LVM commands are failing with this error: Can't open exclusively. Mounted filesystem?
Issue
- LVM commands are failing with this error: Can't open exclusively. Mounted Filesystem?
- A new disk partition created with parted is being accessed by something.
- Cannot create a logical volume on a disk that is part of multipathed storage.
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5
- Logical Volume Management
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Parted (optional, appears in cases involving large partitions)
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Multipathing
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