scsi_id does not return any identifier

Hello,

I use VMware Server 1.0.5 on OEL 5.1 (32bit, kernel 2.6.18-53). All guests run OEL 5.1 as well. The box is used for testing Oracle. I cannot use scsi_id to get an identifier so that udev could be setup later. scsi_id does not return any output nor any error.

VM configuration shows (I omitted network/floppy/powerType/memory/uuid entries):

config.version = "8"

virtualHW.version = "4"

scsi0.present = "TRUE"

scsi0.virtualDev = "lsilogic"

scsi0:0.present = "TRUE"

scsi0:0.fileName = "RAC1.vmdk"

scsi0:0.writeThrough = "TRUE"

displayName = "RAC1"

guestOS = "other26xlinux"

scsi0:0.redo = ""

ide1:0.startConnected = "TRUE"

disk.locking = "FALSE"

diskLib.dataCacheMaxSize = "0"

diskLib.dataCacheMaxReadAheadSize = "0"

diskLib.dataCacheMinReadAheadSize = "0"

diskLib.dataCachePageSize = "4096"

diskLib.maxUnsyncedWrites = "0"

scsi1.present = "TRUE"

scsi1.virtualDev = "lsilogic"

scsi1.sharedBus = "VIRTUAL"

scsi1:1.present = "TRUE"

scsi1:1.fileName = "/u01/VM/shared/ocr.vmdk"

scsi1:1.mode = "independent-persistent"

scsi1:1.deviceType = "disk"

scsi1:1.redo = ""

The log files shows only:

Jul 07 13:01:24: vcpu-0| SCSI DEVICE (scsi1:1): INQUIRY request with EVDP set

I use (/dev/sdb maps to scsi1:1 from the above):

# fdisk -l /dev/sdb

Disk /dev/sdb: 1073 MB, 1073741824 bytes

255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 130 cylinders

Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System

/dev/sdb1               1         130     1044193+  83  Linux

# scsi_id -g -v -s /block/sdb

# cat /etc/scsi_id.config

options=-g

sg_inq from sg_utils gives an error

# sg_inq -p=83 -h /dev/sdb

VPD INQUIRY, page code=0x83:

    inquiry cdb: 12 01 83 00 fc 00

inquiry:  Fixed format, current;  Sense key: Illegal Request

Additional sense: Invalid field in cdb

  Info fld=0x0

  Sense Key Specific: Error in Command byte 256

VPD INQUIRY, page code=0x83: failed

What could be wrong here?

Have a nice day,

Pawel