Error Message

The following error is displayed:
“Mounting of Recovery Point failed”

RHEL 7.x, CENT 7.x and SUSE 12.x platforms do not have loop devices by default, which is required to mount a recovery point.

Environment:

• RHEL 7.0, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4
• CentOS 7.0, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3
• SUSE 12.0, 12.1, 12.2, 12.3
  

First run the following command to check if there are any existing loop devices:

Run the following command to check if the existing loop devices are in use:

If you do not have any existing device or all your loop devices are in use, you can create loop devices manually.

To create loop device:

1. Enter the following command:

mknod –m 0660 /dev/loopx b 7 x

where x is the loop device ID.

     2.  Chown root.disk /dev/loopx

The loop device is created and you can mount the recovery point.