Unable to start multipathd service getting error "systemd[1]: Unit multipathd.service cannot be reloaded because it is inactive."

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Unable to start multipathd service and getting below error.
# systemctl  status  multipathd.service
● multipathd.service - Device-Mapper Multipath Device Controller
   Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/multipathd.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
   Active: inactive (dead)
Condition: start condition failed at Sun 2020-07-26 18:55:11 CEST; 25s ago
           ConditionKernelCommandLine=!nompath was not met

Jul 26 15:16:46 testbox systemd[1]: Unit multipathd.service cannot be reloaded because it is inactive.
Jul 26 15:16:55 testbox systemd[1]: Unit multipathd.service cannot be reloaded because it is inactive.
Jul 26 18:19:48 testbox systemd[1]: Unit multipathd.service cannot be reloaded because it is inactive.
Jul 26 18:55:00 testbox systemd[1]: Unit multipathd.service cannot be reloaded because it is inactive.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

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