Error: Unable to activate thinpool "pool00" when attempting to install RHEL6.8

Solution Unverified - Updated -

Issue

  • When attempting to kickstart a RHEL6.8 system with thin provised lvm the installion fails.
  • The partition table information is:
bootloader --location=mbr
zerombr
clearpart --all --initlabel

part /boot --asprimary --size=500 --label=boot
part pv.01 --size=4096 --grow --maxsize=8192
volgroup vg_test --pesize=4096 pv.01

logvol none --size=6144 --thinpool --name=pool00 --vgname=vg_test
logvol swap --fstype=swap --size=1024 --thin --poolname=pool00 --name=swap --vgname=vg_test
logvol / --size=3000 --thin --poolname=pool00 --name=root --vgname=vg_test --grow

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.8
  • anaconda
  • thin provisioning
  • lvm
  • kickstart

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