System with Logical Volume (LV) snapshot fails to boot

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • System with Logical Volume (LV) snapshot fails to boot
  • /mnt/sysimage is not mounted at all
  • Rescue Mode fails to mount the root LV with the backtrace similar to:

    File "/usr/bin/anaconda", line 873, in <module>
            rescue.runRescue(anaconda, instClass)
    File "/usr/lib/anaconda/rescue.py", line 327, in runRescue
            storage.storageInitialize(anaconda)
    File "/usr/lib/anaconda/storage/__init__.py", line 109, in storageInitialize    
            storage.reset(examine_all=examine_all)
    File "/usr/lib/anaconda/storage/__init__.py", line 468, in reset
            self.devicetree.populate(prog)
    File "/usr/lib/anaconda/storage/devicetree.py", line 2237, in populate
            if self._setupLvs():n
    File "/usr/lib/anaconda/storage/devicetree.py", line 2143, in _setupLvs
            if self.handleVgLvs(device):
    File "/usr/lib/anaconda/storage/devicetree.py", line 1706, in handleVgLvs
            ret = addLV(*lv) or ret
    File "/usr/lib/anaconda/storage/devicetree.py", line 1607, in addLV
            "failed to locate origin lv")
    File "/usr/lib/anaconda/storage/devicetree.py", line 1572, in addRequiredLV
            addLV(lv_info[name])
    
            KeyError: 'r6vg-lv_home'
    

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6

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