https://blog.khmersite.net/tags/wipefs/ Recent content in Wipefs on Kenno's Open Note https://blog.khmersite.net/%3Clink%20or%20path%20of%20image%20for%20opengraph,%20twitter-cards%3E https://blog.khmersite.net/%3Clink%20or%20path%20of%20image%20for%20opengraph,%20twitter-cards%3E Hugo -- 0.154.0 en Fri, 18 Jun 2021 18:11:44 +1000 https://blog.khmersite.net/p/lvm-device-blah-excluded-by-filter/ Fri, 18 Jun 2021 18:11:44 +1000 https://blog.khmersite.net/p/lvm-device-blah-excluded-by-filter/ <p>If you use LVM frequently enough, especially when re-using existing disks, you might come a cross a problem when you&rsquo;re unable to create a physical volume from that disk. For example, here is what I encountered today when I tried to create a physical volume on a device called <code>/dev/sdb</code>.</p> <div class="highlight"><pre tabindex="0" style="color:#f8f8f2;background-color:#272822;-moz-tab-size:4;-o-tab-size:4;tab-size:4;"><code class="language-console" data-lang="console"><span style="display:flex;"><span>[root@db3 ~]# pvcreate /dev/sdb </span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span> Device /dev/sdb excluded by a filter. </span></span></code></pre></div><p>I&rsquo;m sure I haven&rsquo;t had any filters in <code>/etc/lvm/lvm.conf</code>.</p>