Why am I getting "reload ioctl failed" when using LVM commands?

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • attempts to use lvextend result in error:
  Extending logical volume LogVol00 to 1.00 GB
  device-mapper: reload ioctl failed: Invalid argument
  Failed to suspend LogVol00

Environment

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

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