kernel: device-mapper: table: device X:X too small for target
Issue
lvsshows-d-attribute for missing logical volume
# lvs
LV VG Attr LSize Devices
logicalv volgrp -wi-d- 250.00G /dev/sdb(0)
- Logical Volume does not appear to exist
# ls -l /dev/volgrp/logicalv
ls: cannot access /dev/volgrp/logicalv: No such file or directory
device-mappererrors are present in the logs
kernel: device-mapper: table: device 8:16 too small for target
kernel: device-mapper: table: 253:7: linear: dm-linear: Device lookup failed
- Attempting to manually activate the logical volume results in failure
# vgchange -ay volgrp
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux
- Logical Volume Manager 2
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