lvm2-activation*.service go into failed state in OS booting.

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Issue

  • lvm2-activation.*service go into failed state in OS booting.
$ systemctl status lvm2-activation-net.service
•• lvm2-activation-net.service - Activation of LVM2 logical volumes
   Loaded: loaded (/etc/lvm/lvm.conf; bad; vendor preset: disabled)
   Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Sat 2021-09-11 05:26:25 +00; 2min 33s ago
     Docs: man:lvm2-activation-generator(8)
  Process: 4731 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/lvm vgchange -aay --ignoreskippedcluster (code=exited, status=5)
  Process: 4727 ExecStartPre=/usr/bin/udevadm settle (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
 Main PID: 4731 (code=exited, status=5)

Sep 11 05:26:25 test lvm[4731]: Volume group "VolGroup05" is exported
Sep 11 05:26:25 test lvm[4731]: Volume group "VolGroup04" is exported
Sep 11 05:26:25 test lvm[4731]: Volume group "VolGroup03" is exported
Sep 11 05:26:25 test lvm[4731]: 1 logical volume(s) in volume group "VolGroup02" now active
Sep 11 05:26:25 test lvm[4731]: 1 logical volume(s) in volume group "VolGroup01" now active
Sep 11 05:26:25 test lvm[4731]: 6 logical volume(s) in volume group "VolGroup00" now active
Sep 11 05:26:25 test systemd[1]: lvm2-activation-net.service: main process exited, code=exited, status=5/N...TALLED
Sep 11 05:26:25 test systemd[1]: Failed to start Activation of LVM2 logical volumes.
Sep 11 05:26:25 test systemd[1]: Unit lvm2-activation-net.service entered failed state.
Sep 11 05:26:25 test systemd[1]: lvm2-activation-net.service failed.
Hint: Some lines were ellipsized, use -l to show in full.

# systemctl status lvm2-activation-early.service
•• lvm2-activation-early.service - Activation of LVM2 logical volumes
   Loaded: loaded (/etc/lvm/lvm.conf; bad; vendor preset: disabled)
   Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Sat 2021-09-11 05:26:09 +00; 4min 27s ago
     Docs: man:lvm2-activation-generator(8)
  Process: 2562 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/lvm vgchange -aay --ignoreskippedcluster (code=exited, status=5)
 Main PID: 2562 (code=exited, status=5)

Sep 11 05:26:09 test lvm[2562]: Volume group "VolGroup05" is exported
Sep 11 05:26:09 test lvm[2562]: Volume group "VolGroup04" is exported
Sep 11 05:26:09 test lvm[2562]: Volume group "VolGroup03" is exported
Sep 11 05:26:09 test lvm[2562]: 1 logical volume(s) in volume group "VolGroup02" now active
Sep 11 05:26:09 test lvm[2562]: 1 logical volume(s) in volume group "VolGroup01" now active
Sep 11 05:26:09 test lvm[2562]: 6 logical volume(s) in volume group "VolGroup00" now active
Sep 11 05:26:09 test systemd[1]: lvm2-activation-early.service: main process exited, code=exited, status=5...TALLED
Sep 11 05:26:09 test systemd[1]: Failed to start Activation of LVM2 logical volumes.
Sep 11 05:26:09 test systemd[1]: Unit lvm2-activation-early.service entered failed state.
Sep 11 05:26:09 test systemd[1]: lvm2-activation-early.service failed.
Hint: Some lines were ellipsized, use -l to show in full.

# systemctl status lvm2-activation.service
•• lvm2-activation.service - Activation of LVM2 logical volumes
   Loaded: loaded (/etc/lvm/lvm.conf; bad; vendor preset: disabled)
   Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Sat 2021-09-11 05:26:09 +00; 4min 32s ago
     Docs: man:lvm2-activation-generator(8)
  Process: 2949 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/lvm vgchange -aay --ignoreskippedcluster (code=exited, status=5)
 Main PID: 2949 (code=exited, status=5)

Sep 11 05:26:09 test lvm[2949]: Volume group "VolGroup05" is exported
Sep 11 05:26:09 test lvm[2949]: Volume group "VolGroup04" is exported
Sep 11 05:26:09 test lvm[2949]: Volume group "VolGroup03" is exported
Sep 11 05:26:09 test lvm[2949]: 1 logical volume(s) in volume group "VolGroup02" now active
Sep 11 05:26:09 test lvm[2949]: 1 logical volume(s) in volume group "VolGroup01" now active
Sep 11 05:26:09 test lvm[2949]: 6 logical volume(s) in volume group "VolGroup00" now active
Sep 11 05:26:09 test systemd[1]: lvm2-activation.service: main process exited, code=exited, status=5/NOTINSTALLED
Sep 11 05:26:09 test systemd[1]: Failed to start Activation of LVM2 logical volumes.
Sep 11 05:26:09 test systemd[1]: Unit lvm2-activation.service entered failed state.
Sep 11 05:26:09 test systemd[1]: lvm2-activation.service failed.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • systemd

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