System fails to boot with console logs showing - WARNING: Device /dev/sda not initialized in udev database even after waiting 10000000 microseconds
Issue
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The system is unable to boot and console logs show following systemd, udev errors:
lvm[881]: WARNING: Device /dev/sda not initialized in udev database even after waiting 10000000 microseconds. lvm[881]: WARNING: Device /dev/sda1 not initialized in udev database even after waiting 10000000 microseconds. lvm[881]: WARNING: Device /dev/sda2 not initialized in udev database even after waiting 10000000 microseconds. lvm[881]: WARNING: Device /dev/sda3 not initialized in udev database even after waiting 10000000 microseconds. lvm[881]: WARNING: Device /dev/sda5 not initialized in udev database even after waiting 10000000 microseconds. lvm[881]: WARNING: Device /dev/sdb not initialized in udev database even after waiting 10000000 microseconds. lvm[881]: WARNING: Device /dev/sdb1 not initialized in udev database even after waiting 10000000 microseconds. lvm[881]: WARNING: Device /dev/sdb2 not initialized in udev database even after waiting 10000000 microseconds. systemd[1]: dev-mapper-localvg\datalv.device: Job dev-mapper-localvg\datalv.device/start timed out. systemd[1]: dev-mapper-localvg\datalv.device: Job dev-mapper-localvg\datalv.device/start finished, result= timeout testserver systemd[1]: Timed out waiting for device dev-mapper-localvg\datalv.device. -- Subject: Unit dev-mapper-localvg\datalv.device has failed -- Defined-By: systemd -- Support: https://access.redhat.com/support -- -- Unit dev-mapper-localvg\datalv.device has failed.
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- systemd version older than
239-45.el8_4.1
or239-51.el8
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