On Fri, Nov 6, 2015 at 9:56 AM, Boris Epstein <borepst...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > On Thu, Nov 5, 2015 at 8:23 AM, Tris Hoar <trish...@bgfl.org> wrote: > >> On 04/11/2015 20:59, John R Pierce wrote: >> >>> On 11/4/2015 12:52 PM, Boris Epstein wrote: >>> >>>> I don't get this for some reason... not even sure why. ESXi's default >>>> behaviour seems to be to allow hotplug, that does not seem to be >>>> deactivated. I am just not sure. Wonder if this could be the Centos 7 >>>> vs 6 >>>> - perhaps that is what I ought to test for. >>>> >>> >>> what virtual SCSI controller type are you using for these VM's? Mine are >>> 'paravirtual'. >>> >>> >> Also, what guest OS and VM hardware version is the guest running as? >> >> Tris >> >> >> ************************************************************* >> This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential >> and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they >> are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify >> postmas...@bgfl.org >> >> The views expressed within this email are those of the individual, and >> not necessarily those of the organisation >> ************************************************************* >> >> _______________________________________________ >> CentOS mailing list >> CentOS@centos.org >> https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >> > > Tris, John, > > Thanks! > > I blew away the original VM I was using for testing as it came time to do > the things for real in production - and, as much as I hated it, I just > added the disk and rebooted the production machine to make it "see" that > disk. > > However, I have then decided to investigate the matter further. So I > created a new one. It is running on an ESXi 5.5 server, VM Version 10, > VMware Paravirtual SCSI controller, configured for RedHat 6/64-bit OS, > running Centos 6/64 bit. And it worked perfectly when it came to "seeing" a > hotplugged disk drive. > > So I am not sure what to make of all of it - but it looks like freshly > created VM's are OK and it was indeed something to do with the VM settings. > > Cheers, > > Boris. > > Hello all, OK, looks like I have figured it out. It seems to be a matter of the SCSI bus emulation: things work fine with the Paravirtual but do not with the LSI Parallel. Good to know:) Thanks for all your help, everybody. Cheers, Boris. _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
