How to configure multiple paths for mounting storage in Linux

In Linux, you can mount storage with multiple paths using the following steps:

  1. Create directories for the storage multipath devices to be mounted, such as /mnt/storage1 and /mnt/storage2.
  2. Create directories named storage1 and storage2 in the /mnt directory using superuser permissions.
  3. Use the following command to locate the identifiers of storage devices to be mounted (such as /dev/sdb1 and /dev/sdc1):
  4. Can you please run the “sudo blkid” command?
  5. Open the /etc/fstab file and add the following lines to configure mounting multiple paths:
  6. UUID= /mnt/storage1 ext4 defaults 0 0
    UUID= /mnt/storage2 ext4 defaults 0 0
  7. Please replace with the actual UUID of the storage device. You can use the following command to retrieve the storage device’s UUID:
  8. Identify the partition /dev/sdb1 using sudo blkid command.
  9. Save and close the /etc/fstab file.
  10. Execute the following command to mount storage with multiple paths:
  11. Please mount all.
  12. This will mount all devices configured in the /etc/fstab file.

Now, multiple paths will be mounted to the directories /mnt/storage1 and /mnt/storage2. You can adjust the directories and configuration as needed.

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