LVM messages "Devices file PVID <ID> last seen on /dev/sda not found" for IDTYPE=devname in RHEL 9

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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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