Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.1 will not boot with multipath enable

Solution Unverified - Updated -

Issue

When multipath is built into the initramfs, the Red Hat Enterprise Linux system will not boot and prints out the following error:

dracut: Scanning devices dm-2 sda2 sdb sdc sdd sde sdf sdg sdh sdi sdj sdk sdl sdm sdn sdo sdp sdq  for LVM logical volumes vg_4/lv_root vg_4/lv_swap 
dracut: ACTIVE '/dev/vg_4/lv_root' [50.00 GiB] inherit
dracut: ACTIVE '/dev/vg_4/lv_swap' [49.27 GiB] inherit
dracut: inactive '/dev/vg_4/lv_home' [36.94 GiB] inherit
device-mapper: table: 253:3: linear: dm-linear: Device lookup failed
device-mapper: ioctl: error adding target to table
dracut: device-mapper: reload ioctl failed: Invalid argument
device-mapper: table: 253:4: linear: dm-linear: Device lookup failed
device-mapper: ioctl: error adding target to table
dracut: device-mapper: reload ioctl failed: Invalid argument
dracut Warning: No root device "block:/dev/mapper/vg_4-lv_root" found
dracut Warning: LVM vg_4/lv_root not found
dracut Warning: LVM vg_4/lv_swap not found

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.1
  • Device-mapper Multipath

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