[CentOS] getting a CentOS6 VM on VMware ESXi platform to recognize a new disk device

[Boris Epstein]

Hello Julius,

Thanks - but it doesn't seem to work.

I installed sg3_utils and ran
#scsi-rescan

but that seemed to have done nothing for some reason.

Cheers,

Boris.


On Wed, Nov 4, 2015 at 10:12 AM, Tnjulius <tnjulius at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Boris,
> Just rescan the scsi host.
> #scsi-rescan #if you have sg3_utils package
> #lsscsi
> Or
> #echo "- - -" > /sys/class/scsi_host/host[n]/scan
>
> Julius
>
> > On Nov 4, 2015, at 15:31, Boris Epstein <borepstein at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hello all,
> >
> > Is there a way to recognize a hot-plugged disk (i.e., to get the system
> to
> > recognize it and build the appropriate /dev/sd* device for the new
> device)
> > without a reboot?
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Boris.
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