Kpartx Fails With: "Device-mapper: Create Ioctl On <mpath_name> Failed: Device or Resource Busy, Create/Reload Failed On <mpath_name>" (Doc ID 2185219.1)

Last updated on MARCH 23, 2023

Applies to:

Linux OS - Version Oracle Linux 5.0 and later
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - Version N/A and later
Linux x86-64
Linux x86

While running below kpartx command on Oracle Linux 7.2 shows below error on multipath device.

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