vmhost hba adapter wwpn not correct

[tdubb123]

When i check my wwpn from vcenter on a host vmhba: the values are:20:00:00:25:fa:40:00:74 

but when i use powercli to get portworldwidenodename

get-vmhosthba:

it get: 2305843171175342366

why is that? how do i get 

this

20:00:00:25:fa:40:00:74 from powercli  

[Alexandru Capras]

Just learned that powercli shows the WWN as a raw 64-bit decimal, while vCenter displays it in a hex format. You can convert that.

Try something like this:

$esxi = "Host FQDN"

$hba = Get-VMHost -Name $esxi

Get-VMHostHba -VMHost $hba | Where-Object Type -eq 'FibreChannel' |
Select-Object @{N='VMHost';E={$_.VMHost.Name}},
                  @{N='HBA';E={$_.Device}},
                  @{N='WWNN';E={"{0:X16}" -f $_.NodeWorldWideName}},
                  @{N='WWPN';E={"{0:X16}" -f $_.PortWorldWideName}}

[tbrock47]

I run a path checking script that does something similar to what Alexandru posted, but I use view instead and then rebuild the string with the colons.

    # Query all ESXi hosts and their storage device configuration

    Get-View -ViewType 'HostSystem' -Property Name, Config.StorageDevice | Sort-Object -Property Name | ForEach-Object {

        $View = $_

        # Overwrite the previous analyzing host output

        Write-Host ("`r`e[2KAnalyzing host: {0}" -f $View.Name) -ForegroundColor Cyan -NoNewline

        # For each Fibre Channel HBA in the host

        $View.Config.StorageDevice.ScsiTopology.Adapter | Where-Object { $_.Adapter -like '*FibreChannelHba*' } | ForEach-Object {

            # Extract HBA name and details

            $HBAName = $_.Adapter.Split('-') | Select-Object -Last 1

            $HBAInfo = $View.Config.StorageDevice.HostBusAdapter | Where-Object { $_.Device -eq $HBAName } |

            Select-Object Key, Device, Status,

            @{N = 'NodeWWN'; E = { (('{0:X}' -f $_.NodeWorldWideName) -split '(..)' | Where-Object { $_ }) -join ':' } },

            @{N = 'PortWWN'; E = { (('{0:X}' -f $_.PortWorldWideName) -split '(..)' | Where-Object { $_ }) -join ':' } }

            if (-not $HBAInfo) {

                Write-Warning ("[WARNING] No HBAInfo found for host '{0}', HBA '{1}'. Skipping this HBA." -f $View.Name, $HBAName)

                return

            }

            # Reset path state counters

            $active = 0

            $standby = 0

            $dead = 0

            # Count the number of paths in each state for this HBA

            $MultipathInfo = $View.Config.StorageDevice.MultipathInfo.Lun.Path | Where-Object { $_.Adapter -eq $HBAInfo.Key }

            $a = @($MultipathInfo | Where-Object { $_.PathState -like 'active' })

            $s = @($MultipathInfo | Where-Object { $_.PathState -like 'standby' })

            $d = @($MultipathInfo | Where-Object { $_.PathState -like 'dead' })

            $active += $a.Count

            $standby += $s.Count

            $dead += $d.Count

            # Add a record for this HBA to the results array

            $NewRecord = [PSCustomObject]@{

                VMHost  = $View.Name

                Adapter = $HBAInfo.Device

                NodeWWN = $HBAInfo.NodeWWN

                PortWWN = $HBAInfo.PortWWN

                Status  = $HBAInfo.Status

                Active  = $active

                Standby = $standby

                Dead    = $dead

            }

            $Array += $NewRecord

        }

    }