Alan D. Brunelle [Alan.Brunelle@xxxxxx] wrote: > Unfortunately: > > # rm -rf /etc/lvm/cache > > # vgscan > Reading all physical volumes. This may take a while... > /dev/disk/by-id/scsi-360060b0000837a508c01035ef0d00033: read failed > after 0 of 512 at 0: Input/output error > /dev/disk/by-id/scsi-360060b0000837a508c01035ef0d00033: read failed > after 0 of 512 at 291347562496: Input/output error > /dev/disk/by-id/scsi-360060b0000837a508c01035ef0d00033: read failed > after 0 of 512 at 291347632128: Input/output error > /dev/disk/by-id/scsi-360060b0000837a508c01035ef0d00033: read failed > after 0 of 512 at 0: Input/output error > /dev/disk/by-id/scsi-360060b0000837a508c01035ef0d00033: read failed > after 0 of 512 at 4096: Input/output error > /dev/disk/by-id/scsi-360060b0000837a508c01035ef0d00033: read failed > after 0 of 2048 at 0: Input/output error > Found volume group "vg" using metadata type lvm2 Looks like you have some symbolic links that point to a dead device. Change your filter to accept devices appropriately, maybe like below (untested!). filter = [ "r|sdab|", a|/dev/sd|", "r|.*|" ] The above filter would avoid looking at /dev/disk/by-id and other unneeded directories. Thanks, Malahal. -- dm-devel mailing list dm-devel@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/dm-devel