lvcreate command fails with error: Operation not permitted

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Issue

  • When trying to perform certain LVM operations, such as lvcreate, lvextend or vgremove, an Operation not permitted error is raised:

    $ lvcreate -L 100M -n testvg testlv
    /dev/dm-11: write failed after 0 of 4096 at 28672: Operation not permitted 
    

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.9
  • Logical Volume Manage 2 (LVM2)
  • device-mapper-multipath

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