DISK Add New Volume from VMWare host

Installation of a New Physical Volume

1. Create and allocate the disk to the Linux guest on the VMWare Host.

Linux

1. On the Linux guest, rescan the SCSI Bus.
   1. # echo '- - -' > /sys/class/scsi_host/host#/scan
2. If you do not know the host, just scan the entire SCSI Bus.
   1. # echo 'scsi add-single-device' 0 0 X 0 > /proc/scsi/scsi
      1. X is the Next SCSI ID.

1. Review the messages log for the new device name of the disk.
   1. # tail /var/log/messages
2. Follow the PV Install Procedure.

Further Reading

1. VMWare/Linux - Add a New Hard Disk without Rebooting
2. rootvg: Redhat Linux How to dynamically add LUNs to Qlogic HBA