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== Get Disk VML ID's ==
== Get Disk VML ID's ==
Get ESX disk VML ID's (SAN ID are a part of the VML - useful for identifying LUN's with SAN team). See [[ESX#SAN_LUN_ID|ESX SAN LUN ID]]
Get ESX disk VML ID's (SAN ID are a part of the VML - useful for identifying LUN's with SAN team). See [[Procedures_(ESX)#SAN_LUN_ID|ESX SAN LUN ID]]
<source lang="powershell"> Get-ScsiLun -VMHost MyESX* -LunType disk </source>  
<source lang="powershell"> Get-ScsiLun -VMHost MyESX* -LunType disk </source>


== Get SCSI paths ==
== Get SCSI paths ==

Latest revision as of 10:50, 7 September 2012

Get ESX software version etc

Get ESX software version (inc build no)

 get-vmhost -name MyESX* | %{(Get-View $_.ID).Config.Product}

Get VLANs

Get VLANs configured on ESX

 Get-VMHost MyESX* | Get-VirtualPortGroup | Sort VLanId | Select VLanId, Name

Get Disk VML ID's

Get ESX disk VML ID's (SAN ID are a part of the VML - useful for identifying LUN's with SAN team). See ESX SAN LUN ID

 Get-ScsiLun -VMHost MyESX* -LunType disk

Get SCSI paths

Get ESX SCSI paths info

 Get-ScsiLun -VMHost MyESX* -LunType disk | Get-ScsiLunPath

Get Fibre Channel HBA info

Get ESX Fibre Channel HBA info

 Get-VMHostHba -VMHost MyESX* | Where {$_.Type -eq "FibreChannel"} | Format-List *

Get HA Cluster Primaries

Display ESX hosts that are HA Primaries

 Get-Cluster | Get-HAPrimaryVMHost | Select Name

Recent Storage Errors

Display recent ESX storage errors

 Get-VIEvent -Entity (Get-VMHost MyESX*) -Type error | Where {$_.FullFormattedMessage -like "*storage*"} | Select CreatedTime, FullFormattedMessage

ESXi Logs

Generate diagnostic bundle

 Get-Log -VMHost (Get-VMHost "MyESX*") -Bundle -DestinationPath C:\Users\name

VPXA

Get vpxa log

 Get-Log vpxa -VMHost (Get-VMHost "MyESX*") | Select -ExpandProperty Entries

Messages

Get messages log

 Get-Log messages -VMHost (Get-VMHost "MyESX*") | Select -ExpandProperty Entries

HostD

Get hostd log from line 1000

 Get-Log hostd -VMHost (Get-VMHost "MyESX*") -StartLineNum 1000 -NumLines 100 | Select -ExpandProperty Entries

Filtered HostD

Get hostd log entries that include FindMe

 Get-Log hostd -VMHost (Get-VMHost "MyESX*") | Select -Expand Entries | Select-String FindMe

Grid View

Dump hostd log into GridView

 Get-Log hostd -VMHost (Get-VMHost "MyESX*") | Select -Expand Entries | Out-GridView