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System does not boot when adding NVMe/FC namespace to /etc/fstab

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Applies to

  • ONTAP 9
  • NVMe/FC
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 9.2
  • nvme-cli-2.2.1-2.el9.x86_64

Issue

  • After adding NVMe/FC namespace as mount point to /etc/fstab in RHEL 9.2 the host does not boot, entering emergency mode:

UUID=a65508ee-665e-44cb-8a48-e490f8486b41 /app1_data ext4 defaults 0 0

  • /etc/fstab entry has to be commented out in single user mode to allow the system to boot
  • Namespace can be mounted fine when system is booted

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