'multipath' unable to automatically discover partitions created on multipath device partitions
Issue
- Server is not detecting partition created over another partition for a multipath device during boot.
- The configuration will look like the below one
# multipath -ll
mpathi (360014058bd2b2d8484b49569003e4314) dm-2 LIO-ORG ,lun1
size=2.0G features='0' hwhandler='0' wp=rw
|-+- policy='service-time 0' prio=1 status=active
| `- 4:0:0:0 sda 8:0 active ready running
`-+- policy='service-time 0' prio=1 status=enabled
`- 5:0:0:0 sdb 8:16 active ready running
# lsblk
NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
sda 8:0 0 2G 0 disk
└─mpathi 253:2 0 2G 0 mpath
└─mpathi1 253:3 0 2G 0 part
└─mpathi1p1 253:4 0 2G 0 part
# dmsetup info -C
Name Maj Min Stat Open Targ Event UUID
mpathi1p1 253 4 L--w 0 1 0 part1-part1-mpath-360014058bd2b2d8484b49569003e4314
mpathi1 253 3 L--w 1 1 0 part1-mpath-360014058bd2b2d8484b49569003e4314
mpathi 253 2 L--w 1 1 0 mpath-360014058bd2b2d8484b49569003e4314
Environment
o Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
o Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
o Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
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