How Do I Scan a Disk for Storage in Linux?
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How do I rescan a disk in Linux?

When Adding a New Disk

  1. You can do this with the following command: echo “- – -” > /sys/class/scsi_host/hostX/scan.
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  3. The easiest way i’ve found is to rescan the specific device with the following command: echo “1” > /sys/class/block/sdX/device/rescan.
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21 июл. 2015 г.

How do you scan detect new LUNs on Linux?

Follow the steps below to scan the new LUN in OS and then in multipath.

  1. Rescan SCSI hosts: # for host in ‘ls /sys/class/scsi_host’ do echo ${host}; echo “- – -” > /sys/class/scsi_host/${host}/scan done.
  2. Issue LIP to FC hosts: …
  3. Run rescan script from sg3_utils:
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