Multipathd is logging: 'Too many open files' and no mpath devices are being created
Issue
- Multipathd is logging: 'Too many open files' and no mpath devices are being created
- When creating multipath devmaps, the multipathd process logs
error creating pipe for callout: Too many open files
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
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