Retrieving serial # from NVMe device fails

[phillxnet (Philip Guyton)]

@phillxnet

@snafu in the following on going forum thread also has nvme issues (on top of serial attribution), linking to that thread to hopefully tie together current nvme problems.

Unable to update disk state for nvme device

Hi together, I have installed the rockstor onto my nvme device and rockstor logs the following line every minute when checking the disk state: [04/Jun/2016 13:32:26] ERROR [smart_manager.data_collector:342] Failed to update disk state.. exception: object of type 'NoneType' has no len() [04/Jun/2016 13:33:27] ERROR [storageadmin.util:46] request path: /api/disks/scan method: POST data: <QueryDict: {}> [04/Jun/2016 13:33:27] ERROR [storageadmin.util:47] exception: object of type 'NoneType' has n…

@f_l_a I seem to have forgotten the intended link so putting in here, different main problem but nvme related still. I have in turn linked back to this thread as your serial endeavours / discoveries may well help.