On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 11:19:42AM -0200, Andre Felipe Machado wrote: > Hello, > I found at the final section of [0] , tips and tricks, item 1.1 the following > > "Persistent device names: The names (uid_names or mpath names or alias names) > that appear in /dev/mapper are persistent across boots, and the names dm-, dm-1 > etc., can change between reboots. So, it is advisable to use the device names > that appear under /dev/mapper and avoid using the dm-? names." > > So, I "guess" that the previously cited differences between friendly names was > due to different machines booting. > Is it a correct assumption? What I do : - make an alias in /etc/multipath.conf for the UUID - use the /dev/mapper/"alias" that is generated by multipath
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