How I can Know if ESXi 4 OS installed on local hard disk Or SAN?

[SCTeam]

Hi

As above, How I can know if ESXi 4 OS installed on local hard disk Or SAN? mean is ESXi boot from SAN of local hard disk?

Thanks

[a_p_]

Welcome to the Community,

if you don't know this, it might be time to start with documentation :smileylaugh:

You could check the partition layout of the local disk to see whether it contains the typical ESXi partitions.

André

[SCTeam]

where is the local hard disk from attach PIC?  so I can check the content

[a_p_]

What's the output of ls -lisa /dev/disks/ and fdisk -lu?

André

[SCTeam]

Hi ap

~ # ls -lisa /dev/disks/ and fdisk -lu
ls: and: No such file or directory
ls: fdisk: No such file or directory
/dev/disks/:
      4    0 drwxr-xr-x    1 root     root                512 Jul  8 11:16 .
      1    0 drwxr-xr-x    1 root     root                512 Jul  8 11:16 ..
    135 143338560 -rw-------    1 root     root       146778685440 Jul  8 11:16 mpx.vmhba0:C0:T0:L0
    119 917504 -rw-------    1 root     root          939524096 Jul  8 11:16 mpx.vmhba0:C0:T0:L0:1
    121 4193280 -rw-------    1 root     root         4293918720 Jul  8 11:16 mpx.vmhba0:C0:T0:L0:2
    123 138223680 -rw-------    1 root     root       141541048320 Jul  8 11:16 mpx.vmhba0:C0:T0:L0:3
    125 4080 -rw-------    1 root     root            4177920 Jul  8 11:16 mpx.vmhba0:C0:T0:L0:4
    127 255984 -rw-------    1 root     root          262127616 Jul  8 11:16 mpx.vmhba0:C0:T0:L0:5
    129 255984 -rw-------    1 root     root          262127616 Jul  8 11:16 mpx.vmhba0:C0:T0:L0:6
    131 112624 -rw-------    1 root     root          115326976 Jul  8 11:16 mpx.vmhba0:C0:T0:L0:7
    133 292848 -rw-------    1 root     root          299876352 Jul  8 11:16 mpx.vmhba0:C0:T0:L0:8
    144 73400320 -rw-------    1 root     root        75161927680 Jul  8 11:16 naa.6006016049ef27000d6c501f7ff2e011
    142 73392888 -rw-------    1 root     root        75154317824 Jul  8 11:16 naa.6006016049ef27000d6c501f7ff2e011:1
    162 2097152 -rw-------    1 root     root         2147483648 Jul  8 11:16 naa.6006016049ef270022ea9bedfcf3e011
    160 2096418 -rw-------    1 root     root         2146732544 Jul  8 11:16 naa.6006016049ef270022ea9bedfcf3e011:1
    167 52428800 -rw-------    1 root     root        53687091200 Jul  8 11:16 naa.6006016049ef270030336e5bfbfee011
    169 52428063 -rw-------    1 root     root        53686337024 Jul  8 11:16 naa.6006016049ef270030336e5bfbfee011:1
    140 314572800 -rw-------    1 root     root       322122547200 Jul  8 11:16 naa.6006016049ef270058667b3f7ff2e011
    157 314568701 -rw-------    1 root     root       322118349824 Jul  8 11:16 naa.6006016049ef270058667b3f7ff2e011:1
    175 314572800 -rw-------    1 root     root       322122547200 Jul  8 11:16 naa.6006016049ef27007ec737eff514e111
    182 314568701 -rw-------    1 root     root       322118349824 Jul  8 11:16 naa.6006016049ef27007ec737eff514e111:1
    165 262144000 -rw-------    1 root     root       268435456000 Jul  8 11:16 naa.6006016049ef27008210b670fbfee011
    172 262140573 -rw-------    1 root     root       268431947264 Jul  8 11:16 naa.6006016049ef27008210b670fbfee011:1
    177 52428800 -rw-------    1 root     root        53687091200 Jul  8 11:16 naa.6006016049ef2700d23047c3f514e111
    179 52428063 -rw-------    1 root     root        53686337024 Jul  8 11:16 naa.6006016049ef2700d23047c3f514e111:1
    136    0 lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root                 19 Jul  8 11:16 vml.0000000000766d686261303a303a30 -> mpx.vmhba0:C0:T0:L0
    120    0 lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root                 21 Jul  8 11:16 vml.0000000000766d686261303a303a30:1 -> mpx.vmhba0:C0:T0:L0:1
    122    0 lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root                 21 Jul  8 11:16 vml.0000000000766d686261303a303a30:2 -> mpx.vmhba0:C0:T0:L0:2
    124    0 lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root                 21 Jul  8 11:16 vml.0000000000766d686261303a303a30:3 -> mpx.vmhba0:C0:T0:L0:3
    126    0 lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root                 21 Jul  8 11:16 vml.0000000000766d686261303a303a30:4 -> mpx.vmhba0:C0:T0:L0:4
    128    0 lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root                 21 Jul  8 11:16 vml.0000000000766d686261303a303a30:5 -> mpx.vmhba0:C0:T0:L0:5
    130    0 lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root                 21 Jul  8 11:16 vml.0000000000766d686261303a303a30:6 -> mpx.vmhba0:C0:T0:L0:6
    132    0 lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root                 21 Jul  8 11:16 vml.0000000000766d686261303a303a30:7 -> mpx.vmhba0:C0:T0:L0:7
    134    0 lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root                 21 Jul  8 11:16 vml.0000000000766d686261303a303a30:8 -> mpx.vmhba0:C0:T0:L0:8
    145    0 lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root                 36 Jul  8 11:16 vml.02000000006006016049ef27000d6c501f7ff2e011524149442035 -> naa.6006016049ef27000d6c501f7ff2e011
    143    0 lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root                 38 Jul  8 11:16 vml.02000000006006016049ef27000d6c501f7ff2e011524149442035:1 -> naa.6006016049ef27000d6c501f7ff2e011:1
    141    0 lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root                 36 Jul  8 11:16 vml.02000100006006016049ef270058667b3f7ff2e011524149442035 -> naa.6006016049ef270058667b3f7ff2e011
    158    0 lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root                 38 Jul  8 11:16 vml.02000100006006016049ef270058667b3f7ff2e011524149442035:1 -> naa.6006016049ef270058667b3f7ff2e011:1
    163    0 lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root                 36 Jul  8 11:16 vml.02000200006006016049ef270022ea9bedfcf3e011524149442035 -> naa.6006016049ef270022ea9bedfcf3e011
    161    0 lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root                 38 Jul  8 11:16 vml.02000200006006016049ef270022ea9bedfcf3e011524149442035:1 -> naa.6006016049ef270022ea9bedfcf3e011:1
    168    0 lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root                 36 Jul  8 11:16 vml.02000300006006016049ef270030336e5bfbfee011524149442035 -> naa.6006016049ef270030336e5bfbfee011
    170    0 lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root                 38 Jul  8 11:16 vml.02000300006006016049ef270030336e5bfbfee011524149442035:1 -> naa.6006016049ef270030336e5bfbfee011:1
    166    0 lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root                 36 Jul  8 11:16 vml.02000400006006016049ef27008210b670fbfee011524149442035 -> naa.6006016049ef27008210b670fbfee011
    173    0 lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root                 38 Jul  8 11:16 vml.02000400006006016049ef27008210b670fbfee011524149442035:1 -> naa.6006016049ef27008210b670fbfee011:1
    178    0 lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root                 36 Jul  8 11:16 vml.02000500006006016049ef2700d23047c3f514e111524149442031 -> naa.6006016049ef2700d23047c3f514e111
    180    0 lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root                 38 Jul  8 11:16 vml.02000500006006016049ef2700d23047c3f514e111524149442031:1 -> naa.6006016049ef2700d23047c3f514e111:1
    176    0 lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root                 36 Jul  8 11:16 vml.02000600006006016049ef27007ec737eff514e111524149442031 -> naa.6006016049ef27007ec737eff514e111
    183    0 lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root                 38 Jul  8 11:16 vml.02000600006006016049ef27007ec737eff514e111524149442031:1 -> naa.6006016049ef27007ec737eff514e111:1
~ #

[SCTeam]

The ESXi 4.1 OS located in HP BL460c server but we don't know where the ESXi installed?

the server is connected with EMC SAN storage for VM server as first attach PIC

[a_p_ · Accepted solution]

From the output it looks like ESXi is installed on the local disk (vmhba0).

    1 root     root       146778685440 Jul  8 11:16 mpx.vmhba0:C0:T0:L0
    119 917504 -rw-------    1 root     root          939524096 Jul  8 11:16 mpx.vmhba0:C0:T0:L0:1
    121 4193280 -rw-------    1 root     root         4293918720 Jul  8 11:16 mpx.vmhba0:C0:T0:L0:2
    123 138223680 -rw-------    1 root     root       141541048320 Jul  8 11:16 mpx.vmhba0:C0:T0:L0:3
    125 4080 -rw-------    1 root     root            4177920 Jul  8 11:16 mpx.vmhba0:C0:T0:L0:4
    127 255984 -rw-------    1 root     root          262127616 Jul  8 11:16 mpx.vmhba0:C0:T0:L0:5
    129 255984 -rw-------    1 root     root          262127616 Jul  8 11:16 mpx.vmhba0:C0:T0:L0:6
    131 112624 -rw-------    1 root     root          115326976 Jul  8 11:16 mpx.vmhba0:C0:T0:L0:7
    133 292848 -rw-------    1 root     root          299876352 Jul  8 11:16 mpx.vmhba0:C0:T0:L0:8

From the sizes it looks like you are using 2x146GB HDDs as RAID1.

Btw. ls -lisa and fdisk -lu are two separate commands.

André

[SCTeam]

Thanks a lot ap I appreciate your help & support now my answer is completed

[SCTeam]

thanks to http://communities.vmware.com/people/a.p.

[GrahamLlewellyn]

I'm trying to determine whether or not my client has esxi 5.0 installed on an internal flash drive, or the local hard drive. I've read this post, but none of this makes sense to me. the output from the commands does not compute.

How can someone tell from the above output, what is a internal flash drive? and what is its contents?

[a_p_]

With ESXi 5.x you may need to use the partedUtil command instead of fdisk. Please post the output of this command for the boot device to see whether this helps determine what you are looking for.

André

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