VMkernel Name is no more visible on the PCI list when we run the esxcli hardware command in vSphere Version 8

[Avesh Sampara]

Can you suggest any alternative way to find the VMkernel Name as we are unable to fetch the detail as we are unable to fetch the details from the below commands. Please suggest any alternative 

$esxcli2 = Get-EsxCli -VMHost $vmhost -V2

$esxcli2.hardware.pci.list.Invoke()

As we are trying to fetch the data using the above commands.
Write-Host "`tGathering information from $vmhost ..."
        $pciDevices = $esxcli2.hardware.pci.list.Invoke() | Where-Object {$_.VMKernelName -like "vmhba*" -or $_.VMKernelName -like "vmnic*" -or $_.VMKernelName -like "vmgfx*" } | Sort-Object -Property VMKernelName 
        foreach ($pciDevice in $pciDevices) {
            $device = $vmhost | Get-VMHostPciDevice | Where-Object { $pciDevice.Address -match $_.Id }
            #Write-Output -Message ((Get-Date -Format G) + "`tGet driver version for: " + $pciDevice.ModuleName)
            $driverVersion = $esxcli2.system.module.get.Invoke(@{module = $pciDevice.ModuleName}) | Select-Object -ExpandProperty Version -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue

[LucD]

Did you try with ModuleName?

$esxcli2 = Get-EsxCli -VMHost $vmhost -V2

$esxcli2.hardware.pci.list.Invoke()

$pciDevices = $esxcli2.hardware.pci.list.Invoke() |
  Where-Object { $_.ModuleName -like "vmhba*" -or
               $_.ModuleName -like "vmnic*" -or
               $_.ModuleName -like "vmgfx*" } |
  Sort-Object -Property ModuleName
foreach ($pciDevice in $pciDevices) {
  $device = $vmhost | Get-VMHostPciDevice | 
    Where-Object { $pciDevice.Address -match $_.Id }
  $driverVersion = $esxcli2.system.module.get.Invoke(@{module = $pciDevice.ModuleName }) | 
  Select-Object -ExpandProperty Version -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
}

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[Avesh Sampara]

Hi LucD,

Yes tried it and still it show the empty entries as the modules names are populating as lpfc or with the network module names as mentioned below. 

ModuleName            : i40en or ModuleName            : lpfc.

We are unable to filter with below command. 

$esxcli2 = Get-EsxCli -VMHost $vmhost -V2

$pciDevices = $esxcli2.hardware.pci.list.Invoke() |
  Where-Object { $_.ModuleName -like "vmhba*" -or
               $_.ModuleName -like "vmnic*" -or
               $_.ModuleName -like "vmgfx*" } |
  Sort-Object -Property ModuleName
foreach ($pciDevice in $pciDevices) {
  $device = $vmhost | Get-VMHostPciDevice | 
    Where-Object { $pciDevice.Address -match $_.Id }
  $driverVersion = $esxcli2.system.module.get.Invoke(@{module = $pciDevice.ModuleName }) | 
  Select-Object -ExpandProperty Version -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
}

Can you confirm if the VMKernel Name is deprecated in vSphere version 8 ? 

[LucD]

Seems to work for me in vSphere 8.*

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[Avesh Sampara]

When I run the below command on the ESXi version VMware ESXi, 8.0.2, 23305546.
Address               : 0000:5b:00.3
Bus                   : 91
Chassis               : 0
ConfiguredOwner       : VMkernel
CurrentOwner          : VMkernel
DependentDevice       : PCI 0:91:0:3
DeviceClass           : 512
DeviceClassName       : Ethernet controller
DeviceID              : 5631
DeviceLayerBusAddress : s00000005.03
DeviceName            : Ethernet Controller X710 for 10GBASE-T
FPTSharable           : true
Flags                 : 12289
Function              : 3
HardwareLabel         : 
IRQ                   : 255
InterruptLine         : 255
InterruptVector       : 0
ModuleID              : 63
ModuleName            : i40en
NUMANode              : 1
PCIPin                : 0
ParentDevice          : PCI 0:90:0:0
PassthruCapable       : true
PhysicalSlot          : 5
ProgrammingInterface  : 0
ResetMethod           : Function reset
RevisionID            : 2
Segment               : 0
Slot                  : 0
SlotDescription       : PCIe Slot 5
SpawnedBus            : 0
SubDeviceID           : 0
SubVendorID           : 32902
VMkernelName          : 
VendorID              : 32902
VendorName            : Intel(R)
VirtualFunction       : 

Not sure if it is a problem with this specific version of ESXi 8.0.2c 

[LucD]

I suggest opening an SR

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[JDMils_Interact]

LucD has helped me heaps in the past however there were things he tried to help me with which did not work for me, and the reason for this is that he is using vSphere 8 while I'm on vSphere 7.

To get the VMkernels from vCenter 7, I normally run this command:

Get-VMHostNetworkAdapter -VMKernel -VMHost MyHostName| Sort-Object DeviceName | format-list

PS: The code you're using is to extract the PCI details from the host- is this what you need? Are you trying to establish which VMkernel is attached to which PCI address (vmnic)?

[Ken Ramsthaler]

I opened an SR:

• Issue Clarification:
• VMkernelName showing blank results in PowerCLI on 8.x host
  
• Issue Verification:
•  When the Customer runs the following command on an 8.x host, VMkernelName returns blank results. 
  $esxcli = Get-EsxCLI -VMHost $ESXHost -V2
  $pci = $esxcli.hardware.pci.list.Invoke()
• Cause Identification:
•  "VMkernel Name" field has been deprecated.
• Cause Justification:
•  The engineering team confirmed that It is empty in 8.0 and now it is not even shown in the 9.0 release.

Engineering blessed my workaround:

Match "Address" in hardware.pci.list to "PCIDevice" in network.nic.list and you'll retrieve the vmnic# etc.