Unable to create lvm on devices: Aborting. Failed to activate new LV to wipe the start of it.

Solution Unverified - Updated -

Issue

Trying to put an lvm on multiple LUNs and receiving the following error:

Aborting. Failed to activate new LV to wipe the start of it.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • lvm2-2.02.32-4.el5-x86_64

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