LVM command returning error message "Incorrect metadata area header checksum" on Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Issue
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When running LVM commands receiving error messages with the following pattern:
Incorrect metadata area header checksum on `/dev/sdX` at offset 4096
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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
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 4-6
- LVM2 logical volumes
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