lvm creation fails with "device not cleared Aborting. Failed to wipe start of new LV."
Issue
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lvcreatecommand fails to create the lv and returns below error message:$# lvcreate -n lv_newlv -L 32g vg00 /dev/vg00/lv_hornetq: not found: device not cleared Aborting. Failed to wipe start of new LV.
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Logical Volume Manager 2 (LVM2)
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