Actually it seems this was caused by subiquity running vgscan --mknodes during block probing:
root@ubuntu-server:/# rm -rf /dev/mapper/mpath* root@ubuntu-server:/# ls -l /dev/mapper/ total 0 crw------- 1 root root 10, 236 Apr 24 05:57 control root@ubuntu-server:/# vgscan --mknodes root@ubuntu-server:/# ls -l /dev/mapper/ total 0 crw------- 1 root root 10, 236 Apr 24 05:57 control brw-rw---- 1 root disk 253, 0 Apr 27 21:16 mpatha brw-rw---- 1 root disk 253, 1 Apr 27 21:16 mpatha-part1
retargeting bug...
Actually it seems this was caused by subiquity running vgscan --mknodes during block probing:
root@ubuntu- server: /# rm -rf /dev/mapper/mpath* server: /# ls -l /dev/mapper/ server: /# vgscan --mknodes server: /# ls -l /dev/mapper/
root@ubuntu-
total 0
crw------- 1 root root 10, 236 Apr 24 05:57 control
root@ubuntu-
root@ubuntu-
total 0
crw------- 1 root root 10, 236 Apr 24 05:57 control
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 253, 0 Apr 27 21:16 mpatha
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 253, 1 Apr 27 21:16 mpatha-part1
retargeting bug...