Re: [dm-devel] NIC and HBA based multipathing

[Mike Anderson <andmike linux vnet ibm com>]

malahal us ibm com <malahal us ibm com> wrote:
> On redhat, there is a script (can't recollect but rc.sysinit, I believe)
> that creates this without multipathd.  You do need multipathd though for
> renaming/creating/acting on multipath events there after.
> 

Yes it is rc.sysinit that calls /sbin/multipath.static if nompath was not
specified on the cmdline and /etc/multipath.conf exists. One could return
the /etc/multipath.conf to its original state and blacklist everything
which would be why one would not see this behavior on a fresh no mpath
install.

-andmike
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Michael Anderson
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