ReaR recover fails at steps to recreate disk layout script.

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • ReaR recover fails and stuck restoring at disk recreation step with below messages :
WARNING: Failed to connect to lvmetad. Falling back to device scanning.
A volume group called VG already exists.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • Relax and Recover(ReaR)
  • Root volume group consists of multiple physical volumes.

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