Logical volume creation failed with error "/dev/vgname/lvname not found: device not cleared Aborting. Failed to wipe start of new LV".
Issue
- Logical volume creation failed with following error.
# lvcreate -L 100M -n testlv1 testvg
/dev/testvg/testlv1: not found: device not cleared
Aborting. Failed to wipe start of new LV.
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- lvm2
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