pvcreate fails with "Can only set uuid on one volume at once"

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Issue

  • The pvcreate command to recover a Physical Volume fails with "Can only set uuid on one volume at once":
pvcreate -uuid "abcdef-ghij-klmn-opqr-stuv-wxyz-123456" --restorefile /etc/lvm/archive/VolGroup00_00010.vg /dev/sda
  Can only set uuid on one volume at once

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • LVM Logical Volume Manager

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