LVM messages "Devices file PVID <ID> last seen on /dev/sda not found" in RHEL for IDTYPE=.
Issue
- VGXX was missing PVID
while device was available on system -
pvscancommand showed followingdevices entry /dev/sdb xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxeMWc devname found but not matched Match device_id sys_wwid naa.6000xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx123 to /dev/sdd Match device_id sys_wwid naa.6000xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx456 to /dev/sdc Devices file PVID xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxeMWc last seen on /dev/sdb 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 IDTYPE=devname IDNAME=. DEVNAME=/dev/sdb PVID=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxeMWc IDTYPE=sys_wwid IDNAME=naa.6000xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx123 DEVNAME=/dev/sdd PVID=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxQhbR IDTYPE=sys_wwid IDNAME=naa.6000xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx456 DEVNAME=/dev/sdc PVID=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxw52Y
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8, 9, 10
- LVM2 with use_devicesfile enabled
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