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LVM commands return error message 'Configuration setting "activation/xxxxxxx" unknown'

Solution Verified - Updated 2014-02-17T22:38:35+00:00 -

Issue

Added a 10GB hard disk to RHEL6.5 server on VMware. When executing lvm commands like pvs or lvs, following output is seen before the actual output of the lvm command:

# pvs
  Configuration setting "activation/thin_check_executable" unknown.
  Configuration setting "activation/thin_check_options" unknown.

Disk appears OK and available.
When executing lvm commands, errors are seen after updating to RHEL 6.5

# lvs
  Configuration setting "activation/thin_check_executable" unknown.
  Configuration setting "activation/thin_check_options" unknown.

Environment

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 (RHEL)
RHEL Server as Vmware guest
lvm2-2.02.100-8.el6.x86_64
LVM

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