HP XP10000 pvcreate for example, /dev/rdsk, with vgcreate, newfs for example, /dev/vg01/r/vo/x

Error Condition	Recommended Action
Physical volumes cannot be	Verify that the disk array logical devices are correctly formatted.
created (pvcreate).	Verify that the character-type device file exists.
	Verify that the correct character-type device file name is used with
	pvcreate (for example, /dev/rdsk/...).
Volume group cannot be	Verify that the directory for the new volume group exists.
created (vgcreate).	Verify that the control file exists.
	Verify that the correct major number (64) and minor number are used
	with mknod.
	Verify that the block-type device file exists and is entered correctly
	with vgcreate.
	Verify that the physical volume is not already allocated to another
	volume group.
Logical volumes cannot be	Verify that the volume capacity for OPEN-x volumes is not greater
created (lvcreate).	than the maximum capacity allowed. See the Device Emulations
	Appendix.
	Verify that the capacity of the volume group is not less than the total
	capacity of the partitioned logical volume.
The file system cannot be	Verify that the character-type device file is entered correctly with
created (newfs command).	newfs (for example, /dev/vg01/r/vo/x).
A file system is not mounted	Verify that the host was restarted correctly.
after rebooting.	Verify that the file system attributes are correct.
	Verify that the auto-mount information in the /etc/checklist
	(/etc/fstab) file is correct.

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