Attempting to delete a LUN previously deleted from the storage yields OVMAPI_B000E "device-mapper: remove ioctl on XXX failed: Device or resource busy" and "Unable to tear down multipath device"

(Doc ID 2103009.1)

Last updated on FEBRUARY 17, 2016

Applies to:

Oracle VM - Version 3.3.3 and later
Linux x86-64

Symptoms

On Oracle VM, after deleting a LUN from the Storage server's configuration and then deleting it in the VM Manager Graphical User Interface (GUI), the job fails with the following kind of error message :

Cause

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