How to Install and Uninstall device-mapper-multipath.x86_64 Package on CentOS 8 / RHEL 8

Last updated: May 03,2024

1. Install "device-mapper-multipath.x86_64" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install device-mapper-multipath.x86_64 on CentOS 8 / RHEL 8


    
        
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2. Uninstall "device-mapper-multipath.x86_64" package

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall device-mapper-multipath.x86_64 on CentOS 8 / RHEL 8:


    
        
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3. Information about the device-mapper-multipath.x86_64 package on CentOS 8 / RHEL 8

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Available Packages
Name : device-mapper-multipath
Version : 0.8.4
Release : 5.el8
Architecture : x86_64
Size : 192 k
Source : device-mapper-multipath-0.8.4-5.el8.src.rpm
Repository : baseos
Summary : Tools to manage multipath devices using device-mapper
URL : http://christophe.varoqui.free.fr/
License : GPLv2
Description : device-mapper-multipath provides tools to manage multipath devices by
: instructing the device-mapper multipath kernel module what to do.
: The tools are :
: * multipath - Scan the system for multipath devices and assemble them.
: * multipathd - Detects when paths fail and execs multipath to update things.