System Recovery Disk (SRD) fails to correctly detect disks in a multipath I/O environment.

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Article ID: 100047664

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Cause

System Recovery Disk (SRD) does not support multipath I/O environment.

Resolution

Boot from the SRD after removing multipath I/O and connecting as single path. 

Issue/Introduction

System Recovery Disk (SRD) fails to correctly detect disks in a multipath I/O environment. The SRD recognizes one disk as multiple disks if booting from the SRD on the server that has multipath I/O. As the result, backup jobs or restore jobs may fail.