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<div>My local partitions are detected as multipath device <br></div>
<pre><code>$multipath -l
mpathb (360014380125d90420000a000003e0000) dm-9 HP,HSV450
size=200G features='1 queue_if_no_path' hwhandler='0' wp=rw
`-+- policy='round-robin 0' prio=0 status=active
`- 3:0:0:1 sdb 8:16 active undef running
mpatha (3600508b1001c02143bc59c6862d97353) dm-0 HP,LOGICAL VOLUME
size=137G features='1 queue_if_no_path' hwhandler='0' wp=rw
`-+- policy='round-robin 0' prio=0 status=active
`- 0:0:0:1 sda 8:0 active undef running
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<div>I added the following lines in multipath.conf so that local partitions are not considered as multipath device</div>
<pre><code>blacklist {
wwid 3600508b1001c02143bc59c6862d97353
}
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<div>Executed the following commands after that .</div>
<pre><code>#service multipathd reload
# multipath -F
Oct 22 12:10:42 | mpathb: map in use
Oct 22 12:10:42 | mpatha: map in use
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<div>So , tried rebooting the server , but no luck . Any clues to resolve the issue will be highly appreciated . <br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">Thanks</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">Zaman<br></div>
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