LVM command returning error message "Incorrect metadata area header checksum" on Red Hat Enterprise Linux

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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

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 4-6
  • LVM2 logical volumes

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