VMware vSphere SDKs and Tools 8.0

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Scanning Storage Adapters
Last Updated December 16, 2024

You must perform a rescan operation each time you reconfigure your storage setup.
You can scan by using the
vSphere Client
 or the
esxcli storage core adapter rescan
 command.
esxcli storage core adapter rescan
 supports the following additional options.
  • -a|--all or -A|--adapter=<string>
     – Scan all adapters or a specified adapter.
  • -S|--skip-claim
     – Skip claiming of new devices by the appropriate multipath plug-in.
  • -F|--skip-fs-scan
     – Skip filesystem scan.
  • -t|--type
     – Specify the type of scan to perform. The command either scans for all changes (
    all
    ) or for added, deleted, or updated adapters (
    add, delete, update
    ).
The following command scans a specific adapter and skips the filesystem scan that is performed by default. 
esxcli <conn_options> storage core adapter rescan --adapter=vmhba33 --skip-claim
The command returns an indication of success or failure, but no detailed information.

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