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  • 1.  Esxi OS running on Local Sata HDD or SD card

    Posted Jun 14, 2016 06:14 AM

    i have most of esxi running on HP server with SD card.

    I have esxi servers at mnay locations

    as i have not installed these or the person who installed did not do a handover, i have no idea where the OS runs.

    Is it possible to do a find the Esxi OS disk info from powercli

    vsish or esxcfg-info can have this info somewhere for sure.

    thanks



  • 2.  RE: Esxi OS running on Local Sata HDD or SD card
    Best Answer

    Posted Jun 14, 2016 11:15 AM

    Would this help (I'm guessing that the SD card installations will show up as "embedded")

    foreach($esx in Get-VMHost){

        $esxcli = Get-EsxCli -VMHost $esx

        $bootDev = $esxcli.system.boot.device.get()

        if($bootDev.BootFilesystemUUID){

            if($bootDev.BootFilesystemUUID[6] -eq 'e'){

                Write-Host "$($esx.Name.Split('.')[0]) Embedded"

            }

            else{

                $mountPoint = $esxcli.storage.filesystem.list() | where{$_.UUID -eq $bootDEV.BootFilesystemUUID} |

                    select -ExpandProperty MountPoint

                Write-Host "$($esx.Name.Split('.')[0]) Boot from device $($mountPoint)"

            }

        }

        else{

            if($bootDev.StatelessBootNIC){

       

                Write-Host "$($esx.Name.Split('.')[0]) Stateless, PXE boot from $(bootDev.StatelessBootNIC)"

            }

            else{

                Write-Host "$($esx.Name.Split('.')[0]) PXE Boot from $($bootDev.BootNIC)"

            }

        }

    }



  • 3.  RE: Esxi OS running on Local Sata HDD or SD card

    Posted Jun 14, 2016 05:34 PM

    Thanks i will test it out

    BTW yes ur correct LucD‌

    # esxcfg-info -e

    You see an output similar to:

    boot type: visor-thin

    You can determine the ESXi type based on the output of this command.

    For example:

        visor-thin indicates an installable deployment

        visor-usb indicates an embedded deployment

        visor-pxe indicates a PXE deployment

    ==

        Both ESXi embedded and installable are installed with the same installation media/CD and processes

        If you install ESXi on a USB key drive or SD card then you will always end up with ESXi embedded.

        If you install ESXi on a hard disk (or iSCSI/SAN/FCoE partition) that has a size of at least 5 GB then you will end up with ESXi installable.

        If the installation target media (no matter what type) is smaller than 5 GB then you will end up with ESXi embedded.

       

        https://www.reddit.com/r/vmware/comments/2kp3ps/how_to_tell_if_esxi_is_installed_to_sd_card_or/

        https://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=2014558

       

    ===



  • 4.  RE: Esxi OS running on Local Sata HDD or SD card

    Posted Mar 28, 2017 02:59 AM

    LucD ,

    Why is that the result of the script above is just the number 10 instead of the server name ?

    10 Boot from device /vmfs/volumes/ce033571-36447995-d515-a9d299b9e6e5
    10 Boot from device /vmfs/volumes/94037876-40dbed84-0407-c8f48b9ad389
    10 Boot from device /vmfs/volumes/83704376-c5ca3624-8e6d-51c7853425ff
    10 Boot from device /vmfs/volumes/58e79572-21e46328-699d-e2cb7498f187
    10 Boot from device /vmfs/volumes/e51a8871-c9948f56-583c-4e048b1b992c
    10 Boot from device /vmfs/volumes/ce7c7879-35306e2f-0b72-88341282e674
    10 Boot from device /vmfs/volumes/7d789177-0a1fc7be-2bfa-1dcae92bcd11
    10 Boot from device /vmfs/volumes/7e03407e-9a39256c-110f-827216b79bca
    10 Boot from device /vmfs/volumes/de1bfc73-40f4b846-de63-63b5ec66c049


  • 5.  RE: Esxi OS running on Local Sata HDD or SD card

    Posted Mar 28, 2017 05:29 AM

    That script derives the hostname as the first qualifier of the VMhost name string.

    I suspect your ESXi nodes have VMHost names as IP addresses, all strating with 10