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Procedures of finding the target "/dev/sg" device

First method

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Method 1

Open a terminal console and issue:

# lsscsi -g

The output will look something like:

[0:0:0:0]    disk    VMware   Virtual disk     1.0   /dev/sda   /dev/sg0
[0:0:1:0]    disk    VMware   Virtual disk     1.0   /dev/sdb   /dev/sg1
[0:0:2:0]    disk    VMware   Virtual disk     1.0   /dev/sdc   /dev/sg2
[0:0:3:0]    disk    VMware   Virtual disk     1.0   /dev/sdd   /dev/sg3
[0:0:10:0]   tape    COMPAQ   SDLT320          5F5F  /dev/st0   /dev/sg9
[0:0:11:0]   tape    COMPAQ   SDLT320          5F5F  /dev/st1   /dev/sg10
[0:0:12:0]   mediumx COMPAQ   MSL5000 Series   0520  /dev/sch0  /dev/sg11

(info) If the "lsscsi" command is not installed on you system, use "yum install lsscsi" to make it available. If you cannot install "lsscsi", use method 2 or method 3 below.

Method 2

Open a terminal console and issue:

# cat /proc/scsi/sg/device_hdr; cat /proc/scsi/sg/devices

The output will look something like:

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Method 3

On a freshly booted system, issue the following command:

# dmesg | grep sg

The output will look like that:

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