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Subject: Re: multipath device name
Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2008 12:15:48 -0800
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Erez Zilber [erezz@voltaire.com] wrote:
> > > > If it worked, it should be /dev/mapper/red, but I have a suspicion that it
> > > > didn't work for you based on your above 'multipath -l' output.
> > >
> > > No, it didn't work. Do I need to do anything special to make it work?
> > 
> > Did you remove the old device and re-run 'multipath' after making that
> > change to multipath.conf?
> 
> Do you mean 'multipath -F'? I did that and then ran ' multipath -p failover'.

Yes, I meant the above. Check if you have any problems with your
multipath.conf file. Make sure you enclose "multipath {}" within
"multipaths {}" block. Run 'multipath -t' and make sure your changes are
listed in its output.

What is your multipath.conf file?