VMware guest fails to boot if SCSI controller is set "LSI Logical SAS" in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

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Issue

  • VMware guest fails to boot if SCSI controller is set LSI Logical SAS
  • System fails to boot with below error :
Warning: /dev/mapper/vgname-rootlvname does not exists
Warning: /dev/vgname/rootlvname does not exists
Warning: /dev/vgname/swaplvname does not exists

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • VMware hypervisor guest using LSI Logical SAS as SCSI controller

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