/dev/mapper contains device nodes, e.g.: brw-rw---- 1 root disk 254, 73 Apr 11 23:15 vg_phoesrv2b-lvsnap those should be symlinks ( except for/dev/mapper/control ): vg_phoesrv2b-lvsnap -> ../dm-31 solution: rm /dev/mapper/vg_phoesrv2b-lvsnap udevadm trigger _______________________________________________ linux-lvm mailing list linux-lvm@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-lvm read the LVM HOW-TO at http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/