unable to start multipathd with error "multipathd dead but subsys locked"

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • unable to start multipathd with error multipathd dead but subsys locked

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • device-mapper-multipath

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