WARNING: Re-reading the partition table failed with error 16: Device or resource busy
We will see this error from RHEL6 on words. This error is due to the partition table changes are not updated to kernel. When ever we change the partition table and try to save the table changes we get this error. Even you will get the following error as well
The kernel still uses the old table. The new table will be used at
the next reboot or after you run partprobe(8) or kpartx(8)
Syncing disks.
when you see this error and executing partprobe command...