This page is read only. You can view the source, but not change it. Ask your administrator if you think this is wrong. [[http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/index.html|LVM REFERENCE]] ===== MISC NOTES ===== [[https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/680801/pvcreate-cant-use-dev-sda-device-is-partitioned|pvcreate: Can't use /dev/sda: device is partitioned]] Upon my first attempt, ''pvcreate -ff /dev/vdh'' did not work for me, whether or not the disk contains a partition. <code> ''pvcreate -ff /dev/vdh Cannot use /dev/vdh: device is partitioned '' </code> I had to use ''wipefs'' first to get rid of all metadata. <code>''root@nextcloud:~ # wipefs --all --backup /dev/vdh /dev/vdh : 8 bytes were erased at index 0x00000200 (gpt) : 45 46 49 20 50 41 52 54 /dev/vdh : 8 bytes were erased at index 0x9c3fffffe00 (gpt) : 45 46 49 20 50 41 52 54 /dev/vdh : bytes were erased at index 0x000001fe (PMBR) : 55 aa /dev/vdh : ioctl call to reread partition table: Success'' </code>