Are LVM physical volumes on devices without partition tables supported?

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Issue

  • Can I create a LVM physical volume directly on the block device without creating a partition table on it? Will this setup be supported?
  • Is it supported to create a physical volume without partition?

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

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