Dynamic storage space linking

A method for linking a storage space to an active server, comprising:

• adding a new disk drive image to a server description for the server, the new disk drive image corresponding to the storage space to be linked;
• detecting changes on a SCSI bus indicating the new disk drive image corresponding to the storage space;
• and
• presenting the new disk drive image to users connected to the server.

A method for linking a storage space to an active network server, comprising:

• adding a new disk drive image to a network server description for the network server through a host server operating system, the new disk drive image corresponding to the storage space to be linked, the storage space residing on a storage device connected to a SCSI port of a host server;
• locking the new disk drive image and storing open pointers of the storage space;
• sending a linking request from the host server operating system to a network server operating system;
• in response to the linking request, sending a device scanning request from a device driver of the network server operating system to a disk management program of the host server operating system;
• in response to the device scanning request, detecting changes on a SCSI bus of the host server, requesting response from each device connected to each SCSI port of the host server and reporting the new disk drive image to the disk driver of the network server operating system;
• and
• presenting the new disk drive image to users connected to the network server.