pvcreate device not found (or ignored by filtering) on device with GPT partition table

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • pvcreate fails on block devices with gpt partition tables
# pvcreate /dev/sda
Device /dev/sda not found (or ignored by filtering)

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

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