VMware guest unable to see newly added disks
Issue
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After upgrade to RHEL 7.6, newly added disk to guest OS is not visible even after re-scanning the host bus. The newly added disk is discovered only after a reboot.
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This issue is observed only while using
kernel-3.10.0-957.el7
, it is not reproducible with RHEL 7.5kernel-3.10.0-862
or while using VMware Paravirtual SCSI controller (PVSCSI
)
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6 (
3.10.0-957.el7
) LSI Logic SAS/Fusion-MPT SAS
controllerVMware ESXi6.5.0
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