pvdisplay command fails with "Too many open files" on systems with many disks

Solution In Progress - Updated -

Issue

  • pvdisplay command fails with Too many open files on systems with many disks

    # pvdisplay
[...]
/sys/dev/block/253:766/holders/: opendir failed: Too many open files
/sys/dev/block/253:255/holders/: opendir failed: Too many open files
/sys/dev/block/253:511/holders/: opendir failed: Too many open files
/sys/dev/block/253:767/holders/: opendir failed: Too many open files
[...]

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
    • lvm2
    • many storage devices (> 1000)

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