'multipath' unable to automatically discover partitions created on multipath device partitions

Solution Verified - Updated -

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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