Getting "read swap header failed: Invalid argument" error while enabling swap partition in RHEL 6?
Issue
- How to re-enable the swap on the server, getting following error when trying to enable it:
# swapon -a
swapon: /dev/mapper/system_vg-lv_swap: read swap header failed: Invalid argument
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux(RHEL) 6
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