How to stop "read failed" message with out a reboot after removing the underlying device of LVM?

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Issue

  • How to stop "read failed" messages without a reboot after removing the underlying device of LVM?

      /dev/dm-2: read failed after 0 of 4096 at 0: Input/output error
      /dev/dm-3: read failed after 0 of 4096 at 0: Input/output error
      /dev/dm-4: read failed after 0 of 4096 at 0: Input/output error
    

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

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