0' prio=0 status=active `- 5:0:0:0 sdb 8:16 active undef unknown <----- -
Before a package update,
dm-multipathwas able to show correct path status:$ multipath -l mpatha (36001405d0b9a050efa544b58fe8de66f) dm-2 LIO-ORG ,file11 size=500M features='0' hwhandler='0' wp=rw `-+- policy='service-time 0' prio=0 status=active `- 5:0:0:0 sdb 8:16 active undef running <----- -
This issue is observed only in
multipath -loutput and not inmultipath -ll.
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4
device-mapper-multipath-0.4.9-111.el7
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