parted-3.2 from sle15-sp1 works s390lp4:~ # parted -m -s /dev/mapper/3600c0ff0002612a8390be45c01000000 print BYT; /dev/mapper/3600c0ff0002612a8390be45c01000000:550GB:dm:512:512:msdos:Linux device-mapper (multipath):; 1:1049kB:3500MB:3499MB:::type=83; s390lp4:~ # parted -a cyl -m -s /dev/mapper/3600c0ff0002612a8390be45c01000000 unit cyl set 1 type 0x82 s390lp4:~ # parted -m -s /dev/mapper/3600c0ff0002612a8390be45c01000000 print BYT; /dev/mapper/3600c0ff0002612a8390be45c01000000:550GB:dm:512:512:msdos:Linux device-mapper (multipath):; 1:1049kB:3500MB:3499MB:::type=82;