DISK Add New Volume from VMWare host

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Installation of a New Physical Volume

  1. Create and allocate the disk to the Linux guest on the VMWare Host.
  2. On the Linux guest, rescan the scsi bus.
    1. # echo '- - -' > /sys/class/scsi_host/host#
  3. Review the messages log for the new device name of the disk.
    1. # tail /var/log/messages
  4. Partition the new disk.
    1. # fdisk /dev/<device name>

Further Reading

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