device-mapper: reload ioctl on failed: Invalid argument
Issue
- Running
vgchange -ayagainst my volume group returns errors
# vgchange -a y testvg
device-mapper: reload ioctl on failed: Invalid argument
- Logical volumes are unavailable and errors are seen in the logs
device-mapper: table: 253:2: linear: dm-linear: Device lookup failed
device-mapper: ioctl: error adding target to table
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Logical Volume Manager
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