'sd' devices are not created however 'sg' devices could be seen for external storage.

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • 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
    
  • 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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