How to configure multiple paths for mounting storage in Linux
In Linux, you can mount storage with multiple paths using the following steps:
- Create directories for the storage multipath devices to be mounted, such as /mnt/storage1 and /mnt/storage2.
- Create directories named storage1 and storage2 in the /mnt directory using superuser permissions.
- Use the following command to locate the identifiers of storage devices to be mounted (such as /dev/sdb1 and /dev/sdc1):
- Can you please run the “sudo blkid” command?
- Open the /etc/fstab file and add the following lines to configure mounting multiple paths:
- UUID=
/mnt/storage1 ext4 defaults 0 0
UUID=/mnt/storage2 ext4 defaults 0 0 - Please replace
with the actual UUID of the storage device. You can use the following command to retrieve the storage device’s UUID: - Identify the partition /dev/sdb1 using sudo blkid command.
- Save and close the /etc/fstab file.
- Execute the following command to mount storage with multiple paths:
- Please mount all.
- 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.