Some additional tips, you can use `partprobe -s /dev/sdi` or `wipefs /dev/sdi` to find out whether some magic string(filesystem, gpt, etc) on it. And use lvmdiskscan to find all available disk on server. Damon 2018-05-30 18:49 GMT+08:00 Marian Csontos <mcsontos@xxxxxxxxxx>: > On 05/23/2018 05:53 PM, Wyllys Ingersoll wrote: >> >> Using the following lvm2 version on Ubuntu 16.04.3 running kernel 4.16.03 >> LVM version: 2.02.176(2) (2017-11-03) >> Library version: 1.02.145 (2017-11-03) >> Driver version: 4.37.0 >> >> ceph-volume attempts to create a VG on a raw block device to use as a >> bluestore OSD. The command it uses looks like this: >> >> vgcreate --force --yes ceph-a637b0e7-e54f-4fe9-8afc-a74671d94f6e /dev/sdi >> >> The disk (/dev/sdi) in this case is a blank (no partition table) GPT >> label 3.7T drive. > > > So is it a GPT device or not? If yes, it HAS a partition table after all, > and LVM filters such devices out, even if the partition table is empty. > > Run `wipefs -a /dev/sdi` first to remove any FS/GPT signatures. > > -- Martian > >> >> vgcreate complains and fails: >> stderr: Device /dev/sdi excluded by a filter. >> >> I cannot figure out what "filter" is causing this. The global_filter >> in lvm.conf is wide open: >> filter = [ "a|.*/|" ] >> >> Turning up debug logging does not show any additional reasons. >> Repeatedly running pvscan or vgscan to update the cache does not fix >> it either. >> >> What could be blocking this device from being used? >> >> thanks, >> Wyllys Ingersoll >> Keeper Technology, LLC >> >> _______________________________________________ >> linux-lvm mailing list >> linux-lvm@xxxxxxxxxx >> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-lvm >> read the LVM HOW-TO at http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/ >> > > _______________________________________________ > linux-lvm mailing list > linux-lvm@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-lvm > read the LVM HOW-TO at http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/ _______________________________________________ linux-lvm mailing list linux-lvm@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-lvm read the LVM HOW-TO at http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/
