Can we add new VMDK (Vmware disk) to Suse 9 running on VMware with out restarting the server

[senthil_kumar_2]

Hi All,

How Can we add new VMDK (Vmware disk) to Suse 9 running on VMware with out restarting the server?

[Ivan Ferreira · Accepted solution]

Sometimes even for physical machines the only option to recognize a new disk is to restart the OS.

http://malaysiavm.com/blog/tips-add-disk-in-sles-online/

[Tim Nelson]

If vmware allows you to select different drivers for vdisks try scsi vs ide.. ( i believe "auto" defaults to ide)

The ide driver does not have a capacity for hot swap / rescan ..

( this works in Oracle VM, which is Xen, which i believe is the grand parent of VMWare )

best of luck....

[senthil_kumar_2]

Hi All,

Ivan's suggestion is working fine.

Follow these steps:

1)Create a new LUN and assign to the ESX
2)Server Storage Group on SAN.
3)Rescan Storage Adaptors on ESX Server
4)Virtual Infrastructure Console.
5)Add new Hard Disk into VM by Edit Setting.
6)Open VM Console(SSH will work as well).
7)Detect new disk command
# rescan-scsi-bus.sh
8)Find new disk command
#cat /proc/partitions
10)Create new partition on the disk command # fdisk /dev/sdx
11)Format new disk partition
# mkfs.ext3 /dev/sdx1
12)Edit /etc/fstab to add in permanent mount point for new disk and partition.
13)Mount new disk
# mount -a