Unable to create logical volume: "Aborting. Failed to wipe start of new LV."
Issue
- Unable to create logical volume
[root@host]# lvcreate -L 49G -n lv vg
/dev/vg/lv: not found: device not cleared
Aborting. Failed to wipe start of new LV.
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
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