The pvcreate command fails with "Metadata location has invalid summary for VG" error

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • PV is missing or unavailable after reboot
  • pvcreate command fails with following message;

    Couldn't read volume group metadata from /dev/<device>.
    Metadata location on /dev/<device> at xx has invalid summary for VG.
    Failed to read metadata summary from /dev/<device>
    Failed to scan VG from /dev/<device>
    

Environment

  • Red Hat Virtualization (RHV) 4.x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6

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