'sd' devices are not created however 'sg' devices could be seen for external storage.
Issue
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sd devices are missing for some of the paths from external storage.
[6:0:0:22] disk IBM 2145 0000 /dev/sdbt /dev/sg82 [6:0:0:23] disk IBM 2145 0000 /dev/sdbu /dev/sg83 - sd devices are missing for following paths from external storage [6:0:0:24] disk IBM 2145 0000 - /dev/sg119 [6:0:0:25] disk IBM 2145 0000 - /dev/sg120 [6:0:0:26] disk IBM 2145 0000 - /dev/sg121
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PQual value is not equal to 1 which could lead to missing sd devices as per Why is a scsi device name not created for all paths of LUN?
# sg_inq /dev/sg119 standard INQUIRY: PQual=0 PDT=0 RMB=0 LU_CONG=0 hot_pluggable=0 version=0x06 [SPC-4] ...
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
- Device Peripheral Qualifier is currently 0
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