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Rescan the devices (can detect new space when disk is resized OR new devices that were attached)
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# Reference: http://blog.gurudelleccelsopicco.org/2009/09/online-lun-expansion-and-partition-resizing-without-reboot-under-linux/ | |
echo 1 > /sys/block/[DEVICE]/device/rescan | |
# DETECT IF NEW DISKS ARE ATTACHED TO THE HOST | |
# Reference: http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/vmware-add-a-new-hard-disk-without-rebooting-guest.html | |
ls /sys/class/scsi_host | |
# Output: | |
# host0 host1 ... | |
# Now type the following to send a rescan request: | |
echo "- - -" > /sys/class/scsi_host/host0/scan | |
fdisk -l | |
# OR | |
ls /sys/class/scsi_host/ | while read host ; do echo "- - -" > /sys/class/scsi_host/$host/scan ; done |
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