'multipathd show config' shows duplicate device sections

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • We have added a customized device section for IBM 2145 LUNs in /etc/multipath.conf file, but after a reload of multipathd service, 'multipathd show config' shows duplicate device sections:

    $ multipathd show config    
    [...]
    device {
            vendor "IBM"
            product "^2145"
            path_grouping_policy "group_by_prio"
            path_checker "tur"
            features "1 queue_if_no_path"
            hardware_handler "0"
            prio "alua"
            failback immediate
            rr_weight "uniform"
            no_path_retry 4
    }
    [...]
    device {
            vendor "IBM"
            product "^2145"
            path_grouping_policy "group_by_prio"
            path_selector "service-time 0"
            path_checker "tur"
            features "0"
            hardware_handler "0"
            prio "alua"
            failback immediate
            rr_weight "uniform"
            no_path_retry "fail"
            rr_min_io_rq 1
    }
    
  • Which one of the above two device sections are actually used by multipathd?

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • device-mapper-multipath

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