How do I restore an LVM PV that was partitioned accidentally?

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Issue

  • fdisk was accidentally run on the wrong system, creating a partition on a previously unpartitioned device used for an active PV
  • System has not been rebooted and filesystem continues to operate or the system has been rebooted and now the volume groups are missing

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

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