LVM command hangs or takes a long time to complete in RHEL
Issue
- LVM commands hang or take a long time to complete.
- System boot hangs at an LVM command.
- LVM commands get stuck when scanning a multipath map with all paths failed and
queue_if_no_path
orno_path_retry
enabled. - LVM commands get stuck when scanning a device-mapper map that is in the suspended state.
- LVM commands get stuck when scanning a device which is not responsive or functional.
- Server is hanging after running commands
pvs
,vgs
,lvs
.
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 4, 5, 6
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