I have some Oracle RAC nodes that have been built with all shared disks, ASM , etc. I need to attach the shared disks (IndependentPersistent) to the other nodes in the RAC.
I think I have a pretty good idea of how this should work. This is what I have so far:
$vm1 = Get-VM -Name PRD-DB01
$vm2 = Get-VM -Name PRD-DB02
$scsi2 = (Get-ScsiController -VM $vm2 | Where-Object{$_.extensiondata.busNumber -eq 2})
$scsi3 = (Get-ScsiController -VM $vm2 | Where-Object{$_.extensiondata.busNumber -eq 3})
$sharedHD = (Get-HardDisk -VM $vm1 | Where-Object {$_.Persistence -eq "IndependentPersistent"})
$sharedHD | FT -AutoSize
CapacityGB Persistence Filename
---------- ----------- --------
80.000 IndependentPersistent [XIO-ORACLE-VM-01] PRD-DB01/PRD-DB01_2.vmdk
80.000 IndependentPersistent [XIO-ORACLE-VM-01] PRD-DB01/PRD-DB01_4.vmdk
75.000 IndependentPersistent [XIO-ORACLE-VM-01] PRD-DB01/PRD-DB01_6.vmdk
75.000 IndependentPersistent [XIO-ORACLE-VM-01] PRD-DB01/PRD-DB01_8.vmdk
80.000 IndependentPersistent [XIO-ORACLE-VM-01] PRD-DB01/PRD-DB01_3.vmdk
80.000 IndependentPersistent [XIO-ORACLE-VM-01] PRD-DB01/PRD-DB01_5.vmdk
75.000 IndependentPersistent [XIO-ORACLE-VM-01] PRD-DB01/PRD-DB01_7.vmdk
75.000 IndependentPersistent [XIO-ORACLE-VM-01] PRD-DB01/PRD-DB01_9.vmdk
75.000 IndependentPersistent [XIO-ORACLE-VM-01] PRD-DB01/PRD-DB01_10.vmdk
75.000 IndependentPersistent [XIO-ORACLE-VM-01] PRD-DB01/PRD-DB01_12.vmdk
75.000 IndependentPersistent [XIO-ORACLE-VM-01] PRD-DB01/PRD-DB01_11.vmdk
75.000 IndependentPersistent [XIO-ORACLE-VM-01] PRD-DB01/PRD-DB01_13.vmdk
15.000 IndependentPersistent [XIO-ORACLE-VM-01] PRD-DB01/PRD-DB01_14.vmdk
15.000 IndependentPersistent [XIO-ORACLE-VM-01] PRD-DB01/PRD-DB01_16.vmdk
15.000 IndependentPersistent [XIO-ORACLE-VM-01] PRD-DB01/PRD-DB01_15.vmdk
15.000 IndependentPersistent [XIO-ORACLE-VM-01] PRD-DB01/PRD-DB01_17.vmdk
15.000 IndependentPersistent [XIO-ORACLE-VM-01] PRD-DB01/PRD-DB01_18.vmdk
15.000 IndependentPersistent [XIO-ORACLE-VM-01] PRD-DB01/PRD-DB01_20.vmdk
15.000 IndependentPersistent [XIO-ORACLE-VM-01] PRD-DB01/PRD-DB01_19.vmdk
15.000 IndependentPersistent [XIO-ORACLE-VM-01] PRD-DB01/PRD-DB01_21.vmdk
So I have all of the disk info from the first node. The first 4 disks need to go to $scsi2, the next 4 to $scsi3, back and forth.
I've tried this:
PS C:\> foreach ($disk in $sharedHD[0,1,2,3]) {
New-HardDisk -VM $vm2 -DiskPath $disk.Filename -Persistence $disk.Persistence -Controller $scsi2
}
CapacityGB Persistence Filename
---------- ----------- --------
80.000 IndependentPersis... ...RACLE-VM-01] PRD-DB01/PRD-DB01_2.vmdk
New-HardDisk : 9/19/2020 9:36:06 AM New-HardDisk Invalid configuration for device '0'.
At line:2 char:1
+ New-HardDisk -VM $vm2 -DiskPath $disk.Filename -Persistence $disk.Per ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [New-HardDisk], InvalidDeviceSpec
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : Client20_VirtualDeviceServiceImpl_AttachHardDisk_ViError,VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Cmdlets.Commands.VirtualDevice.NewHardDisk
New-HardDisk : 9/19/2020 9:36:12 AM New-HardDisk Invalid configuration for device '0'.
At line:2 char:1
+ New-HardDisk -VM $vm2 -DiskPath $disk.Filename -Persistence $disk.Per ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [New-HardDisk], InvalidDeviceSpec
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : Client20_VirtualDeviceServiceImpl_AttachHardDisk_ViError,VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Cmdlets.Commands.VirtualDevice.NewHardDisk
New-HardDisk : 9/19/2020 9:36:16 AM New-HardDisk Invalid configuration for device '0'.
At line:2 char:1
+ New-HardDisk -VM $vm2 -DiskPath $disk.Filename -Persistence $disk.Per ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [New-HardDisk], InvalidDeviceSpec
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : Client20_VirtualDeviceServiceImpl_AttachHardDisk_ViError,VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Cmdlets.Commands.VirtualDevice.NewHardDisk
So the first disk attaches to the correct adapter, but then it fails. The VM also shows the newly attached disk as No Sharing, but it was created as MultiWriter.
I have tried manually specifying the adapter as $scsi2:1, but that didn't work either.