Bug 822389

Summary:	not reload the multipath.conf after disabling the user_friendly_name
Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6	Reporter:	Xiaowei Li <xiaoli>
Component:	device-mapper-multipath	Assignee:	Ben Marzinski <bmarzins>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:	Gris Ge <fge>
Severity:	medium	Docs Contact:
Priority:	medium
Version:	6.3	CC:	agk, bmarzins, czhang, dwysocha, dyasny, fge, heinzm, msnitzer, prajnoha, prockai, qcai, zkabelac
Target Milestone:	rc
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Fixed In Version:	device-mapper-multipath-0.4.9-59.el6	Doc Type:	Bug Fix
Doc Text:	Cause: On reload, if a multipath device wasn't set to use user_friendly_names or a user defined alias, multipath was using it's existing name instead of setting it to the wwid Consequence: Disabling user_friendly_names did not cause the multipath device names to change back to wwids on reload. Fix: multipath now sets the device name to its wwid if no user_friendly_names or user defined aliases are set. Result: Disabling user_friendly_names will now allow device names to switch back to wwids on reload.	Story Points:	---
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Last Closed:	2013-02-21 10:50:15 UTC	Type:	Bug
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Description Xiaowei Li 2012-05-17 08:39:50 UTC

Description of problem:
after disable the user_friendly_name then restart multipathd, the multipathed device name is not changed to wwid name.

cannot see this issue after switch non-user_friendly_name to user_friendly_name.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
[root@storageqe-09 ~]# rpm -qa|grep mult
device-mapper-multipath-0.4.9-56.el6.x86_64
device-mapper-multipath-libs-0.4.9-56.el6.x86_64

How reproducible:
100%

Steps to Reproduce:
1. enable user_friendly_name and start multipathd
2. multipath -v2 to list the device
3. disable user_friendly_name then restart multipathd
4. execute multipath -ll

Actual results:
still see the user friendly name

Expected results:
should see the wwid name

Additional info: for details please refer to multipathd.log

Comment 2 Xiaowei Li 2012-06-03 14:43:41 UTC

any comments on this bz.

Comment 4 RHEL Program Management 2012-07-10 06:57:44 UTC

This request was not resolved in time for the current release.
Red Hat invites you to ask your support representative to
propose this request, if still desired, for consideration in
the next release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

Comment 5 RHEL Program Management 2012-07-10 23:12:31 UTC

This request was erroneously removed from consideration in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.4, which is currently under development.  This request will be evaluated for inclusion in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.4.

Comment 7 Ben Marzinski 2012-10-10 17:11:33 UTC

Fixed.  Device names will now switch back to WWIDS on reload.

Comment 10 Gris Ge 2013-01-22 04:16:01 UTC

VERIFY device-mapper-multipath-0.4.9-63.el6.x86_64

service multipathd reload will rename mpath if user_friendly_name changed.

Comment 12 errata-xmlrpc 2013-02-21 10:50:15 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, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

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

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2013-0458.html