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Chris1962
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Wrong volume name when listing VMs in vshpere cli?

When using the "vmware-cmd.pl <options> -l" to list the datastores in an ESXi (v5.1.x) host, I get a path name that looks like this, for example:

/vmfs/volumes/volumes/myVM_dir/my_VM_dir.vmx

instead of the expected

/vmfs/volumes/myVolume/myVM_dir/my_VM_dir.vmx

where "myVolume" is the volume I created. Is this a bug? If so is there a fix?

If not, how can I get the correct volume name via CLI?

Thanks,

Chris

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gajuambi
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never heard of this issue so far. It seems like a new one. plz post the esxi build (is it a vmware image or a custom image like the HP custom esxi )

---------------------- Gajendra D Ambi [pardon my chat lingo]
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Chris1962
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Before I give more information, let me add that we have a NetApp SAN where I created the volumes that we subsequently use for our datastores, but to me that shouldn't make a difference correct? I still should see the correct volume information.

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gajuambi
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it doesnt matter what vendor or what kind of storage it is. what do you see under the summary tab>datastore section of the vsphere client for the host? does it show proper names there? when you go to configuration>storage, does it show proper names there?

when you go to datastore view, does it show proper names there?

---------------------- Gajendra D Ambi [pardon my chat lingo]
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Chris1962
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The proper name is shown In ALL the cases that you've mentioned.

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