System with Logical Volume (LV) snapshot fails to boot
Issue
- System with Logical Volume (LV) snapshot fails to boot
- /mnt/sysimage is not mounted at all
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Rescue Mode fails to mount the root LV with the backtrace similar to:
File "/usr/bin/anaconda", line 873, in <module> rescue.runRescue(anaconda, instClass) File "/usr/lib/anaconda/rescue.py", line 327, in runRescue storage.storageInitialize(anaconda) File "/usr/lib/anaconda/storage/__init__.py", line 109, in storageInitialize storage.reset(examine_all=examine_all) File "/usr/lib/anaconda/storage/__init__.py", line 468, in reset self.devicetree.populate(prog) File "/usr/lib/anaconda/storage/devicetree.py", line 2237, in populate if self._setupLvs():n File "/usr/lib/anaconda/storage/devicetree.py", line 2143, in _setupLvs if self.handleVgLvs(device): File "/usr/lib/anaconda/storage/devicetree.py", line 1706, in handleVgLvs ret = addLV(*lv) or ret File "/usr/lib/anaconda/storage/devicetree.py", line 1607, in addLV "failed to locate origin lv") File "/usr/lib/anaconda/storage/devicetree.py", line 1572, in addRequiredLV addLV(lv_info[name]) KeyError: 'r6vg-lv_home'
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6
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