Multi-path layer configured for proactive path state changes

A method comprising:

• identifying, for a given path interconnecting a given host device and a storage system, a set of two or more checkpoints characterizing health of the given path;
• generating health predictions for each checkpoint in the identified set of two or more checkpoints;
• determining whether any of the generated health predictions indicates an expected date of failure within a designated period of time;
• and
• responsive to determining that at least one of the generated health predictions indicates an expected date of failure within the designated period of time, proactively updating a connection state of the given path in a given multi-path input-output driver of the given host device;
• wherein the method is performed by at least one processing device comprising a processor coupled to a memory.

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 at least one processing device causes the at least one processing device:

• to identify, for a given path interconnecting a given one of a plurality of host devices and a storage system, a set of two or more checkpoints characterizing health of the given path;
• to generate health predictions for each checkpoint in the identified set of two or more checkpoints;
• to determine whether any of the generated health predictions indicates an expected date of failure within a designated period of time;
• and
• responsive to determining that at least one of the generated health predictions indicates an expected date of failure within the designated period of time, to proactively update a connection state of the given path in a given multi-path input-output driver of the given host device.