list disks rdm with powershell

[Josito]

Hello ,

i like how lists disk rdm of a vm .Command get-hardisk give me location vmdk , capacity , but i want more informatation disks RDMs

Por example , i want to list imformation like vmhba 1:0:9:0 , SCSI (2:1) , etc for each disk .

Someone can gime some help

Thanks

[LucD]

This gives the devicename of each RDM disk for each vm.

$report = @()
$vms = Get-VM | Get-View
foreach($vm in $vms){
  foreach($dev in $vm.Config.Hardware.Device){
    if(($dev.gettype()).Name -eq "VirtualDisk"){
	  if($dev.Backing.CompatibilityMode -eq "physicalMode"){
	    $row = "" | select VMName, HDDeviceName, HDFileName
          $row.VMName = $vm.Name
	    $row.HDDeviceName = $dev.Backing.DeviceName
	    $row.HDFileName = $dev.Backing.FileName
	    $report += $row
	  }
	}
  }
}
$report

[munizaba]

Hi LucD,

Can you please check attached Script since is not producing any result.

Regards,

[LucD]

Could it be that there are no raw disks ?

Perhaps try without the test for "physicalMode".

$report = @() 
$vms = Get-VM | Get-View 
foreach($vm in $vms) {
			foreach($dev in $vm.Config.Hardware.Device)	{
				if(($dev.gettype()).Name -eq "VirtualDisk")	{ 
#					if($dev.Backing.CompatibilityMode -eq "physicalMode"){ 
						$row = "" | select VMName, HDDeviceName, HDFileName 
						$row.VMName = $vm.Name 
						$row.HDDeviceName = $dev.Backing.DeviceName 
						$row.HDFileName = $dev.Backing.FileName 
							$report += $row 
					} 	
#				} 
			} 
} 
$report

[munizaba]

Thanks mate, is working now:

$report = @()

$vms = Get-VM | Get-View

foreach($vm in $vms) {

foreach($dev in $vm.Config.Hardware.Device) {

if(($dev.gettype()).Name -eq "VirtualDisk") {

$row = "" | select VMName, HDDeviceName, HDFileName

$row.VMName = $vm.Name

$row.HDDeviceName = $dev.Backing.DeviceName

$row.HDFileName = $dev.Backing.FileName

$report += $row

}

}

}

$report

[LucD]

Just came to realise that RDMs come in 2 flavours, physical and virtual.

Since I only tested for physical and your RDMs are probably in virtual compatibility mode they didn't show.

This script should only show RDMs but for both compatibility modes

$report = @()
$vms = Get-VM | Get-View
foreach($vm in $vms){
  foreach($dev in $vm.Config.Hardware.Device){
    if(($dev.gettype()).Name -eq "VirtualDisk"){
	  if(($dev.Backing.CompatibilityMode -eq "physicalMode") -or 
	     ($dev.Backing.CompatibilityMode -eq "virtualMode")){
	    $row = "" | select VMName, HDDeviceName, HDFileName, HDMode
          $row.VMName = $vm.Name
	    $row.HDDeviceName = $dev.Backing.DeviceName
	    $row.HDFileName = $dev.Backing.FileName
	    $row.HDMode = $dev.Backing.CompatibilityMode
	    $report += $row
	  }
	}
  }
}
$report

[brekus]

This script is great. Just as an FYI, instead of looking for disks that are virtual or physical mode, I looked for disks that were not equal to flat.

[gboskin]

Hi all ....

I was wondering how to add the RDM size to this table ??

Kind regards

[LucD]

The answer is in

[emmar]

Hi,

This script is great is there a way to get it to output what ESX host the VMs are on?? Is there a property for the host within the $vm object??? something like $vm.Host??

Thanks

Emma

[LucD]

Yes, the VirtualMachine object contains, under the Runtime.Host property, a MoRef to the host on which the VM is running or assigned.

The script could then be something like this:

$report = @()
$vms = Get-VM  | Get-View
foreach($vm in $vms){
  foreach($dev in $vm.Config.Hardware.Device){
    if(($dev.gettype()).Name -eq "VirtualDisk"){
	  if(($dev.Backing.CompatibilityMode -eq "physicalMode") -or 
	     ($dev.Backing.CompatibilityMode -eq "virtualMode")){
	    $row = "" | select VMName, VMHost, HDDeviceName, HDFileName, HDMode, HDsize
          $row.VMName = $vm.Name
	    $row.VMHost = (Get-View $vm.Runtime.Host).Name
	    $row.HDDeviceName = $dev.Backing.DeviceName
	    $row.HDFileName = $dev.Backing.FileName
	    $row.HDMode = $dev.Backing.CompatibilityMode
           $row.HDSize = $dev.CapacityInKB
	    $report += $row
	  }
	}
  }
}
$report