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HUNGAMA
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neww hdd to linux virtual

Hi guys I am trying to add a new hdd to a linuc virtual server but it is not detecting within the os. Does anyone know any trick. I don't want to restart the server

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AndreTheGiant
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Or you restart the server, or you do a SCSI rescan inside Linux.

See also http://communities.vmware.com/message/1264042

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HUNGAMA
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I am not using LVM

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AndreTheGiant
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In the first part of the discussion there was a link:

http://www.garloff.de/kurt/linux/scsidev/

And also some useful comment.

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Texiwill
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Hello,

Moved to Virtual Machine and Guest OS forum.

I have almost always had to reboot the VM. However, if you can rescan the SCSI bus, then there is a chance the driver can see the disk. If so then do 'fdisk -l' to see if it can see /dev/sdd. However if you added a /dev/hdd which is an iDE drive then you will have to reboot the VM.


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