On Thu, 16 Jun 2016 22:54:08 +0530 Ritesh Raj Sarraf <r...@debian.org> wrote: > On Thu, 2016-06-16 at 22:47 +0530, Ritesh Raj Sarraf wrote: > > On Thu, 2016-06-16 at 22:35 +0530, Ritesh Raj Sarraf wrote: > > > Control: tag -1 +pending > > >Â > > > On Thu, 2016-06-16 at 10:48 -0600, Andrew Patterson wrote: > > > > On Thu, 16 Jun 2016 16:15:54 +0530 Ritesh Raj Sarraf <r...@debian.org> > > wrote: > > > > > Control: tag -1 +confirmed > > > > >Â > > > > >Â > > > > > Can you please try the attached patch ? > > > > >Â > > > > >Â > > > > >Â > > > >Â > > > > That works: > > >Â > > > Thank you very much. Will be part of next upload > > > > Actually, my root cause may not be correct here. mpath*-* results in a wider > > wildcard. The current one, mpath-* should have covered the mpath-WWID case. > > But > > that is what the bug is about. > > > > Needs more investigation. > > Can you please try it without the friendly names setting ? > The current rule seems to be working fine in an environment without friendly > names. > > And please share output of /dev/disk/by-id/ with and without friendly names > set. >
With user_friendly_names turned off: # ls -l /dev/mapper total 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Jun 16 12:42 360002ac00000000000001904000028be -> ../dm-0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Jun 16 12:42 360002ac00000000000001904000028be-part1 -> ../dm-8 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Jun 16 12:38 360002ac00000000000001905000028be -> ../dm-1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Jun 16 12:38 360002ac00000000000001906000028be -> ../dm-2 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Jun 16 12:38 360002ac00000000000001907000028be -> ../dm-3 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Jun 16 12:38 360002ac00000000000001908000028be -> ../dm-4 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Jun 16 12:38 360002ac00000000000001909000028be -> ../dm-5 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Jun 16 12:38 360002ac0000000000000190a000028be -> ../dm-6 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Jun 16 12:38 360002ac0000000000000190b000028be -> ../dm-7 crw------- 1 root root 10, 236 Jun 16 10:23 control # ls -l /dev/disk/by-id total 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 12:42 dm-name-360002ac00000000000001904000028be -> ../../dm-0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 12:42 dm-name-360002ac00000000000001904000028be-part1 -> ../../dm-8 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 12:38 dm-name-360002ac00000000000001905000028be -> ../../dm-1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 12:38 dm-name-360002ac00000000000001906000028be -> ../../dm-2 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 12:38 dm-name-360002ac00000000000001907000028be -> ../../dm-3 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 12:38 dm-name-360002ac00000000000001908000028be -> ../../dm-4 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 12:38 dm-name-360002ac00000000000001909000028be -> ../../dm-5 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 12:38 dm-name-360002ac0000000000000190a000028be -> ../../dm-6 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 12:38 dm-name-360002ac0000000000000190b000028be -> ../../dm-7 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 12:42 dm-uuid-mpath-360002ac00000000000001904000028be -> ../../dm-0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 12:38 dm-uuid-mpath-360002ac00000000000001905000028be -> ../../dm-1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 12:38 dm-uuid-mpath-360002ac00000000000001906000028be -> ../../dm-2 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 12:38 dm-uuid-mpath-360002ac00000000000001907000028be -> ../../dm-3 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 12:38 dm-uuid-mpath-360002ac00000000000001908000028be -> ../../dm-4 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 12:38 dm-uuid-mpath-360002ac00000000000001909000028be -> ../../dm-5 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 12:38 dm-uuid-mpath-360002ac0000000000000190a000028be -> ../../dm-6 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 12:38 dm-uuid-mpath-360002ac0000000000000190b000028be -> ../../dm-7 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 12:42 dm-uuid-part1-mpath-360002ac00000000000001904000028be -> ../../dm-8 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Jun 16 10:23 scsi-0HP_LOGICAL_VOLUME_00000000 -> ../../sda lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 10:23 scsi-0HP_LOGICAL_VOLUME_00000000-part1 -> ../../sda1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 10:23 scsi-0HP_LOGICAL_VOLUME_00000000-part2 -> ../../sda2 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 10:23 scsi-0HP_LOGICAL_VOLUME_00000000-part3 -> ../../sda3 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 12:42 scsi-360002ac00000000000001904000028be -> ../../dm-0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 12:42 scsi-360002ac00000000000001904000028be-part1 -> ../../dm-8 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 12:38 scsi-360002ac00000000000001905000028be -> ../../dm-1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 12:38 scsi-360002ac00000000000001906000028be -> ../../dm-2 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 12:38 scsi-360002ac00000000000001907000028be -> ../../dm-3 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 12:38 scsi-360002ac00000000000001908000028be -> ../../dm-4 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 12:38 scsi-360002ac00000000000001909000028be -> ../../dm-5 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 12:38 scsi-360002ac0000000000000190a000028be -> ../../dm-6 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 12:38 scsi-360002ac0000000000000190b000028be -> ../../dm-7 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Jun 16 10:23 scsi-3600508b1001c5238e1cdb3176eacbd63 -> ../../sda lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 10:23 scsi-3600508b1001c5238e1cdb3176eacbd63-part1 -> ../../sda1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 10:23 scsi-3600508b1001c5238e1cdb3176eacbd63-part2 -> ../../sda2 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 10:23 scsi-3600508b1001c5238e1cdb3176eacbd63-part3 -> ../../sda3 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Jun 16 10:23 scsi-S3PARdata_VV_1410430 -> ../../sdo lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Jun 16 10:23 scsi-SHP_LOGICAL_VOLUME_PDZVU0HLM7Q0HS -> ../../sda lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 10:23 scsi-SHP_LOGICAL_VOLUME_PDZVU0HLM7Q0HS-part1 -> ../../sda1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 10:23 scsi-SHP_LOGICAL_VOLUME_PDZVU0HLM7Q0HS-part2 -> ../../sda2 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 10:23 scsi-SHP_LOGICAL_VOLUME_PDZVU0HLM7Q0HS-part3 -> ../../sda3 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 12:42 wwn-0x60002ac00000000000001904000028be -> ../../dm-0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 12:42 wwn-0x60002ac00000000000001904000028be-part1 -> ../../dm-8 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 12:38 wwn-0x60002ac00000000000001905000028be -> ../../dm-1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 12:38 wwn-0x60002ac00000000000001906000028be -> ../../dm-2 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 12:38 wwn-0x60002ac00000000000001907000028be -> ../../dm-3 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 12:38 wwn-0x60002ac00000000000001908000028be -> ../../dm-4 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 12:38 wwn-0x60002ac00000000000001909000028be -> ../../dm-5 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 12:38 wwn-0x60002ac0000000000000190a000028be -> ../../dm-6 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 12:38 wwn-0x60002ac0000000000000190b000028be -> ../../dm-7 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Jun 16 10:23 wwn-0x600508b1001c5238e1cdb3176eacbd63 -> ../../sda lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 10:23 wwn-0x600508b1001c5238e1cdb3176eacbd63-part1 -> ../../sda1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 10:23 wwn-0x600508b1001c5238e1cdb3176eacbd63-part2 -> ../../sda2 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 10:23 wwn-0x600508b1001c5238e1cdb3176eacbd63-part3 -> ../../sda3 # fdisk /dev/mapper/360002ac00000000000001904000028be Welcome to fdisk (util-linux 2.28). Changes will remain in memory only, until you decide to write them. Be careful before using the write command. Command (m for help): d Selected partition 1 Partition 1 has been deleted. Command (m for help): w The partition table has been altered. Calling ioctl() to re-read partition table. Re-reading the partition table failed.: Invalid argument The kernel still uses the old table. The new table will be used at the next reboot or after you run partprobe(8) or kpartx(8). # ls -l /dev/mapper total 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Jun 16 12:43 360002ac00000000000001904000028be -> ../dm-0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Jun 16 12:38 360002ac00000000000001905000028be -> ../dm-1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Jun 16 12:38 360002ac00000000000001906000028be -> ../dm-2 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Jun 16 12:38 360002ac00000000000001907000028be -> ../dm-3 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Jun 16 12:38 360002ac00000000000001908000028be -> ../dm-4 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Jun 16 12:38 360002ac00000000000001909000028be -> ../dm-5 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Jun 16 12:38 360002ac0000000000000190a000028be -> ../dm-6 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Jun 16 12:38 360002ac0000000000000190b000028be -> ../dm-7 crw------- 1 root root 10, 236 Jun 16 10:23 control # ls -l /dev/disk/by-id total 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 12:43 dm-name-360002ac00000000000001904000028be -> ../../dm-0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 12:38 dm-name-360002ac00000000000001905000028be -> ../../dm-1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 12:38 dm-name-360002ac00000000000001906000028be -> ../../dm-2 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 12:38 dm-name-360002ac00000000000001907000028be -> ../../dm-3 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 12:38 dm-name-360002ac00000000000001908000028be -> ../../dm-4 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 12:38 dm-name-360002ac00000000000001909000028be -> ../../dm-5 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 12:38 dm-name-360002ac0000000000000190a000028be -> ../../dm-6 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 12:38 dm-name-360002ac0000000000000190b000028be -> ../../dm-7 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 12:43 dm-uuid-mpath-360002ac00000000000001904000028be -> ../../dm-0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 12:38 dm-uuid-mpath-360002ac00000000000001905000028be -> ../../dm-1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 12:38 dm-uuid-mpath-360002ac00000000000001906000028be -> ../../dm-2 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 12:38 dm-uuid-mpath-360002ac00000000000001907000028be -> ../../dm-3 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 12:38 dm-uuid-mpath-360002ac00000000000001908000028be -> ../../dm-4 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 12:38 dm-uuid-mpath-360002ac00000000000001909000028be -> ../../dm-5 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 12:38 dm-uuid-mpath-360002ac0000000000000190a000028be -> ../../dm-6 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 12:38 dm-uuid-mpath-360002ac0000000000000190b000028be -> ../../dm-7 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Jun 16 10:23 scsi-0HP_LOGICAL_VOLUME_00000000 -> ../../sda lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 10:23 scsi-0HP_LOGICAL_VOLUME_00000000-part1 -> ../../sda1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 10:23 scsi-0HP_LOGICAL_VOLUME_00000000-part2 -> ../../sda2 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 10:23 scsi-0HP_LOGICAL_VOLUME_00000000-part3 -> ../../sda3 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 12:43 scsi-360002ac00000000000001904000028be -> ../../dm-0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 12:38 scsi-360002ac00000000000001905000028be -> ../../dm-1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 12:38 scsi-360002ac00000000000001906000028be -> ../../dm-2 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 12:38 scsi-360002ac00000000000001907000028be -> ../../dm-3 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 12:38 scsi-360002ac00000000000001908000028be -> ../../dm-4 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 12:38 scsi-360002ac00000000000001909000028be -> ../../dm-5 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 12:38 scsi-360002ac0000000000000190a000028be -> ../../dm-6 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 12:38 scsi-360002ac0000000000000190b000028be -> ../../dm-7 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Jun 16 10:23 scsi-3600508b1001c5238e1cdb3176eacbd63 -> ../../sda lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 10:23 scsi-3600508b1001c5238e1cdb3176eacbd63-part1 -> ../../sda1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 10:23 scsi-3600508b1001c5238e1cdb3176eacbd63-part2 -> ../../sda2 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 10:23 scsi-3600508b1001c5238e1cdb3176eacbd63-part3 -> ../../sda3 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Jun 16 10:23 scsi-S3PARdata_VV_1410430 -> ../../sdo lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Jun 16 10:23 scsi-SHP_LOGICAL_VOLUME_PDZVU0HLM7Q0HS -> ../../sda lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 10:23 scsi-SHP_LOGICAL_VOLUME_PDZVU0HLM7Q0HS-part1 -> ../../sda1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 10:23 scsi-SHP_LOGICAL_VOLUME_PDZVU0HLM7Q0HS-part2 -> ../../sda2 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 10:23 scsi-SHP_LOGICAL_VOLUME_PDZVU0HLM7Q0HS-part3 -> ../../sda3 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 12:43 wwn-0x60002ac00000000000001904000028be -> ../../dm-0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 12:38 wwn-0x60002ac00000000000001905000028be -> ../../dm-1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 12:38 wwn-0x60002ac00000000000001906000028be -> ../../dm-2 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 12:38 wwn-0x60002ac00000000000001907000028be -> ../../dm-3 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 12:38 wwn-0x60002ac00000000000001908000028be -> ../../dm-4 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 12:38 wwn-0x60002ac00000000000001909000028be -> ../../dm-5 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 12:38 wwn-0x60002ac0000000000000190a000028be -> ../../dm-6 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 12:38 wwn-0x60002ac0000000000000190b000028be -> ../../dm-7 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Jun 16 10:23 wwn-0x600508b1001c5238e1cdb3176eacbd63 -> ../../sda lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 10:23 wwn-0x600508b1001c5238e1cdb3176eacbd63-part1 -> ../../sda1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 10:23 wwn-0x600508b1001c5238e1cdb3176eacbd63-part2 -> ../../sda2 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 10:23 wwn-0x600508b1001c5238e1cdb3176eacbd63-part3 -> ../../sda3 And with "user_friendly_names" turned on: # ls -l /dev/mapper total 0 crw------- 1 root root 10, 236 Jun 16 10:23 control lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Jun 16 12:48 mpatha -> ../dm-0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Jun 16 12:48 mpatha-part1 -> ../dm-8 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Jun 16 12:47 mpathb -> ../dm-1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Jun 16 12:47 mpathc -> ../dm-2 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Jun 16 12:47 mpathd -> ../dm-3 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Jun 16 12:47 mpathe -> ../dm-4 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Jun 16 12:47 mpathf -> ../dm-5 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Jun 16 12:47 mpathg -> ../dm-6 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Jun 16 12:47 mpathh -> ../dm-7 # ls -l /dev/disk/by-id total 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 12:48 dm-name-mpatha -> ../../dm-0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 12:48 dm-name-mpatha-part1 -> ../../dm-8 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 12:47 dm-name-mpathb -> ../../dm-1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 12:47 dm-name-mpathc -> ../../dm-2 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 12:47 dm-name-mpathd -> ../../dm-3 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 12:47 dm-name-mpathe -> ../../dm-4 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 12:47 dm-name-mpathf -> ../../dm-5 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 12:47 dm-name-mpathg -> ../../dm-6 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 12:47 dm-name-mpathh -> ../../dm-7 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 12:48 dm-uuid-mpath-360002ac00000000000001904000028be -> ../../dm-0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 12:47 dm-uuid-mpath-360002ac00000000000001905000028be -> ../../dm-1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 12:47 dm-uuid-mpath-360002ac00000000000001906000028be -> ../../dm-2 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 12:47 dm-uuid-mpath-360002ac00000000000001907000028be -> ../../dm-3 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 12:47 dm-uuid-mpath-360002ac00000000000001908000028be -> ../../dm-4 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 12:47 dm-uuid-mpath-360002ac00000000000001909000028be -> ../../dm-5 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 12:47 dm-uuid-mpath-360002ac0000000000000190a000028be -> ../../dm-6 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 12:47 dm-uuid-mpath-360002ac0000000000000190b000028be -> ../../dm-7 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 12:48 dm-uuid-part1-mpath-360002ac00000000000001904000028be -> ../../dm-8 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Jun 16 10:23 scsi-0HP_LOGICAL_VOLUME_00000000 -> ../../sda lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 10:23 scsi-0HP_LOGICAL_VOLUME_00000000-part1 -> ../../sda1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 10:23 scsi-0HP_LOGICAL_VOLUME_00000000-part2 -> ../../sda2 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 10:23 scsi-0HP_LOGICAL_VOLUME_00000000-part3 -> ../../sda3 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Jun 16 12:47 scsi-360002ac00000000000001904000028be -> ../../sdz lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 12:47 scsi-360002ac00000000000001905000028be -> ../../sdaa lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 12:47 scsi-360002ac00000000000001906000028be -> ../../sdab lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 12:47 scsi-360002ac00000000000001907000028be -> ../../sdac lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 12:47 scsi-360002ac00000000000001908000028be -> ../../sdad lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 12:47 scsi-360002ac00000000000001909000028be -> ../../sdae lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 12:47 scsi-360002ac0000000000000190a000028be -> ../../sdaf lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 12:47 scsi-360002ac0000000000000190b000028be -> ../../sdag lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Jun 16 10:23 scsi-3600508b1001c5238e1cdb3176eacbd63 -> ../../sda lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 10:23 scsi-3600508b1001c5238e1cdb3176eacbd63-part1 -> ../../sda1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 10:23 scsi-3600508b1001c5238e1cdb3176eacbd63-part2 -> ../../sda2 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 10:23 scsi-3600508b1001c5238e1cdb3176eacbd63-part3 -> ../../sda3 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 12:48 scsi-mpatha -> ../../dm-0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 12:48 scsi-mpatha-part1 -> ../../dm-8 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 12:47 scsi-mpathb -> ../../dm-1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 12:47 scsi-mpathc -> ../../dm-2 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 12:47 scsi-mpathd -> ../../dm-3 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 12:47 scsi-mpathe -> ../../dm-4 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 12:47 scsi-mpathf -> ../../dm-5 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 12:47 scsi-mpathg -> ../../dm-6 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 12:47 scsi-mpathh -> ../../dm-7 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Jun 16 10:23 scsi-S3PARdata_VV_1410430 -> ../../sdo lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Jun 16 10:23 scsi-SHP_LOGICAL_VOLUME_PDZVU0HLM7Q0HS -> ../../sda lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 10:23 scsi-SHP_LOGICAL_VOLUME_PDZVU0HLM7Q0HS-part1 -> ../../sda1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 10:23 scsi-SHP_LOGICAL_VOLUME_PDZVU0HLM7Q0HS-part2 -> ../../sda2 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 10:23 scsi-SHP_LOGICAL_VOLUME_PDZVU0HLM7Q0HS-part3 -> ../../sda3 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 12:48 wwn-0x60002ac00000000000001904000028be -> ../../dm-0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 12:47 wwn-0x60002ac00000000000001905000028be -> ../../dm-1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 12:47 wwn-0x60002ac00000000000001906000028be -> ../../dm-2 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 12:47 wwn-0x60002ac00000000000001907000028be -> ../../dm-3 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 12:47 wwn-0x60002ac00000000000001908000028be -> ../../dm-4 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 12:47 wwn-0x60002ac00000000000001909000028be -> ../../dm-5 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 12:47 wwn-0x60002ac0000000000000190a000028be -> ../../dm-6 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 12:47 wwn-0x60002ac0000000000000190b000028be -> ../../dm-7 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Jun 16 10:23 wwn-0x600508b1001c5238e1cdb3176eacbd63 -> ../../sda lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 10:23 wwn-0x600508b1001c5238e1cdb3176eacbd63-part1 -> ../../sda1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 10:23 wwn-0x600508b1001c5238e1cdb3176eacbd63-part2 -> ../../sda2 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 10:23 wwn-0x600508b1001c5238e1cdb3176eacbd63-part3 -> ../../sda3 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 12:48 wwn-0xpatha-part1 -> ../../dm-8 # fdisk /dev/mapper/mpatha Welcome to fdisk (util-linux 2.28). Changes will remain in memory only, until you decide to write them. Be careful before using the write command. Command (m for help): d Selected partition 1 Partition 1 has been deleted. Command (m for help): w The partition table has been altered. Calling ioctl() to re-read partition table. Re-reading the partition table failed.: Invalid argument The kernel still uses the old table. The new table will be used at the next reboot or after you run partprobe(8) or kpartx(8). # ls -l /dev/mapper total 0 crw------- 1 root root 10, 236 Jun 16 10:23 control lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Jun 16 12:48 mpatha -> ../dm-0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Jun 16 12:47 mpathb -> ../dm-1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Jun 16 12:47 mpathc -> ../dm-2 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Jun 16 12:47 mpathd -> ../dm-3 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Jun 16 12:47 mpathe -> ../dm-4 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Jun 16 12:47 mpathf -> ../dm-5 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Jun 16 12:47 mpathg -> ../dm-6 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Jun 16 12:47 mpathh -> ../dm-7 # ls -l /dev/disk/by-id total 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 12:48 dm-name-mpatha -> ../../dm-0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 12:47 dm-name-mpathb -> ../../dm-1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 12:47 dm-name-mpathc -> ../../dm-2 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 12:47 dm-name-mpathd -> ../../dm-3 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 12:47 dm-name-mpathe -> ../../dm-4 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 12:47 dm-name-mpathf -> ../../dm-5 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 12:47 dm-name-mpathg -> ../../dm-6 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 12:47 dm-name-mpathh -> ../../dm-7 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 12:48 dm-uuid-mpath-360002ac00000000000001904000028be -> ../../dm-0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 12:47 dm-uuid-mpath-360002ac00000000000001905000028be -> ../../dm-1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 12:47 dm-uuid-mpath-360002ac00000000000001906000028be -> ../../dm-2 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 12:47 dm-uuid-mpath-360002ac00000000000001907000028be -> ../../dm-3 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 12:47 dm-uuid-mpath-360002ac00000000000001908000028be -> ../../dm-4 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 12:47 dm-uuid-mpath-360002ac00000000000001909000028be -> ../../dm-5 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 12:47 dm-uuid-mpath-360002ac0000000000000190a000028be -> ../../dm-6 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 12:47 dm-uuid-mpath-360002ac0000000000000190b000028be -> ../../dm-7 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Jun 16 10:23 scsi-0HP_LOGICAL_VOLUME_00000000 -> ../../sda lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 10:23 scsi-0HP_LOGICAL_VOLUME_00000000-part1 -> ../../sda1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 10:23 scsi-0HP_LOGICAL_VOLUME_00000000-part2 -> ../../sda2 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 10:23 scsi-0HP_LOGICAL_VOLUME_00000000-part3 -> ../../sda3 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Jun 16 12:47 scsi-360002ac00000000000001904000028be -> ../../sdz lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 12:47 scsi-360002ac00000000000001905000028be -> ../../sdaa lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 12:47 scsi-360002ac00000000000001906000028be -> ../../sdab lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 12:47 scsi-360002ac00000000000001907000028be -> ../../sdac lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 12:47 scsi-360002ac00000000000001908000028be -> ../../sdad lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 12:47 scsi-360002ac00000000000001909000028be -> ../../sdae lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 12:47 scsi-360002ac0000000000000190a000028be -> ../../sdaf lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 12:47 scsi-360002ac0000000000000190b000028be -> ../../sdag lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Jun 16 10:23 scsi-3600508b1001c5238e1cdb3176eacbd63 -> ../../sda lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 10:23 scsi-3600508b1001c5238e1cdb3176eacbd63-part1 -> ../../sda1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 10:23 scsi-3600508b1001c5238e1cdb3176eacbd63-part2 -> ../../sda2 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 10:23 scsi-3600508b1001c5238e1cdb3176eacbd63-part3 -> ../../sda3 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 12:48 scsi-mpatha -> ../../dm-0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 12:47 scsi-mpathb -> ../../dm-1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 12:47 scsi-mpathc -> ../../dm-2 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 12:47 scsi-mpathd -> ../../dm-3 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 12:47 scsi-mpathe -> ../../dm-4 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 12:47 scsi-mpathf -> ../../dm-5 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 12:47 scsi-mpathg -> ../../dm-6 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 12:47 scsi-mpathh -> ../../dm-7 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Jun 16 10:23 scsi-S3PARdata_VV_1410430 -> ../../sdo lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Jun 16 10:23 scsi-SHP_LOGICAL_VOLUME_PDZVU0HLM7Q0HS -> ../../sda lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 10:23 scsi-SHP_LOGICAL_VOLUME_PDZVU0HLM7Q0HS-part1 -> ../../sda1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 10:23 scsi-SHP_LOGICAL_VOLUME_PDZVU0HLM7Q0HS-part2 -> ../../sda2 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 10:23 scsi-SHP_LOGICAL_VOLUME_PDZVU0HLM7Q0HS-part3 -> ../../sda3 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 12:48 wwn-0x60002ac00000000000001904000028be -> ../../dm-0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 12:47 wwn-0x60002ac00000000000001905000028be -> ../../dm-1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 12:47 wwn-0x60002ac00000000000001906000028be -> ../../dm-2 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 12:47 wwn-0x60002ac00000000000001907000028be -> ../../dm-3 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 12:47 wwn-0x60002ac00000000000001908000028be -> ../../dm-4 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 12:47 wwn-0x60002ac00000000000001909000028be -> ../../dm-5 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 12:47 wwn-0x60002ac0000000000000190a000028be -> ../../dm-6 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 12:47 wwn-0x60002ac0000000000000190b000028be -> ../../dm-7 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Jun 16 10:23 wwn-0x600508b1001c5238e1cdb3176eacbd63 -> ../../sda lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 10:23 wwn-0x600508b1001c5238e1cdb3176eacbd63-part1 -> ../../sda1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 10:23 wwn-0x600508b1001c5238e1cdb3176eacbd63-part2 -> ../../sda2 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 16 10:23 wwn-0x600508b1001c5238e1cdb3176eacbd63-part3 -> ../../sda3 So it looks like it works with both. -- Andrew Patterson Hewlett-Packard Enterprise