LVM messages "Devices file PVID <ID> last seen on /dev/sda not found" for IDTYPE=devname in RHEL 9
Issue
- When running any LVM commands, the error is seen:
[root@localhost ~]# pvs
Devices file PVID xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxjA2h last seen on /dev/sda not found.
Devices file PVID xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxAwAd last seen on /dev/sdb not found.
Devices file PVID xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxfRWY last seen on /dev/sda not found.
Devices file PVID xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxKDtC last seen on /dev/sda not found.
- The Following entries were present in the file
/etc/lvm/devices/system.devices
.
# cat etc/lvm/devices/system.devices
# LVM uses devices listed in this file.
# Created by LVM command vgs pid 1468 at Sun Jun 11 23:38:02 2023
VERSION=1.1.10
<b><font color="red">IDTYPE=devname</font></b> IDNAME=/dev/sda2 DEVNAME=/dev/sdb PVID=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxjhW7
IDTYPE=sys_wwid IDNAME=naa.6000xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx DEVNAME=/dev/sdd PVID=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxKUE9
IDTYPE=sys_wwid IDNAME=naa.6000xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx DEVNAME=/dev/sdc PVID=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxvBOq
- OR when executing the
pvs
command I cannot see any physical volumes listed, and the content of/etc/lvm/devices/system.devices
is empty.
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
- LVM2
use_devicesfile=1
in/etc/lvm/lvm.conf
(default value in RHEL 9 is '1':enabled)
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