On boot get error "Bad magic number in super-block" on luks encrypted volume

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • On boot-up of the server goes into maintenance mode after a message:
Bad magic number in super-block /dev/mapper/mpath4

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux

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