LVM devices are not detected automatically, and running LVM specific commands returns no output
Issue
- System drops in Emergency, since several FS/s fail to mount, as multiple LVM devices time out during boot.
- LVM devices are not detected anywhere, from maintenance shell.
- Running LVM specific commands, such as
vgs,lvs, etc. returns nothing. - Specifying the affected devices in dracut kernel command line options, using
rd.lvm.vg=<vgname>or specifically viard.lvm.lv=<vgname/lvname>works, and all the devices are mounted properly. - Only LVM devices specified in the kernel command line are detected and mounted properly.
- LVM devices could be mounted from rescue as well.
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux
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