Nested Partition - The pvcreate command fails with error: "Device /dev/mapper/mpathXN not found (or ignored by filtering)."

Issue

• The pvcreate command fails a multipath device with error: Device /dev/mapper/mpathXN not found (or ignored by filtering).

[root@host]# pvcreate /dev/mapper/mpathXN
  Device /dev/mapper/mpathXN not found (or ignored by filtering).

• A similar message may be seen on single path storage devices, eg:

[root@host]# pvcreate /dev/sdXN
  Device /dev/sdXN not found (or ignored by filtering).

• Newer kernel versions with new lvm2 packages may have slightly different errors, eg:
  ~~~pvcreate fails while using multipath device

[root@r93 ~]# pvcreate /dev/mapper/mpathXN
Cannot use /dev/mapper/mpathXN: device is partitioned
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* A nested GPT label without a partition may also cause this same issue.