Paths fails with alua rtpg failed, result xxxxx

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

The system cannot boot because the kernel finds the TPGS bit set so auto attaches the ALUA handler on RHEL8 which then repeatedly fails with:

alua rtpg failed, result xxxxx

This prevents the host from successfully using the storage because the EMC ARRAY is not ALUA.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
  • SAN Boot over lpfc HBA
  • EMC Symmetrix Luns

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