pvcreate fails with "Can't open <device> exclusively. Mounted filesystem?"
Issue
-
pvcreate
throws an error:# pvcreate /dev/mapper/mpath1 Can't open /dev/mapper/mpath1 exclusively. Mounted filesystem?
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For
vgcreate
also below error message is displayed:# vgcreate vg1 /dev/mapper/mpath1 Can't open /dev/mapper/mpath1 exclusively. Mounted filesystem? Unable to add physical volume '/dev/mapper/mpath1' to volume group 'vg1'.
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 4, 5, 6
- LVM2
- Creating a physical volume with
pvcreate
- Creating a physical volume with
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