/dev/sdb: read failed after 0 of 4096 at 0: Input/output error

When a storage unit is longer available to the Linux Server, You would see the following error message:

[root@node1 /]# pvs
  /dev/sdb: read failed after 0 of 4096 at 0: Input/output error
  /dev/sdb: read failed after 0 of 4096 at 2147418112: Input/output error
  /dev/sdb: read failed after 0 of 4096 at 2147475456: Input/output error
  /dev/sdb: read failed after 0 of 4096 at 4096: Input/output error
  PV                VG       Fmt  Attr PSize  PFree
  /dev/mapper/disk1          lvm2 a--   1.00g 1.00g
  /dev/mapper/disk2          lvm2 a--   1.00g 1.00g
  /dev/mapper/disk3          lvm2 a--   1.00g 1.00g
  /dev/sda2         vg_node1 lvm2 a--  19.51g    0
[root@node1 /]#

To fix the issue, We need to delete the corresponding /dev/sdb file from OS Level.

[root@node1 /]# echo 1 > /sys/block/sdb/device/delete

[root@node1 /]# pvs
  PV                VG       Fmt  Attr PSize  PFree
  /dev/mapper/disk1          lvm2 a--   1.00g 1.00g
  /dev/mapper/disk2          lvm2 a--   1.00g 1.00g
  /dev/mapper/disk3          lvm2 a--   1.00g 1.00g
  /dev/sda2         vg_node1 lvm2 a--  19.51g    0
[root@node1 /]#