Why are my LVM commands are failing in rescue mode?

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • LVM commands in RHEL 5 rescue environment are failing with following error message. The same error message is not observed when running lvm commands in RHEL 6 rescue mode.
sh-3.2# pvdisplay
pvdisplay: relocation error: pvdisplay: symbol dm_zalloc_aux, version Base not defined in file libdevmapper.so.1.02 with link time reference

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

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