dracut does not pick custom multipath configuration files from path specified with dm-multipath config_dir option

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • dracut does not pick custom multipath configuration files saved under /etc/multipath/conf.d directory.
  • While rebuilding the initial ram disk image with dracut command, it does not include the multipath configuration files from path specified with config_dir option.
  • For boot from SAN setup, lack of some of the multipath configuration may result in un-bootable system state.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2 and later
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

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