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