A Physical Disk has the "Warning" Status after Deleting it from the SAN Server's Configuration - Attempting to refresh it yields "OVMAPI_B000E" or "OVMAPI_4004E " with " Device /dev/mapper/xyz does not exist"

(Doc ID 2069303.1)

Last updated on OCTOBER 29, 2015

Applies to:

Oracle VM - Version 3.0.1 and later
Linux x86-64

Symptoms

On Oracle VM Manager, after deleting a disk from the SAN's Configuration, a physical disk is marked as "Warning" in the Oracle VM Manager Graphical User Interface, in the Storage -> SAN Servers -> SAN Server Name -> Physical disks perspective :

Attempting to refresh that Physical disk fails with the following kind of job exception:

PS: IP Address used is for illustration purpose only.

Running rescan-scsi-bus.sh as Note in 1562906.1  doesn't clear this warning.

Cause

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