systemd (LVM) stops in emergency mode during scan
Issue
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Reboot intermittently failed to activate logical volumes which cause server to enter maintenance mode.
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Reboots fail with the following error:
â— lvm2-pvscan@9:5.service - LVM2 PV scan on device 9:5
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/lvm2-pvscan@.service; static; vendor preset: disabled)
Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Fri 1994-10-31 10:10:10 EDT; 8min ago
Docs: man:pvscan(8)
Process: 3862 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/lvm pvscan --cache --activate ay %i (code=exited, status=5)
Main PID: 3862 (code=exited, status=5)
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4
- A large number of NVME devices, i.e. 20+
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