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

Mauricio Tavares raubvogel at gmail.com
Wed Nov 4 15:27:52 UTC 2015


On Wed, Nov 4, 2015 at 10:22 AM, Boris Epstein <borepstein at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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.
>
      Dumb question: did dmesg even bother to notice *something* was attached?

> 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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