mount/unmount datastore and attach/detachLUN with vCO

[ShubhadaS]

Hi,

    
We want to mount/unmount datastore and attach/detatchLUN in vCenter with help of vCO workflows.

For unmounting datastore and detatching LUNs I found a scripting methods unmountvmfsvolume(), detachScsiLun() respectively.

Are these correct methods?  If yes, these methods accept lunuuid and vmfsuuid as a parameter. From where I can get these parameters?

Regards,

Shubhada

[tschoergez]

Hi,

try to use ONYX (labs.vmware.com/flings/onyx) to figure out the proper API methods tasks you do manually via the vSphere Client.

For the ids: See this thread, and the linked discussions there, the storageSystem attribute of the host configuration should bring you to the needed information.

https://communities.vmware.com/thread/465430

Cheers,

Joerg

[King_Robert]

To detach a storage device using the vSphere client:

1. Select on the desired host.
2. Click the Configuration tab.
3. Click Storage Adapters.
4. Click on the applicable host bus adapter.
5. Right-click on the applicable device.
6. Click Detach.
7. Repeat Steps 2-7 for each host that can access the storage device.