Kickstart installation failed with "Members may not be specified for preexisting volgroup" in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

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Issue

  • Kickstart installation for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 failed with the following error.
Members may not be specified for preexisting volgroup
  • This is a part for partitioning in the kickstart file.
part /boot --size=512 --onpart sda1
part pv.00 --size=1 --grow --onpart sda3 --noformat
volgroup vg0 pv.00 --useexisting --noformat
logvol /  --vgname=vg0  --size=10240  --name=root --useexisting
logvol /export  --vgname=vg0 --size=1 --grow --name=export --useexisting --noformat
part swap --size=4096 --onpart sda2

Environment

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

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