Server with full encryption won't boot, getting error "Failed to start Cryptography Setup for luks-xxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxx-xxxxxx"

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Issue

  • Server with full encryption won't boot and reporting following error messages.
[FAILED] Failed to start Cryptography Setup for luks-xxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxx-xxxxxx
[DEPEND] Dependency failed for Encrypted Volumes.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

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