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From: "Victoria A Smith" <vasmith@sandia.gov>
Subject: bindings file; rename WWID to mpath alias
Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2010 13:58:50 -0600
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After a system crash I have filesystem access problems when
the multipathd service is started.  I noticed in the messages file
and in output from multipath -ll that an alias is not being
used:

messages:  [...] rename 350002ac002c506cc to mpath18

# multipath -ll
[...]
350002ac002c506cc dm-12 3PARdata,VV

# ls -1 /dev/mpath/
350002ac002c506cc
mpath10
[...]


The bindings file has:
[...]
mpath18 350002ac002c506cc


Can the apparent failure of the alias-to-WWID mapping cause any problems?


RHEL5.5
2.6.18-194.el5
device-mapper-multipath-0.4.7-34.el5
QLogic Fibre Channel HBA Driver: 8.03.01.04.05.05-k


Thanks,

Victoria