locked files script help

[gbrown2]

Often enough I get locked files and I have 32 hosts in my cluster so to find the lock I typically

will run vmkfstools -D against the flat file to reveal the mac of the host locking it.

Lock [type 10c00001 offset 79308800 v 9545, hb offset 4063232

gen 383, mode 2, owner 00000000-00000000-0000-000000000000 mtime 26534301

num 3 gblnum 0 gblgen 0 gblbrk 0]

RO Owner[0] HB Offset 3469312 54d3ab21-8e99bc6c-6190-6cc2172a3340

RO Owner[1] HB Offset 3764224 54d3bee6-c3760cb4-f4a6-9cb65492e358

RO Owner[2] HB Offset 3567616 54da4e83-ce3f7196-3c91-984be1000bea

I then take the following script I stole from somebody off the net and plug in my mac in the desired format and this reveals my host name.

connect-viserver VC

#Enter which cluster the locked file is within

$cluster = Read-Host "Enter Cluster"

#Enter MAC Address of host (00:00:00:00:00:00 format)

$MAC = Read-Host "Enter Desired MAC (00:00:00:00:00:00 format)"

get-cluster $cluster | get-vmhost | Get-VMHostNetworkAdapter | where {$_.Mac -match "$MAC" } | select-object VMHost, Name, MAC, IP, BitRatePerSec | ft -autosize

disconnect-viserver VC -confirm:$false

The problem is I would like to just to copy/paste from Putty instead of having to add the : in the proper places (ease of use, lazy, etc..)

I found this script to do the conversion

$mac = "001122334455"

$mac = $mac.insert(3,":")

$mac = $mac.insert(6,":")

$mac = $mac.insert(9,":")

$mac = $mac.insert(12,":")

$mac = $mac.insert(15,":")

write-host "sh mac address-table address $mac"

but I have no ideal how to combine the two.

Can someone who actually knows how to script and not just steal of the net help me out?

Thank you,

-Glenn

[Prakas · Accepted solution]

Hi Glenn,

Here you go..

connect-viserver VC
#Enter which cluster the locked file is within
$cluster = Read-Host "Enter Cluster"
#Enter MAC Address of host 
$mac = Read-Host "Enter desired MAC (AABBCCXXYYZZ format)"
$mac = $mac.insert(2,":") 
$mac = $mac.insert(5,":") 
$mac = $mac.insert(8,":") 
$mac = $mac.insert(11,":") 
$mac = $mac.insert(14,":") 
get-cluster $cluster | get-vmhost | Get-VMHostNetworkAdapter | where {$_.Mac -match "$MAC" } | select-object VMHost, Name, MAC, IP, BitRatePerSec | ft -autosize
disconnect-viserver VC -confirm:$false

Note that I changed the numbers in insert function so that it places ':' in the right place. Give a try and post how it goes.

[gbrown2]

@Prakas,Thank you so much for taking the time to do this.  It worked correctly.  Thank you again.

-Glenn