Getting error while taking a snapshot : semid XXXX: semop failed for cookie XXXX

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Taking a snapshot fails with the semop related error
$ lvcreate -n lvol0 -l 256 -s /dev/datavg/u2
  /dev/datavg/lvol0: not found: device not cleared
  Aborting. Failed to wipe snapshot exception store.
  semid 3375117: semop failed for cookie 0xd4de00e: incorrect semaphore state
  Failed to set a proper state for notification semaphore identified by cookie value 223207438 (0xd4de00e) to initialize waiting for incoming notifications.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

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