[linux-lvm] initializing a PV, which was part of an old VG

[Stuart D. Gathman]

On Thu, 6 Oct 2011, Alexander Lyakas wrote:

> yes, I only had a single PV, and I did pvcreate on it, and then
> lvm_scan() from my process.
>
> So you suggest to use first pvremove and then pvcreate? Because
> pvcreate I do in any case. So pvcreate alone is not similar to
> pvremove followed by pvcreate?

Yes, you need to pvremove first to start from scratch.

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