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== adding a new hard drive i.e. /dev/sdb ==

1) verify the drive of interest is recognized

# '''cat /proc/partitions'''
major minor #blocks name

7 0 52378 loop0
8 0 976762584 sda
8 1 4193297 sda1
8 2 4193297 sda2
8 3 968372935 sda3
8 16 1953514584 sdb
252 0 968359936 dm-0

sdb shows up so we are good...

2) Find the disk ID of the new device

# '''ll /dev/disk/by-id'''
total 0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Jan 23 13:35 edd-int13_dev81 -> ../../sdb
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Jan 23 13:35 scsi-SATA_WDC_WD10EACS-00_WD-WCASJ1527948 -> ../../sda
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jan 23 13:35 scsi-SATA_WDC_WD10EACS-00_WD-WCASJ1527948-part1 -> ../../sda1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jan 23 13:35 scsi-SATA_WDC_WD10EACS-00_WD-WCASJ1527948-part2 -> ../../sda2
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jan 23 13:35 scsi-SATA_WDC_WD10EACS-00_WD-WCASJ1527948-part3 -> ../../sda3
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Jan 23 13:35 scsi-SATA_WDC_WD20EARS-00_WD-WMAZA2044059 -> ../../sdb

3) Find out the 'host-uuid' in XenServer

# '''xe host-list'''
uuid ( RO) : 89568def-9ecf-44e4-ae21-35e353c40c82
name-label ( RW): myxenbox
name-description ( RW): Default install of XenServer

4) Create a Storage Repository (SR) using data from above:

xe sr-create content-type=user device-config:device=/dev/disk/by-id/''<scsi-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>'' host-uuid=''<host-uuid>'' name-label=”Local Storage 2” shared=false type=lvm

example:
# xe sr-create content-type=user device-config:device=/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_WDC_WD20EARS-00_WD-WMAZA2044059 host-uuid=89568def-9ecf-44e4-ae21-35e353c40c82 name-label=datastore1 shared=false type=lvm

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