[linux-lvm] invalid physical volume

[Luca Berra]

On Mon, Apr 11, 2005 at 09:52:08PM -0500, Clif Smith wrote:
>I'm running lvm-1.0.8-9 on RHES3 and am receiving the following when I 
>try to utilize a volume from an EMC array:
># pvcreate /dev/emcpowera
>pvcreate -- invalid physical volume "/dev/emcpowera"
>
>The OS sees the volume fine:
># fdisk -l /dev/emcpowera
>Disk /dev/emcpowera: 10.7 GB, 10737418240 bytes
>255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 1305 cylinders
>Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
>
>I can create a partition and then a filesystem without issue, but I 
>really need to use it within LVM.
>
>Any ideas?
>

either ditch powerpath or modify the lvm1 source code to understand it,
second is not difficult, just look at the places where dac960 or ciss
support was implemented.

L.

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