Bug 1981240

Summary:	RFE: have mpathconf handle options as well (e.g. find_multipaths_timeout)
Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8	Reporter:	Renaud Métrich <rmetrich>
Component:	device-mapper-multipath	Assignee:	Ben Marzinski <bmarzins>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:	Lin Li <lilin>
Severity:	low	Docs Contact:
Priority:	low
Version:	8.4	CC:	agk, bmarzins, heinzm, lilin, loberman, msnitzer, prajnoha, zkabelac
Target Milestone:	rc	Keywords:	FutureFeature, Triaged
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Fixed In Version:	device-mapper-multipath-0.8.4-22.el8	Doc Type:	Enhancement
Doc Text:	Feature: mpathconf can now add, change, or remove any /etc/mulitpath.conf defaults section option using the new --option command Reason: Some users want a command to update /etc/multipath.conf without having to edit the file manually. Result: Users no longer need to manually edit /etc/multipath.conf to add, change or remove defaults section options.	Story Points:	---
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Clones:	2050421 (view as bug list)		Environment:
Last Closed:	2022-05-10 15:21:50 UTC	Type:	Bug
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Bug Blocks:	2050421

Description Renaud Métrich 2021-07-12 06:58:16 UTC

Description of problem:

This is a continuation of BZ #1979470. It would be nice if mpathconf could let the user specify options, in this particular case find_multipaths_timeout.
Indeed it's not easy to automate this task using a sed script and doing this cleanly, the only solution I see is using an additional drop-in file /etc/multipath.conf.d/xxx.conf

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

device-mapper-multipath-0.8.4-10.el8.x86_64

How reproducible:

N/A

Comment 8 errata-xmlrpc 2022-05-10 15:21:50 UTC

Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory (device-mapper-multipath bug fix and enhancement update), and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2022:2036