Script to make an inventory of data store

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• Script control? Relocation of the data store

  Hi all

  I am a beginner with PowerCLI and I'm interested in doing common tasks I would do in the PowerCLI Client.  What I'm trying to accomplish is to get all of my ESX hosts in a cluster and remove a host data store.

  Here's what I got after Connect-viserver using:

  Get-Cluster "cluster name" | Get-VMHost | Remove-data store "DatastoreName".

  I think it's that simple.

  Thank you

  Jim

  I'm afraid it's a bit more complicated than that.

  The cmdlet Remove-Datastore expects an object of data store via the parameter - store data or through the pipeline.

  The parameter - VMHost does not take arguments pipeline.

  If your data store is unique, you can do something like this

  Get-Cluster 'cluster name' | Get-VMHost | %{
     Remove-Datastore 'DatastoreName' -VMHost $_
  }
  

  In this way, you use the object in the pipeline ($_) explicitly as an argument of the parameter - VMHost.

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• Kickstart: Local data store destroyed do not reinstall it

  I noticed that when I reinstall ESXi 5 on a server already built, the previous local data store is not destroyed.

  I said to make a 'install' and 'overwritevmfs '.

  install - firstdisk = mptsas, local - overwritevmfs

  in the upper part of the kickstart but the store of previous local data remains.

  I tried to use clearpart

  clearpart - alldrives - overwritevmfs

  Yet the local data store of the previous generation, as well.

  Part of my process of kickstart is to rename the store local data (datastore1) to a meaningful name that includes the hostname so if I reinstall, the data store rename fails (since there is no datastore1 on the 2nd install).  Also, I need to know the name of the data store, as I'm checking out the files ' / ' when installing (via oem.tgz) and move before the first reboot in the section post % (or they will be gone). The only persistent location is the local data store. This also effects kickstart for resettlement syslog that goes to the local data store as well.

  Suggestions on how do I delete a data store local existing during the installation (unless you delete the RAID and re-create)?

  -JC

  I wrote the following script to rename the local old data store ESXi 5.0 using Primo-kickstart script:

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  AcceptEULA

  #clearpart - firstdisk = cciss, local - all - overwritevmfs # removes all partitions on local drive (for G1 blade servers) but will not erase the label VMFS

  clearpart - firstdisk = hpsa, local - all - overwritevmfs # removes all partitions on local drive (for G6 blade servers) but will not erase the label VMFS

  install - firstdisk = hpsa, local - overwritevmfs

  rootpw SECRET

  reset

  % include/tmp/networkconfig

  % pre - interpreter = busybox

  # extract information network startup

  VMK_INT = "vmk0".

  VMK_LINE = $(localcli réseau ip interface ipv4 get | grep "${VMK_INT}")

  IPADDR = $(echo "${VMK_LINE}" | awk '{print $2}")

  NETMASK = $(echo "${VMK_LINE}" | awk '{print $3}")

  GATEWAY = $(esxcfg-route | awk '{print $5}')

  DNS = "10.130.0.21,10.130.0.22."

  Hostname = $(nslookup "${IPADDR}" | grep adresse | awk '{print $4}')

  echo ' network - bootproto = static - addvmportgroup = false - device = vmnic0 - ip = ${IPADDR} - netmask = ${MASK} - gateway = ${GATEWAY} - nameserver = ${DNS} - hostname = ${HOSTNAME} "> / MC

  p/networkconfig

  firstboot % - interpreter = busybox

  # Extract the host name of the host number

  # Example: HC - moon01.tapkit .net = ' 01, sc - moon02.tapkit .net = ' 02, sc - moonNN.tapkit .net = 'NN ',.

  HL ='hostname-s | WC-c"

  hostNum = $(nom d'hôte-s | cut-c'expr $hl-2'-'expr $hl-1')

  # Rename the local data store to something more meaningful

  # Find the current local data store NAME (exclude all the SAN HSV200 data store)

  DatastoreName = "$(liste étendue d'esxcli stockage vmfs |) grep ' esxcli - trainer = csv - format-param = fields = "Device, model" list of basic storage device | grep - v "HSV200". grep - v "Device". cut - d-f1' | AWK '{print $1}')'

  NewDataStoreName = "datastore$ hostNum.

  # Rename the data store

  Vim - cmd hostsvc/datastore/rename $DatastoreName $NewDataStoreName

  # copy % first startup script newspapers to persistent data store

  CP /var/log/hostd.log "/ vmfs/volumes/$NewDataStoreName/firstboot-hostd.log".

  CP /var/log/esxi_install.log "/ vmfs/volumes/$NewDataStoreName/firstboot-esxi_install.log".

  # Needed for configuration changes that cannot be performed in esxcli (thank you VMware)

  reset

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  I hope this helps...

  A big thank you to William Lam for his great contribution: http://www.virtuallyghetto.com/2011/07/automating-esxi-5x-kickstart-tips.html

  Gilles Marcil

• Migration of all the catalog items to a different data store in the same storage profiles

  Hello

  is any possibility to migrate everything in the catalog (time and iso files) to a different data store that has the same profile (Silver) storage group?  Because I have 2 groups of data store with the same profile of storage (Silver) and I want to delete one of this cluster.

  I found this kb: http://KB.VMware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US & cmd = displayKC & externalId = 2058094 but it speaks solely of media files of migration between different storage profiles.

  Have vCD 5.6.4

  You happen to use rapid Provisioning?  This is probably the only problem I can think of.

  Environments that have no linked Clones or shadows created from them, you can just Storage vMotion them between the same storage policy data warehouses.  Just make sure that the data store or a store of data clusters are visible in vCloud Director first of all in the framework of this storage policy.

  When you use linked clones, I don't remember the exact process... I think that I have in my office somewhere (I'm at home now).

• Remove a VMFS data store or disassemble and remove the

  All,

  I need your help in this matter. I have 55 shops of VMFS 3 data that I want to go to VMFS5. I want to take advantage of the block size of 1 MB, so I need to delete the database and then recreate and format it with the size of the block vmfs5 1 mb

  question:

  Make a right click data store, delete, recreate

  or

  Follow the instructions on Ko 2004605 States to take it apart, then detach.

  Hello

  Yes, you must follow the 2004605 Ko, so that it doesn't create a situation of ODA on ESXI host, which can lead to unstable ESXi host.

  Concerning

  Mohammed

• How to remove a data store abandoned?

  Hello! I am the systems administrator for my organization where we have HP P6300 storage attached to our cluster of ESXi5. Usually, if we need a new Vdisk to any virtual computer, we create a new vdisk in storage and add them as a new data store in Vsphere, then we create the file within this new data store vmdk. I had to remove a disk of a virtual server. The steps are as below:

  1 remove the data from the drive

  2. remove the disk from the virtual machine and delete the vmdk file

  3 remove the data from the cluster of data store store

  4. remove the data store

  5 remove the vCenter store data (inventory------Clusters data store and data warehouses-right click on the data store and delete)

  6 - anyone the vdisk to ESXi hosts

  7 remove the vdisk to Storage Manager.

  But I made a mistake and missed the STEP n ° 4 and 5.

  Now I see the attached message whenever I'm trying to remove it. Guidelines for this problem and remove this missing data store in the vCenter?

  Thank you

  Ali

  OK, you have a way of death. The only way to fix it must restart the host.

  Kind regards

  Julien

• Question about the replica data store

  I am set up a plan view and I can't find anything on the lines how much I should put on a data store. We have a pretty small environment with approximately 120 related clones.

  Can I create pools of 5 to 10 for all use the same data replica store? I don't want to have all these little datastore who chew on the SAN iSCSI connections. It would be easier to have a data store that is easy to move all replicas.

  Thank you.

  Yes, you can store several replicas to a data store.  It is often considered to be best practices in order to unload the aftershocks of a SSD data store.    I just would make sure that the data store can handle IO reading for all replicas.

• simple script for the list of all data warehouses properties

  I searched a lot of scripts to get information about my data stores. I can quickly export most the properies of that I need right to a csv file vCenter. A flagrant lack room is the 'space Proviosoned' display of list of data store. I look at the properties of each data store to see this information. Y at - it a script that can get this information?  For this script, I don't reallt care about the news at the virtual machine level.

  Until they solve this problem, you can use something like this

  Get-Datastore | where {$_.Type -eq "VMFS"} | Select Name,
         @{N="Status";E={$_.Extensiondata.OverallStatus}},
         @{N="Device";E={$_.Extensiondata.Info.Vmfs.Extent[0].DiskName}},
         @{N="Capacity";E={"{0:f2} GB"-f ($_.CapacityMB /1KB)}},
         @{N="Free";E={"{0:f2} GB"-f ($_.FreeSpaceMB /1KB)}},
         @{N="Provisioned";E={"{0:f2} GB"-f (($_.ExtensionData.Summary.Capacity - $_.ExtensionData.Summary.FreeSpace + $_.ExtensionData.Summary.Uncommitted) /1GB)}},
         @{N="Type";E={$_.Extensiondata.Info.Vmfs.Type.ToLower() + $_.Extensiondata.Info.Vmfs.MajorVersion}},
         @{N="Last Update";E={$_.Extensiondata.Info.Timestamp}}
  

• Register VMS in vCenter inventory data store

  All of the scripts of the guru out there, Hi

  I am putting together a DR solution for our virtual machines, we currently use the IBM midsize V7000 with Remote Copy to replicate some data warehouses.

  Now I have done some extensive testing and found that, when you make a switch of PROD to the doctor there is a bit of a process to get the running virtual machine.

  1. I have to do a full sweep of the HBAs again. Under storage cards, you can see the assigned as mounted storage devices, however you should always access the storage and go the the Wizard "Add Storage" to readd the data store with the option volume resignaturing. So this part is not painful except it adds a different naming convention in the name of the data store, example a data store named prd_lun100 is named snap-5a18365a-prd_lun100 , so I have to rename the default data store.

  2. I have to go through data warehouses and add each virtual machine in the inventory which is very tedious, and the part very I need to automate.

  I tried that one line, I found here-> http://www.wooditwork.com/2011/08/11/adding-vmx-files-to-vcenter-inventory-with-powercli-gets-even-easier/

  New-VM-VMFilePath"[prd_lun100] SERVER01/SERVER01.vmx"-VMHost"VMHost01.local"

  If possible, I would like to expand on this point, in the following way:

  1 Add the warehouses of data with the correct naming convention, using the identifier for naa to the LUN or LUN ID # to automate, possibly pull this info to a CSV list.

  2. Add a lining above, but a VM list CSV, however add is a DRS rather ESXi Cluster host, if possible priority add virtual machines by a kind of Pavilion of groups in the CSV file.

  3. turn the VMs based on a priority.

  I would really really appreciate if someone can help with this, I know that probably a big ask, but scripting is not my forte and don't know where to start.

  This shouldn't be too difficult.

  Read file names from a CSV file and then checks each VMX file you will find if it is in the list.

  Something like that

  $targetVMX = Import-Csv C:\vmxnames.csv -UseCulture
  $Cluster = "LON_PROD1" $Datastores = "lonservers*" $VMFolder = "LondonAppServers" $ESXHost = Get-Cluster $Cluster | Get-VMHost | select -First 1 foreach($Datastore in Get-Datastore $Datastores) {
     # Set up Search for .VMX Files in Datastore
     $ds = Get-Datastore -Name $Datastore | %{Get-View $_.Id}
     $SearchSpec = New-Object VMware.Vim.HostDatastoreBrowserSearchSpec   $SearchSpec.matchpattern = "*.vmx"   $dsBrowser = Get-View $ds.browser   $DatastorePath = "[" + $ds.Summary.Name + "]"   # Find all .VMX file paths in Datastore, filtering out ones with .snapshot (Useful for NetApp NFS)
     $SearchResult = $dsBrowser.SearchDatastoreSubFolders($DatastorePath, $SearchSpec) | where {$_.FolderPath -notmatch ".snapshot"} | %{$_.FolderPath + ($_.File | select Path).Path}
     #Register all .vmx Files as VMs on the datastore
     foreach($VMXFile in $SearchResult) {
       if($targetVMX -contains $VMXFile){
        New-VM -VMFilePath $VMXFile -VMHost $ESXHost -Location $Folder -RunAsync    }
     }
  }
  

• Script for the content data store

  Hello

  I'm new in the world of Vmware of scripts.

  I used powercli and real working examples of scripts to find my way.

  I am trying to create an inventory of the existing infrastructure of vmware.

  I have a list of all the VMS and their data store, but I also need a data store content.

  As:

  a list of all the stores of data in a data center.

  Download all the contents of the data store (folders, files vmdk, iso files, other files)

  A list of all the folders / files with VMservers still known in the inventory.

  The goal is to know if there are any files/VMservers on the data store, which are no longer in use and to check if we have duplicate in other data stores files

  Thanks in advance for any assistance.

  Best regards

  Dany

  Take a look at the data store provider

  Try something like

  dir vmstore: \-recurse

• Data store to the way policy script host

  Hi all

  I use this little script to identify the host LUN political path and status, but hoped someone could help to change the LUN list with a naa starting with naa.600500* and rather than list the lunName data store name?

  $lunpathinfo = @()
  foreach ($vmhost in get-cluster "CLUSTER" | get-vmhost) {
  $hostview= to seen $vmhost. id
  $hostview. config . StorageDevice . multipathinfo . lun | % { `
  $lunname = $_.id
  $lunpolicy = $_.policy.policy
  $_.path | % {
  $pathstate = $_.pathstate
  $lunpathinfo += ' | Select @{name = "Hostname"; expression = {$vmhost.name}}.
  @{name = "LunName"; expression = {$lunname}},
  @{name = "LunPolicy"; expression = {$lunpolicy}},
  @{name = "PathState"; expression = {$pathstate}}
  }
  }
  }
  $lunpathinfo | Export-csv c:host_luns.csv

  Hello, nicholas1982-

  You can also retrieve the CanonicalName of LUN, so as to then be able filter on them.  You can do filtering in the script foreach block, or, probably a more reusable way, return the CanonicalName as property and then filter on this subject.  So, as:

  &{foreach ($vmhost in Get-Cluster "CLUSTER" | Get-VMHost) {    ## the .Net View of this host, with just a select set of properties    $hostview = Get-View $vmhost.id -Property Config.Storagedevice.Multipathinfo.Lun,Config.Storagedevice.ScsiLun    $hostview.Config.Storagedevice.Multipathinfo.Lun | % {        ## the Lun "key" of this HostMultipathInfoLogicalUnit, to be used to get the corresponding ScsiLun of the same Key, so as to get the CanonicalName of the LUN        $strThisMPInfoLun_LunKey = $_.Lun        $lunname=$_.Id        $lunpolicy=$_.Policy.Policy        $_.path | % {            New-Object -Type PSObject -Property @{                Hostname = $vmhost.Name                LunName = $lunname                LunPolicy = $lunpolicy                PathState = $_.Pathstate                ## the CanonicalName of the ScsiLun that corresponds to this HostMultipathInfoLogicalUnit                LunCanonicalName = ($hostview.Config.Storagedevice.ScsiLun | ?{$_.Key -eq $strThisMPInfoLun_LunKey}).CanonicalName            } ## end new-object        }    }}} | ?{$_.LunCanonicalName -like "naa.600500*"} | Export-Csv -NoTypeInformation -UseCulture  c:\Temp\host_luns.csv
  

  As well as the new property, I changed things a bit:

  1. past the exit the ScriptBlock objects, for more later use/handling/filtering/etc.
  2. update the call to Get-View to retrieve only the specified properties (the properties actually used and necessary), for the love of speed

  How to make this good for you?

• Help with the data store migration script

  Hey everybody,

  I am currently responsible for the migration of disks in new storage. Each virtual computer might have multiple disks on different data warehouses. The script I'm working on that will check the VM for the disks located on a certain store of data, then if necessary to migrate the disk to the new data store. However, I'm lost. I hope I'm at least on the right track. Any help is very appreciated.

  Thank you!

  $csv = import-Csv-Path "e:\scripts\hunter\vantage_qadev.csv".

  foreach ($ent in ($csv))

  {

  $ds = get-Datastore ' QADEV_OS_HUS127 * ' | Sort descending FreeSpaceGB | Select-Object - 1 first

  $vmname = get-VM-name $ent.vmnames

  $vmds = $vmname | Get-hard drive | Select file name

  If ($vmds - eq "* QADEVOS_VSP986 *") {Get - VM $ent.vmnames |} Get-hard drive | Moving-hard drive - Datastore $ds}

  Else {Write-Host "Migration without any preconditions"}

  }

  That's what I did to make it work. The fact it's supposed to I would say...

  $csv = Import-Csv -way "e:\scripts\hunter\vantage_prod.csv".

  foreach ($ent in ($csv))

  {

  $ds = Get-Datastore ' DST_PROD_OS_HUS127 * ' | Sorting FreeSpaceGB -down | Select-Object -First 1

  Foreach ($HardDisk in (Get-VM -name $ent.vmnames |)) (( Get - hard drive))

  {

  $vm = Get-VM -name $ent.vmnames

  $hds = Get - hard drive -VM $vm

  $lunname = Get-VM -name $ent.vmnames | Get - hard drive | Select-Object -Property @{N = "Datastore"; E = {$harddisk. FileName.Split("]") [0]. TrimStart("[")}}

  If ($lunname - like "* DM_PROD_OS_VSP986 *") {Get-VM -name $ent.vmnames |} Get - hard drive | Moving - hard drive { -Data store $ds -confirm: $false}

  else {Write-Host $ent.vmnames ' not migrated '}

  }

  }

  What is a better way to do it?

• Specify a data store in scripts

  Hello

  How can I specify a particular data within this cluster store for this script?

  Model source #Get
  $Template = get-Template-name "template_1601422".
  #Get a host within the cluster development
  $VMHost = get-Cluster ' Carrollton Dev - Vsphere 5' | Get-VMHost | Get-Random
  #Deploy our new virtual machine
  New-VM-template $Template-name "devtest1" - VMhost $VmHost

  Thank you

  Greg

  You can use a Where clause to filter (s) you want.

  Get-Cluster ' Carrollton Dev - Vsphere 5' | Get-VMHost | Get-Datastore. Where {$_.} Name - eq "equallogic-1-flight-2"} | Sort-Object-Unique

  But why make it so difficult, that you can just do the Get - data store with that name.

  Get-Datastore-name "equallogic-1-flight-2.

• I have to put the inventory data store VMs

  I have a list of data store 5 (datastore1, datastore2,... datastore5). in this, I need to save all the .vmx to inventory files... If need a powercli script.

  Please take a look at http://www.lucd.info/2011/08/11/vmx-raiders-revisited/ to see if that helps.

  André

• script to create the folder on the data store please

  Hi all!

  I'm having difficulties writing a powercli script to create a file on a data store... we have a mixture of guests ESX 3.5, 4.0 and 4.1, using data storage mounted via NFS.

  For work I do, I need to:

  (1) create a folder on a data store (check that the folder does not already exist).

  2) navigate to the folder

  (3) and check if a particular file exists in this folder.

  The problem is that the context of my current position makes the code does not. the get-location method returns "C:\temp\ESX", being the record that I run the test script to. I try to use set-card with various settings to try to change the location of a particular data store, but it does not yet work-get-location returns "C:\temp\ESX".

  I think that the code for step 3) above is ok, but I can't get any code to work for) 1 and 2).

  can someone please?

  Thank you

  Ross.

  You must use the vimdatastore provider to access your data warehouses.

  It is documented in vSphere PowerCLI Administration Guide, which is installed on the PC where you installled PowerCLI.

  You can use the 'normal' cmdlets to navigate, test and create folders.

  For example:

  CD vmstore:

  LS # will show the upper level

  CD MyDatastore\MyFolder # navigate with the alias "cd".

  test-path MonAutreDossier # check the existence of a folder or file

  mkdir test # create a folder

  I hope this helps