Hi, Never had no problem with it. The only problem I've hit was due to the binding file being, by default, located in /var/lib/multipath, which is in my setup on a separate LV than /, during boot time the devices were not correctly created. Just had to switch the binding file to /etc and now no more problem. extract of my /etc/multipath.conf : defaults { ... flush_on_last_del yes user_friendly_names yes bindings_file "/etc/multipath_bindings" } 2010/1/4 Bryn M. Reeves <bmr@redhat.com>: > On Wed, 2009-12-30 at 12:52 +0100, brem belguebli wrote: >> Hi, >> >> see man 5 lvm.conf there is an option called preferred_names which is >> well explained >> >> It'll instruct lvm to use the preferred_names you configured in the >> lvm.conf file if they exist >> >> ie : preferred_names = "/dev/mpath/" will use /dev/mpath/XXX instead >> of /dev/mapper/XXX > > It's best not to use the symlinks in /dev/mpath - they are not always > reliable. Use the device nodes created in /dev/mapper instead. > > Regards, > Bryn. > > > _______________________________________________ > linux-lvm mailing list > linux-lvm@redhat.com > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-lvm > read the LVM HOW-TO at http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/ > _______________________________________________ linux-lvm mailing list linux-lvm@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-lvm read the LVM HOW-TO at http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/