vdo service not starting after kernel patching.

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • New kernel was installed and after that, trying to boot with the earlier kernel, vdo service was not getting started
Sep 03 18:58:14 hostname systemd[1]: Starting VDO volume services...
Sep 03 18:58:14 hostname vdo[5417]: vdo: ERROR - Kernel module kvdo not installed
Sep 03 18:58:14 hostname vdo[5417]: ERROR - Kernel module kvdo not installed
Sep 03 18:58:14 hostname vdo[5417]: vdo: ERROR - modprobe: FATAL: Module kvdo not found in directory /lib/modules/4.18.0-240.22.1.el8_3.x86_64
Sep 03 18:58:14 hostname vdo[5417]: ERROR - modprobe: FATAL: Module kvdo not found in directory /lib/modules/4.18.0-240.22.1.el8_3.x86_64
Sep 03 18:58:14 hostname vdo[5417]: Starting VDO myvdo
Sep 03 18:58:14 hostname systemd[1]: vdo.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Sep 03 18:58:14 hostname systemd[1]: vdo.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Sep 03 18:58:14 hostname systemd[1]: Failed to start VDO volume services.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

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