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Nikhil_Patwa
Expert
Expert
‎07-13-2012 05:04 AM

Tool for gather ESXi hard disk information

Hi,

I need a tool or anyway to gather physical hard disk information of ESXi host such as disk size, RPM, model (SAS, SATA).

The ESXi hardware status tab under storage only provides information on how many hard disks are there and what RAID configuration is setup.

I can get the information by physically going to the server room but would like a tool to gather such information. I use RVTools but it does not record physical hard disk information.

Looking forward to some responses.

Nikhil

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Nikhil_Patwa
Expert
Expert
‎07-26-2012 03:04 AM

Any responses from the community...am sure there must be a way to find out hard disk information...

Nikhil

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Sreejesh_D
Virtuoso
Virtuoso
‎07-26-2012 03:25 AM

Use esxcfg-scsidevs -l , it will give the physical hard drive details.

~ # esxcfg-scsidevs -l
mpx.vmhba32:C0:T0:L0
   Device Type: Direct-Access
   Size: 3824 MB
   Display Name: Local USB Direct-Access (mpx.vmhba32:C0:T0:L0)
   Multipath Plugin: NMP
   Console Device: /vmfs/devices/disks/mpx.vmhba32:C0:T0:L0
   Devfs Path: /vmfs/devices/disks/mpx.vmhba32:C0:T0:L0
   Vendor: Kingston  Model: DT 101 G2         Revis: PMAP
   SCSI Level: 2  Is Pseudo: false Status: on
   Is RDM Capable: false Is Removable: true
   Is Local: true  Is SSD: false
   Other Names:
      vml.0000000000766d68626133323a303a30
   VAAI Status: unsupported
t10.ATA_____VB0250EAVER_____________________________6VMVWZX0____________
   Device Type: Direct-Access
   Size: 238475 MB
   Display Name: Local ATA Disk (t10.ATA_____VB0250EAVER_____________________________6VMVWZX0____________)
   Multipath Plugin: NMP
   Console Device: /vmfs/devices/disks/t10.ATA_____VB0250EAVER_____________________________6VMVWZX0____________
   Devfs Path: /vmfs/devices/disks/t10.ATA_____VB0250EAVER_____________________________6VMVWZX0____________
   Vendor: ATA       Model: VB0250EAVER       Revis: HPG0
   SCSI Level: 5  Is Pseudo: false Status: on
   Is RDM Capable: false Is Removable: false
   Is Local: true  Is SSD: false
   Other Names:
      vml.010000000036564d56575a5830202020202020202020202020564230323530
   VAAI Status: unknown
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Sreejesh_D
Virtuoso
Virtuoso
‎07-26-2012 03:30 AM

You can run this command direct from the console of ESXi or from a SSH session.

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