After renaming the /var/lib/multipath.bindings; ran mkinitrd/zipl then
reboot. Once the server was back up, the bindings file gets recreated
under /var/lib/multipath.
Pre reboot
r...@mlxess1s:/root> ls -la /var/lib/multipath/bindings*
-rw------- 1 root root 241 Jan 29 09:54 /var/lib/multipath/bindings
-rw------- 1 root root 487 Dec 9 15:42 /var/lib/multipath/bindings.OLD
-rw------- 1 root root 282 Jan 28 10:50 /var/lib/multipath/bindings.ORIG2
r...@mlxess1s:/root>mv /var/lib/multipath/bindings
/var/lib/multipath/bindings.ORIG
r...@mlxess1s:/root>more /var/lib/multipath/bindings.ORIG
# Multipath bindings, Version : 1.0
# NOTE: this file is automatically maintained by the multipath program.
# You should not need to edit this file in normal circumstances.
#
# Format:
# alias wwid
#
mpatha 3600507630efe0d040000000000000324
r...@mlxess1s:/root>mkinitrd & zipl
r...@mlxess1s:/root>ls -la /var/lib/multipath/*
-rw------- 1 root root 487 Dec 9 15:42 /var/lib/multipath/bindings.OLD
-rw------- 1 root root 241 Jan 29 09:54 /var/lib/multipath/bindings.ORIG
-rw------- 1 root root 282 Jan 28 10:50 /var/lib/multipath/bindings.ORIG2
r...@mlxess1s:/root>ls -la /etc/multipath*
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 137 Jan 28 10:40 /etc/multipath.conf
-rw------- 1 root root 241 Jan 29 09:47 /etc/multipath_bindings
-rw------- 1 root root 487 Jan 28 10:40 /etc/multipath_bindings.OLD
r...@mlxess1s:/root>more /etc/multipath.conf
defaults {
user_friendly_names yes
bindings_file "/etc/multipath_bindings"
}
blacklist {
devnode "^(dasd)[a-z]+[0-9]*"
Post boot
r...@mlxess1s:/root>ls -la /var/lib/multipath/*
-rw------- 1 root root 241 Jan 29 10:01 /var/lib/multipath/bindings
-rw------- 1 root root 241 Jan 29 09:54 /var/lib/multipath/bindings.ORIG
-rw------- 1 root root 282 Jan 28 10:50 /var/lib/multipath/bindings.ORIG2
Ray Cabanlit
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