Host device configured for automatic creation of multi-path logical devices with user-defined names

A method comprising:

• configuring a multi-path input-output driver of a host device to communicate with a storage system over a network;
• creating a first multi-path logical device for a logical volume of the storage system;
• the multi-path input-output driver:
• responsive to the creation of the first multi-path logical device for the logical volume of the storage system, querying the storage system to determine a user-defined name for the logical volume;
• receiving the user-defined name for the logical volume from the storage system;
• responsive to receipt of the user-defined name for the logical volume from the storage system, creating a second multi-path logical device having the user-defined name;
• and
• processing input-output operations directed to the second multi-path logical device having the user-defined name as if those input-output operations were actually directed to the first multi-path logical device.

A computer program product comprising a non-transitory processor-readable storage medium having stored therein program code of one or more software programs, wherein the program code, when executed by a host device comprising a multi-path input-output driver, the host device being configured to communicate over a network with a storage system, causes the multi-path input-output driver:

• responsive to creation of a first multi-path logical device for a logical volume of the storage system, to query the storage system to determine a user-defined name for the logical volume;
• responsive to receipt of the user-defined name for the logical volume from the storage system, to create a second multi-path logical device having the user-defined name;
• and
• to process input-output operations directed to the second multi-path logical device having the user-defined name as if those input-output operations were actually directed to the first multi-path logical device.