udevd-work errors at the time of booting and from syslog

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Error messages shown below are seen at the time of booting.
        udevd-work[1104]: symlink(../../sdah1, /dev/disk/by-uuid/745d84a8-05d0-4187-8bd8-1f90c5570348.udev-tmp) failed: File exists
  • In /var/log/messages file
Apr 11 09:38:07 node2 udevd-work[12207]: rename(/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-3600601606d632c00d41ecd9a810de211.udev-tmp, /dev/disk/by-id/scsi-3600601606d632c00d41ecd9a810de211) failed: No such file or directory
Apr 11 09:38:07 node2 udevd-work[12203]: rename(/dev/disk/by-id/wwn-0x600601606d632c00d41ecd9a810de211.udev-tmp, /dev/disk/by-id/wwn-0x600601606d632c00d41ecd9a810de211) failed: No such file or directory
Apr 11 10:28:07 node2 udevd-work[2787]: symlink(../../sdi, /dev/disk/by-id/wwn-0x600601606d632c00d41ecd9a810de211.udev-tmp) failed: File exists
Apr 11 10:38:05 node2 udevd-work[12372]: rename(/dev/disk/by-id/wwn-0x600601606d632c00d41ecd9a810de211.udev-tmp, /dev/disk/by-id/wwn-0x600601606d632c00d41ecd9a810de211) failed: No such file or directory
Apr 11 10:47:57 node2 kernel: nfs: server to5pmsdp-nfs not responding, still trying
Apr 11 10:48:13 node2 kernel: nfs: server to5pmsdp-nfs OK
Apr 11 10:58:05 node2 udevd-work[1852]: symlink(../../sdh, /dev/disk/by-id/wwn-0x600601606d632c0094062a73810de211.udev-tmp) failed: File exists
Apr 11 11:08:05 node2 udevd-work[13404]: symlink(../../sdg, /dev/disk/by-id/scsi-3600601606d632c00d41ecd9a810de211.udev-tmp) failed: File exists
Apr 11 11:18:06 node2 udevd-work[25156]: symlink(../../sdi, /dev/disk/by-id/scsi-3600601606d632c00d41ecd9a810de211.udev-tmp) failed: File exists

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.1
  • HP Proliant BL460c Blade
  • HP EVA 8000/8100
  • QLogic QM 2562 Fibre Card

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