LVM command returning error message "Incorrect metadata area header checksum" on Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Issue
- When running LVM commands receiving error messages with the following pattern:
Incorrect metadata area header checksum on `/dev/sdX` at offset 4096
- After unexpected reboot, server did not come up. See these errors when running vgdisplay:
# vgdisplay
/dev/mpath/mpath40p1: Checksum error
Couldn't read volume group metadata.
Incorrect metadata area header checksum on /dev/mpath/mpath40p1 at offset 4096
/dev/mpath/mpath40p1: Checksum error
Environment
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux, including
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (RHEL5)
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (RHEL6)
- LVM2 logical volumes
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