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• cmdlet for hardware device SCSI controller

  I want to create a list of buslogic machine and the machine of lsi logic.

  What is the cmdlet for reading my (buslogic or lsi logic) the virtual machine scsi controller? Is there a command/object for this applet?

  I can't find anything on its with get-help: S

  You're right, in the current building no cmdlet is direct to get the type of controller.

  Take a look to find the type of controller SCSI of all virtual machines to a script that does what you want to do.

• Adding new SCSI controller: "error string: invalid operation for the '0' device.»

  Hello

  I have a problem when I try to add a SCSI controller to a virtual machine.

  I have this error:

  Error string: invalid operation for the device '0'.

  Lack of details: InvalidDeviceOperation

  Here is my code:

  my $info = Description-> new (label = > summary of "" SCSI controller 2 ' = > 'LSI Logic parallel' ");

  my $controller = VirtualLsiLogicController-> new)

  deviceInfo = > $info,

  scsiCtlrUnitNumber = > '7'.

  sharedBus = > VirtualSCSISharing-> new ('noSharing'),

  busNumber = >-1,

  key = >-1,

  backup = > $backing_info,

  controllerKey = > 100,

  );

  My $devspec = VirtualDeviceConfigSpec-> new (operation = > VirtualDeviceConfigSpecOperation-> new ('add'),)

  device = > $controller,

  fileOperation = > VirtualDeviceConfigSpecFileOperation-> new ('create').

  );

  My $vmspec = VirtualMachineConfigSpec-> new (deviceChange = > [$devspec]);

  {eval

  $vm_view-> ReconfigVM (spec = > $vmspec);

  Util::trace (0, "Controller has been created. \n") ;

  };

  I don't know how to handle, or even how to solve problems.

  Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.

  Kind regards

  Jeremy

  I finally found a solution.

  It seems that it fails if you give a marked as mandatory parameter (scsiCtlrUnitNumber, hotAddRemove)... Theses parameters seem to be set automatically, a dump of the device which will show.

  Here's the code used:

  My = $controller_spec

  VirtualDeviceConfigSpec-> new (device-online VirtualLsiLogicController-> new (key-online 0

  device-online [0],

  busNumber => $scsi_controller.

  sharedBus => VirtualSCSISharing-> new ('noSharing')),

  operation => VirtualDeviceConfigSpecOperation-> new ('Add'));

  My $vmspec = VirtualMachineConfigSpec-> new (deviceChange-online [$controller_spec]);

  {eval

  $vm_view-> ReconfigVM (spec-online $vmspec);

  };

• Adding a virtual drive on the SCSI controller with sharing fails physical/virtual

  I have added a virtual disk to a SCSI controller with bus sharing physical or virtual, which is put down to the code below. Same code gets successfully if the bus share is 'noSharing '.

  $vmView = Vim::find_entity_view (view_type = > 'VirtualMachine', filter = > {name = > $vms [0]});
  $controllerKey = find_scsi_cntlrkey (vm = > $vmView, controller = > $cntlr);
  my hash % =)
  VM = > $vmView,
  diskMode = > 'persistent. "
  fileName = > $filename,
  controllerKey = > $controllerKey,
  unitNumber = > $target,
  size = > "5242880",.
  backingtype = > "ordinary."
  UUID = > UNDEF,
  deviceName = > UNDEF,
  );
  My $filespec = get_vdiskSpec (%hash);
  print Dumper $filespec;
  My $vdisk = add_virtualdisk (vm = > $vmView, devspec = > $filespec);

  Run the command:

  amrut@2:~/scripts/VMware/apps$ perl RDM_add.pl - vmname vm1 - Server vcenter_server name of [email protected] past Pass@123--op generation add - 2, 2 - controller filename vm_232
  Addition of new LsiLogicSAS vSCSI 2 Controller to "vm1.
  Successfully added
  $VAR1 = bless ({}
  'fileOperation' = > bless ({}
  'val' = > 'create '.
  (}, 'VirtualDeviceConfigSpecFileOperation'),
  'operation' = > bless ({}
  'val' = > 'Add '.
  (}, 'VirtualDeviceConfigSpecOperation'),
  'device' = > ({bless him
  'capacityInKB' = > '5242880',.
  "backup" = > bless ({}
  'Filename' = > ' [datastore1 (4)]/vm1/vm_232.vmdk',)]
  'diskMode' = > 'persistent '.
  (}, "VirtualDiskFlatVer2BackingInfo").
  'unitNumber' = > 2,
  'controllerKey' = > '1002',.
  'key' = >-1
  (}, "VirtualDisk")
  (}, "VirtualDeviceConfigSpec");
  Cannot configure the virtual device.

  amrut@2:~/scripts/VMware/apps$

  In vcenter GUi I get below error:

  Has no power on scsi2:2.
  Cannot add the disk scsi2:2.

  But more successful if sharing of bus is none!

  amrut@uptohell2:~/scripts/VMware/apps$ perl RDM_add.pl - vmname vm1 - Server vcenter_server name of [email protected] past Pass@123--op generation add - 1:2 - filename vm_232 controller
  $VAR1 = bless ({}
  'fileOperation' = > bless ({}
  'val' = > 'create '.
  (}, 'VirtualDeviceConfigSpecFileOperation'),
  'operation' = > bless ({}
  'val' = > 'Add '.
  (}, 'VirtualDeviceConfigSpecOperation'),
  'device' = > ({bless him
  'capacityInKB' = > '5242880',.
  "backup" = > bless ({}
  'Filename' = > ' [datastore1 (4)]/vm1/vm1_232.vmdk',)]
  'diskMode' = > 'persistent '.
  (}, "VirtualDiskFlatVer2BackingInfo").
  'unitNumber' = > 2,
  'controllerKey' = > '1001'.
  'key' = >-1
  (}, "VirtualDisk")
  (}, "VirtualDeviceConfigSpec");
  Created virtual disk.
  amrut@2:~/scripts/VMware/apps$

  Can you get it someone please let me know, we should pass us any other parameter for the addition of SCSI controller with bus sharing physical/virtual disk?

  Thank you

  Celine

  Yes, the stand is adjustable to all types at deployment time.  You need to change your disk with the correct support add operation.

• Add disk Workflow fails when you use the LSI Logic SAS SCSI controller

  I'm in vCenter Orchestrator 4.0.1

  When you try to run the workflow work add drive on a virtual machine that uses the LSI Logic SAS SCSI controller I get an error no controller found.

  This workflow is under: library-> VIM 3-> Virtual Machine Management-> device management

  The workflow add disk supports the LSI Logic SAS controller?  If this is not the case, no idea of how to create my own custom adds workflow to disk that would work with this controller?

  Thank you!

  Which plugin you have configured to talk to your Virtual Center? the plugin 3.5 or 4.0 plugin? If you have used the plugin 4.0, you must use the library-> VC-> * workflow so that the correct objects get used.

• Get the PCI slot for a virtual SCSI controller number?

  Is it possible to retrieve the number of a virtual SCSI controller for PowerCLI PCI slot?  I dug everywhere but I can't find anywhere in ExtensionData SCSI controllers and hard disks.

  I would like to use to correlate VMDK disks Windows because all the scripts I found goes off a hypothesis on how devices assigned one PCI slots, and in my conclusions, these assumptions are not 100% reliable.

  I checked the properties of both of these items with no luck:

  $VirtualSCSIAdapters = $VMView.Config.Hardware.Device | Where-Object {$_.} DeviceInfo.Label - match "SCSI controller"}

  $VirtualDiskDevices = $VMView.Config.Hardware.Device | Where-Object {$_.} DeviceInfo.Label - match 'Hard drive'}

  I know that at the very least, the slot is stored in the vmx file.  In the worst scenarios, it is possible to collect data of vmx?

  It is get you what you need?

  $vm = get - vm 'test '.

  $vm. ExtensionData.Config.ExtraConfig | where {$_.} Key - eq "scsi0.pciSlotNumber"}

• Why do not the remove-hard drive remove a disc with a new SCSI controller?

  Hi PowerCLI gurus,

  I try to use PowerCLI to automate the solution for article configuration of disks to use VMware Paravirtual (PVSCSI) SCSI adapters (1010398).

  Remove-hard drive sometimes gives me a misleading error when I use it to remove a hard drive with a new SCSI controller.

  The FlatHardDisk specified 'Hard disk 3' no longer exists, or never existed.

  Can anyone here explain the error?

  My version of vCenter server is 5.1.0.

  My PowerCLI version is 2.0.

  Here's what I've done to reproduce the error.

  First of all, I connect to vCenter and stop the virtual machine.

  $TestVM = 'TESTVM '.

  $TestServer = ' vcenter - test.local ".

  SE connect-VIServer-Server $TestServer

  Stop-VM - $TestVM VM - confirm: $false

  I add a new hard drive and store it in a variable so I can refer to it for the next steps.

  New hard drive '.

  -VM $TestVM '

  -Persistent persistence"

  -Flat DiskType '

  CapacityKB - 1024'

  StorageFormat - thin '

  -OutVariable TempDisk

  I make a note of its name.

  $TempDisk.Name

  Because my VM already has 2 discs, the output is "hard drive 3.

  Then I add a new SCSI controller on the hard drive.

  New SCSI controller.

  Hard drive - $TempDisk '

  -Type ParaVirtual '

  NoSharing - BusSharingMode

  Now, I try to remove the hard drive from the variable to remove the disc.

  Remove-hard drive - hard drive $TempDisk - DeletePermanently-confirm: $false

  It fails with an error that says "Hard drive 3" has already been removed.

  Remove HDD: 12/02/2014-18:51:33 remove-hard drive the FlatHardDisk specified 'Hard disk 3' no longer exists, or never existed.

  On line: 1 char: 1

  + Delete-hard drive - hard drive $TempDisk - DeletePermanently-confirm: $false

  + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

  + CategoryInfo: ObjectNotFound: (3:FlatHardDiskImpl drive) [Remove-hard drive], VimException

  + FullyQualifiedErrorId: Client20_VirtualDeviceServiceImpl_TryValidateDeviceExists_DeviceDoesNotExist, VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Cmdlets.Commands.RemoveHardDisk

  But I see that there are still "hard drive 3"!

  Get-disk hard - VM $TestVM - name 'hard drive 3.

  CapacityGB persistence Filename

  ----------      -----------                                    --------

  0.001 persist... B-DATA-01] TESTVM/TESTVM_9.vmdk

  Is this a bug or am I missing something?

  I don't think that the cmdlet uses actually the UID, but more likely a MoRef to the vSphere object that represents the hard disk.

  Remember that under the covers most of the PowerCLI cmdlets do calls to the vSphere API.

  Change the Uid, property value indicates that the hard drive connected to the new controller is a new and different purpose.

  And this explains why the hard drive remove does not work with the original hard disk object, it no longer exists.

• Add the new SCSI controller and new drive - powershell SDK

  Hi all

  I'm trying to add the new disc of paravirtual to my VMs. There are two types of virtual machines in the environment; a Paravirtual controller attached and others are without controller; so my task is to set the new drive of paravitual using powershell SDK.

  So far I am successful with my code if the controller is already present but the script fails when I try to attach the controller. with the error.

  RecommendDatastores: The method call failed because [System.Object []] contains a method named "RecommendDatastores".

  C:\NodeDeployment\Inprogress\Add_newPVScsiDisk.ps1:111 tank: 44

  + $generatedkey = $SRM. RecommendDatastores < < < < ($storageSpec)

  + CategoryInfo: InvalidOperation: (RecommendDatastores:String)], RuntimeException

  + FullyQualifiedErrorId: MethodNotFound

  
  

  I know that this script is not good enough to post here because it is an initial draft, but in the script attached please help me with the present part-

  The Script requires a csv with VMname entry; Disksize to be attached and store cluster data

  else {
              Write-Host "Paravirtualized SCSI Controller Not Found in $vmname.. Trying to add new scsi controller and additional Hard-disk..."
              $NewSCSIDevice = New-Object VMware.Vim.VirtualDeviceConfigSpec
              $NewSCSIDevice.operation = "add"
              $NewSCSIDevice.device = New-Object VMware.Vim.ParaVirtualSCSIController
              $NewSCSIDevice.device.key = -222
              $NewSCSIDevice.device.busNumber = ($allScSiController.BusNumber.Count)
              $NewSCSIDevice.device.sharedBus = "noSharing"
              $NewDiskDevice.device.controllerKey = -222
              $NewDiskDevice.device.unitNumber = 0
              $NewDiskDevice.device.capacityInKB = ($diskSize * (1024 * 1024))
              $storageSpec.configSpec.deviceChange += $NewDiskDevice
              $storageSpec.configSpec.deviceChange += $NewSCSIDevice
              $generatedkey = $SRM.RecommendDatastores($storageSpec)
              $key = $generatedkey.Recommendations[0].Key
              $SRM.ApplyStorageDrsRecommendation_Task($key)
  }
  
  

  OK I have it myself; I guess busnumber was the problem. He converted to INT working like charm...

  Now, I have to work with storage Drs IE. with the ReconfigureVM_task method. hoping that will work also...

  else {}

  [int] $busnumber = $allScSiController.Count

  Write-Host "paravirtualized SCSI Controller not found in $vmname... Try to add the new controller scsi and extra hard drives... »

  $NewSCSIDevice = new-Object VMware.Vim.VirtualDeviceConfigSpec

  $NewSCSIDevice.operation = 'Add '.

  $NewSCSIDevice.device = new-Object VMware.Vim.ParaVirtualSCSIController

  $NewSCSIDevice.device.key = - 222

  $NewSCSIDevice.device.busNumber = $busnumber

  $NewSCSIDevice.device.sharedBus = "noSharing".

  $NewDiskDevice.device.controllerKey = - 222

  $NewDiskDevice.device.unitNumber = 0

  $NewDiskDevice.device.capacityInKB = ($diskSize * (1024 * 1024))

  $storageSpec.configSpec.deviceChange += $NewDiskDevice

  $storageSpec.configSpec.deviceChange += $NewSCSIDevice

  $generatedkey = $SRM. RecommendDatastores ($storageSpec)

  $key = $generatedkey. Recommendations [0]. Key

  $SRM. ApplyStorageDrsRecommendation_Task ($key)

  }

  ---

  Concerning
  Sanshis

• Addition of RDM but bo SCsi controller is added

  Hello

  I am trying to create a cluster between two virtual machines that are on two servers different esxi. I use SAN VNX 5100. My esxi version is 5.1.

  I am trying to add RDM hard drive but when I completed the steps, it didn't add the SCSi controller.

  Any idea?

  Kind regards

  Talha

  This statement is a useful guide that covers the process for a few common scenarios: http://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-50/topic/com.vmware.ICbase/PDF/vsphere-esxi-vcenter-server-50-mscs-guide.pdf

• Trying to type of SCSI controller with guest operating system list

  I'm trying to shoot a list using PowerCLI of each virtual machine, each SCSI controller and the operating system, it runs. I'm able to pull data very well, but the problem that I am running attempts to export it with anything (html, csv, xml). Here is my script up to now:

  $vm = get-View - ViewType VirtualMachine-property @("nom", "Config.Hardware.Device", "Guest.GuestFullName") | Select-Object - property name, @{N = "SCSI controller"; E={($_. Config.Hardware.Device | where {$_.} DeviceInfo.Label - match "SCSI"}). DeviceInfo.Summary}}, @{N = 'Running OS'; E={$_. Guest.GuestFullName}} | Format-Table - Autosize-Wrap

  The problem that I am running is when I try to make:

  $vm | convetto-html

  It exports which seems to be a GUID ID, but not the actual data. If I echo the variable $vm, I see the data I expect to formatted as I want to, I can't go out only in a format outside of the console. I also tried another method

  $vms = get-View - ViewType VirtualMachine-property @("nom", "Config.Hardware.Device", "Guest.GuestFullName")
  $result = @)
  foreach ($vm to $vms)
  {
  $newrow = "" | Select-object Name, controller, OS
  $newrow.name = $vm.name
  $newrow.controller = $vm | Select-Object - property ($_.) Config.Hardware.Device | where {$_.} DeviceInfo.Label - match "SCSI"}). DeviceInfo.Summary
  $newrow.os = $vm | Select-Object - property $____. Guest.GuestFullName
  $result += $newrow
  }

  It lists the name of the virtual machine, but the other two columns show VMware.Vim.VirtualMachine. Probably missing me something simple here, but I can't understand it. What Miss me?

  Thank you for your help in advance.

  Try this:

  $vms = Get-View -ViewType VirtualMachine -Property @("Name", "Config.Hardware.Device", "Guest.GuestFullName")
  $result = @()
  foreach($vm in $vms)
  {
      $newrow = "" | select-object Name, Controller, OS
      $newrow.name = $vm.name
      $newrow.controller = ($vm.Config.Hardware.Device | where{$_.DeviceInfo.Label -match "SCSI"}).DeviceInfo.Summary
      $newrow.os = $vm.Guest.GuestFullName
      $result += $newrow
  }
  

• Type of SCSI controller and the driver for Win XP Pro

  Can anyone tell me please what SCSI type should I use for Windows XP Pro? Any SCSI controller I use, VSphere, ensures an error telling me that Win XP does not support the driver that uses VMware ESX to SCSI virtual devices - but it works very well.

  Any help is appreciated. TY

  This is the document that I always follow when creating XP workstations,

  http://www.VMware.com/files/PDF/XP_guide_vdi.PDF

  Note that you need the new version of the driver for new service packs.

  That said, like André request can you put a picture of your error.

  As a result, I'm moving this post to the guest OS of the forums section.

• Remove the SCSI controller change question of VMWare

  Hello

  I used PowerCLI for create a virtual machine and replace it with instead of buslogic SCSI LSILogic controller. I did it by using the following code:

  function updateSCSIController ($vmName, $ctrlName)

  {

  $vm = get - VM $vmName | Get-View

  1. Get the controller and devices on

  $vm. Config.Hardware.Device | where {$_.} DeviceInfo.Label - eq $ctrlName} | % {

  $oldCtrl = $_

  $ctrlKey = $_. Key

  $devs = @)

  $_. Device | % {

  $devKey = $_

  $vm. Config.Hardware.Device | where {$_.} Key - eq $devKey} | % {

  $devs += $_

  }

  }

  }

  1. Create the specification for the device changes

  $bootDelay = 10000

  $spec = new-Object VMware.Vim.VirtualMachineConfigSpec

  $spec. BootOptions = New-Object VMware.Vim.VirtualMachineBootOptions

  $spec. BootOptions.BootDelay = $bootDelay

  1. Remove the old controller

  $old = new-Object VMware.Vim.VirtualDeviceConfigSpec

  $old.device = $oldCtrl

  $old.operation = 'delete '.

  $spec. DeviceChange += $old

  1. Update the devices connected to the controller

  $devs | % {

  $dev = new-Object VMware.Vim.VirtualDeviceConfigSpec

  $dev.device = $_

  $dev.device.ControllerKey = - 100

  $dev.operation = "Edit."

  $spec. DeviceChange += $dev

  }

  1. Add the new controller

  $new = new-Object VMware.Vim.VirtualDeviceConfigSpec

  $new. Device = New-Object VMware.Vim.VirtualLsiLogicController

  $new. Device.Key = - 100

  $new. Device.ControllerKey = $oldCtrl.ControllerKey

  $new. Device.UnitNumber = $oldCtrl.UnitNumber

  $new.operation = 'Add '.

  $spec. DeviceChange += $new

  $vm. ReconfigVM ($spec)

  }

  However when I try to start the virtual machine Via code, it gives me an error saying that the virtual machine has questions to be decided.

  This is the question asked by VMWare:

  sg.disk.AdapterMismatch: the disk attached to the node SCSI0:0 has been created for the Buslogic SCSI adapter but SCSI0 Virtual Machine device is a SCSI LSI Logic card.

  VMware ESX Server can change the free disc adapter type. Attention of the user, if a guest operating system is installed on the drive, it is perhaps not able to start.

  Do you think Vmware ESX Server to change the type of adapter for SCSI0:0 disk

  This issue can be removed through PowerCLI?

  This is the part of code that fails

  updateSCSIController - vmName $name - ctrlName "SCSI controller 0.

  Start-VM - $vm VM - confirm: $false

  $vm | Get-CDDrive. Game-CDDrive-connected: $true - confirm: $false

  I don't know if you can remove the question, but you can respond with the Set-VMQuestion cmdlet.

  ____________

  Blog: LucD notes

  Twitter: lucd22

• LSI Logic SCSI controller, how will I know if I use it?

  I read in the 4.5 Administrator's guide view that they suggest that you use the LSI Logic SCSI so adapter when configuring the virtual machine, I chose "Custom" and LSI Logic parallel for the SCSI controller and the installation of XP, I did the steps "F6" then "S" and made him a floppy image, I created on the site of LSI and the driver appeared as "LSI Logic PCI Fusion-MPT Driver (XP 32 - bit).  Everything went very well with the installation but I don't see a SCSI adapter that is listed in the Windows Device Manager and in the virtual machine's .vmx file, I open in Wordpad does not from there. I also checked the settings of the virtual machine when he was running down and do not see a SCSI card that there are listed be?

  But in the virtual machine settings, I do not see a SCSI LSI controller.

  You must use SCSI drives instead of IDE disks.

  André

• New hard drive fails on Windows Server 2008 VM with LSI Logic SAS SCSI controller

  When I try to add a new hard disk to a virtual computer with the cmdlet New-disk hard of a Windows Server 2008 virtual computer, I get the following error:

  New-hard drive: 18/01/2010-14:59:48 New-B8EDFDDF-ACF6-43AC-B111-51D332290FC7 hard drive for the entity vm-315 failed with the following message: "Number of virtual devices exceeds the maximum for a given controller."
  On line: 1 char: 13
  + new hard drive & lt; & lt; & lt; & lt; VM - $vm [5] - capacityKB 4194304
  + CategoryInfo: InvalidArgument: (vm - 315:String) , ViError
  + FullyQualifiedErrorId: Client20_TaskServiceImpl_CheckServerSideTaskUpdates_OperationFailed, VMware.VimAutomation.Commands.NewHardDisk

  When assigning a different virtual machine, for example the parallel LSI Logic Controller, it is not a problem at all. When I add additional disks using the VI Client, there also no problem, regardless of the SCSI controller I use.

  Someone had this problem as well? Y at - it a known solution?

  Hi rengelen,

  I admit that I was pretty murky about when the fix will be available. The thing is that VMware has a policy that employees should not mention liberation time unless we are certain that we can keep his promise of 100%. Hence statemens as 'will be available in a future release.

• Portege 7200 pci missing scsi controller

  Can someone help me with the following problem. One of my friends was a protégé of 7200. He had reinstalled it by Toshiba. Now when it boots up it it aks for bus pci scsi controller drivers.

  Because he probably needs to access its external cd-rom drive, it cannot access the windows cd. Does anyone know where the drivers or where to find them?

  THNX

  Hello

  Go to http://eu.computers.toshiba-europe.com then download driver. Choose the Portege 7200 and highlight the download link!

  Rudi Bye