flow: # use user_friendly_names = no - login to iscsi target - run multipath -r - device appear with their original name # use user_friendly_names = yes, configure some aliases - run multipath -r - device appear with their alias name # edit /etc/multipath.conf again, and change use user_friendly_names = # no - run multipath -r - device appear with their alias name the rename should work backwards # conf when using user_friendly_names = yes defaults { polling_interval 5 getuid_callout "/lib/udev/scsi_id -g -u -d /dev/%n" no_path_retry fail user_friendly_names yes flush_on_last_del yes fast_io_fail_tmo 5 dev_loss_tmo 30 max_fds 4096 } multipaths { multipath { wwid 36090a068a0746b89ddee943b5b253db6 alias rhev-a24-01_myDev1 } multipath { wwid 36090a068a074fb95ddeee43b5b259da7 alias rhev-a24-01_myDev2 } } # conf when using user_friendly_names = no defaults { polling_interval 5 getuid_callout "/lib/udev/scsi_id -g -u -d /dev/%n" no_path_retry fail user_friendly_names no flush_on_last_del yes fast_io_fail_tmo 5 dev_loss_tmo 30 max_fds 4096 }