pvcreate failed with error "Device /dev/sdX not found (or ignored by filtering)."
Issue
pvcreatefailed with errorDevice /dev/sdX not found (or ignored by filtering).
# pvcreate /dev/sdb
Device /dev/sdb not found (or ignored by filtering).
# pvcreate -vvv /dev/sdb
Processing: pvcreate -vvv /dev/sdb
O_DIRECT will be used
Setting global/locking_type to 1
Setting global/wait_for_locks to 1
File-based locking selected.
Setting global/locking_dir to /var/lock/lvm
metadata/pvmetadataignore not found in config: defaulting to n
metadata/pvmetadatasize not found in config: defaulting to 255
metadata/pvmetadatacopies not found in config: defaulting to 1
Locking /var/lock/lvm/P_orphans WB
_do_flock /var/lock/lvm/P_orphans:aux WB
_do_flock /var/lock/lvm/P_orphans WB
_undo_flock /var/lock/lvm/P_orphans:aux
/dev/sdb: Added to device cache
Opened /dev/sdb RO O_DIRECT
/dev/sdb: size is 285671424 sectors
/dev/sdb: block size is 4096 bytes
Closed /dev/sdb
/dev/sdb: size is 285671424 sectors
Opened /dev/sdb RO O_DIRECT
/dev/sdb: block size is 4096 bytes
Closed /dev/sdb
dm version OF [16384]
dm status (253:27) OF [16384]
/dev/sdb: Skipping mpath component device
/dev/sdb: Skipping (cached)
Setting devices/ignore_suspended_devices to 0
Setting devices/cache_dir to /etc/lvm/cache
Setting devices/write_cache_state to 1
Opened /dev/sdb RO O_DIRECT
/dev/sdb: size is 285671424 sectors
/dev/sdb: block size is 4096 bytes
Closed /dev/sdb
dm status (253:27) OF [16384]
/dev/sdb: Skipping mpath component device
Device /dev/sdb not found (or ignored by filtering).
Unlocking /var/lock/lvm/P_orphans
_undo_flock /var/lock/lvm/P_orphans
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5, 6
- lvm2
- device-mapper-multipath
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