/usr/bin/rescan-scsi-bus.sh

rescan-scsi-bus.sh included in sg3-utils package.

rescan-scsi-bus.sh -h

rescan-scsi-bus.sh --alltargets or rescan-scsi-bus.sh -a
...
...
32 new or changed device(s) found.
0 remapped or resized device(s) found.
0 device(s) removed.

rescan-scsi-bus.sh
Scanning SCSI subsystem for new devices
Scanning host 0 for  SCSI target IDs  0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7, all LUNs
 Scanning for device 0 0 0 0 ...
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Scanning host 1 for  all SCSI target IDs, all LUNs
Scanning host 2 for  SCSI target IDs  0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7, all LUNs
 Scanning for device 2 0 0 0 ...
.../...
Scanning host 3 for  all SCSI target IDs, all LUNs
0 new or changed device(s) found.
0 remapped or resized device(s) found.
0 device(s) removed.

Activities

1. Understand differences between pvscan which list all physical volumes and rescan-scsi-bus.sh
2. Read Change log: https://github.com/hreinecke/sg3_utils/blob/master/scripts/rescan-scsi-bus.sh

See also

• Block devices: blkid (UUID), lshw -class disk, hwinfo --disk, udevadm, rescan-scsi-bus.sh, LUN, hdparm, findfs, Add a new disk
• lsblk, pvscan lspci, lsscsi, smartctl, fdisk, parted, Kpartx, pvdiplay, pvs, udisksctl, /dev/sd, nvme list
• Fibre Channel: HBA, multipath-tools, multipath, multipath -ll, /etc/multipath.conf multipathd rescan-scsi-bus.sh powermt Device mapper dmsetup ls,
• File systems: clustered file system, tune2fs mkfs.ext4,superblock, e2fsck, resize2fs, mount, df, umount, UUID, fstab

https://github.com/hreinecke/sg3_utils/blob/master/scripts/rescan-scsi-bus.sh