[SOLVED] "One of the devices is part of an active md or lvm device" error on ZFS pool creation (dm-multipath)

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I'm facing an issue with creating ZFS pool with dm-mappers (clean 6.3 PVE)

I have HP gen8 server with dual port HBA connected with two SAS cables to HP D3700 and dual port SAS SSD disks SAMSUNG 1649a

I've installed multipath-tools and changed multiapth.conf accordantly .
Code:
root@254-pve-03345:/dev/mapper# cat /etc/multipath.conf
defaults {
        find_multipaths no
        polling_interval 5
        path_selector "round-robin 0"
        path_grouping_policy multibus
        rr_min_io 100
        failback immediate
        no_path_retry 0
        user_friendly_names no
        uid_attribute "ID_SERIAL"
}

devices {
        device {
                vendor "SAMSUNG"
                product "MZILT3T8HBLS/007"
                uid_attribute "ID_WWN"
                path_grouping_policy group_by_serial 
                prio const
                path_checker directio
        }
}


blacklist {
        devnode "^(ram|raw|loop|fd|md|dm-|sr|scd|st|nvme)[0-9]*"
        devnode "^(td|hd)[a-z]"
        devnode "^dcssblk[0-9]*"
        devnode "^cciss!c[0-9]d[0-9]*"
       wwid .*
}
blacklist_exceptions {
       wwid "5002538b*"
}
multipaths {
        multipath {
                wwid "5002538b*"

        }
}

Multipath daemon started and created dm devices and mappers correctly
Code:
root@254-pve-03345:/dev/mapper# multipath -ll
0x5002538b111bfc20 dm-27 SAMSUNG,MZILT3T8HBLS/007
size=3.5T features='0' hwhandler='0' wp=rw
`-+- policy='round-robin 0' prio=1 status=active
  |- 2:0:38:0 sdao 66:128 active ready running
  `- 2:0:39:0 sdap 66:144 active ready running
0x5002538b111bfbc0 dm-18 SAMSUNG,MZILT3T8HBLS/007
size=3.5T features='0' hwhandler='0' wp=rw
`-+- policy='round-robin 0' prio=1 status=active
  |- 2:0:32:0 sdai 66:32  active ready running
  `- 2:0:33:0 sdaj 66:48  active ready running

I've also changed lvm.conf to filter that devices on LVS scan.
Code:
...
        global_filter = [ "r|/dev/dm-.*|", "r|/dev/sd.*|", "r|/dev/zd.*|", "r|/dev/mapper/.*|", "r|/dev/mapper/.*-(vm|base)--[0-9]+--disk--[0-9]+|"]
        filter = [ "r/block/", "r/disk/", "r/sd./" ]
...


However, when I try to create ZFS pool with any dm- mappers names I get the following error:
Code:
root@254-pve-03345:/dev/mapper# zpool create -o ashift=13 test mirror /dev/mapper/0x5002538b111bfbc0 /dev/mapper/0x5002538b111bfc20
cannot open '/dev/mapper/0x5002538b111bfbc0': Device or resource busy
cannot open '/dev/mapper/0x5002538b111bfc20': Device or resource busy
cannot create 'test': one or more vdevs refer to the same device, or one of
the devices is part of an active md or lvm device

What did I miss? It drives me crazy(

Any suggestions would be very appreciated!
 
Did you make any progress?
cannot open '/dev/mapper/0x5002538b111bfbc0': Device or resource busy
Why is it busy? I think that is the interesting question here.
Do you get the same error from other commands? For example parted /dev/mapper/0x5002538b111bfbc0.
 
Did you make any progress?

Why is it busy? I think that is the interesting question here.
Do you get the same error from other commands? For example parted /dev/mapper/0x5002538b111bfbc0.

Yeap, I did some progress indeed

Unfortunately, I didn't manage to find out what caused "Device busy" - my assumption is that it somehow related to ZFS import (scan?) procedure that occurs on PVE (OS) start up (all the disks were a part of another ZFS pool from different storage without multipath - previous pool was created with /dev/disk/by-id/scsi-.. symlinks) - obvious previous pool was not active (imported) and even more it had been destroyed before disks were moved.

So I had to remove all partitions with parted (without any "Devices Busy" errors), wipe out with wipefs and reboot (for all 27 disks - that was a pain)))

After reboot I was able to create pool with "/dev/mapper/.." links sucessfully.
 
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Okay. Thanks for the update :) I marked the thread as solved. It might help others who have a similar problem.
 

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