Hardware UUID in vmware 6.0?

[programmer437]

VMware KB: ESX host's UUID is not unique

One of my clients is encountering the above issues on several of his hosts when trying to add them to a backup appliance which does not support duplicate hardware UUIDs.
Unfortunately, the method used to determine hardware UUID in the KB does not work with ESX 6, (gives a 503 error) and this does not appear to be the same UUID retrieved with esxicli system UUID get. Is there another way to get the hardware/host UUID (apparently NOT the system UUID)?

[vHaridas · Accepted solution]

Hi,

you need to enable managed object browser in ESXi 6 Host.

VMware KB - https://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=21084...

To enable or disable the Managed Object Browser by using the vSphere Client connected directly to the ESXi host, complete the following steps:

1. In the vSphere Client, select the host in the inventory.

2. In the right pane, click the Configuration tab.

3. Under Software, select Advanced Settings.

4. From the left pane of the Advanced Settings dialog box, select Config > HostAgent > plugins > solo.

5. Select or deselect Config.HostAgent.plugins.solo.enableMob to enable or disable the Managed Object Browser.

Also you can pull the UUID using Powercli Script, see this post - http://thephuck.com/scripts/script-to-pull-host-uuid-for-vmware-powercli/