Devices are not available after rm -rf /dev/sd*

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Issue

  • After running rm -rf /dev/sd*, Input/output errors are seen on /dev/sd* devices when access is attempted.

    # lvs
      /dev/sdgn: read failed after 0 of 4096 at 0: Input/output error
      /dev/sdgo: read failed after 0 of 4096 at 0: Input/output error
      /dev/sdv: read failed after 0 of 4096 at 0: Input/output error
      /dev/sdch: read failed after 0 of 4096 at 0: Input/output error
      /dev/sdw: read failed after 0 of 4096 at 0: Input/output error
      /dev/sdh: read failed after 0 of 4096 at 0: Input/output error
      /dev/sdi: read failed after 0 of 4096 at 0: Input/output error
      /dev/sdck: read failed after 0 of 4096 at 0: Input/output error
    

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

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