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I am so sorry, mixed up both names, I indented to Say "Datastore Name" and "Canonical Name,"   Name                                  CanonicalName ----                                         ----... See more...
I am so sorry, mixed up both names, I indented to Say "Datastore Name" and "Canonical Name,"   Name                                  CanonicalName ----                                         ------------- Datastore_x2_18         naa.514f0c5732e0001a Datastore_x2_19         naa.514f0c5732e0001b Datastore_x2_2            naa.514f0c5732e0001c Datastore_x2_20         naa.514f0c5732e0001d Datastore_x2_3            naa.514f0c5732e0001e Datastore_x2_4             naa.514f0c5732e0001f
Canonical Name, looking for both LUN Naa ID and Canonical Names so it's easier to look for it in the vCenter.  
here is what I am using $outputFile = "esx-lun-path-" + $((Get-Date).ToString("yyyy_MM_dd_HH_mm_ss")) + ".csv" $filelist=Read-Host "Please Enter Text file with ESXi hosts Names" $esxName=gc $filel... See more...
here is what I am using $outputFile = "esx-lun-path-" + $((Get-Date).ToString("yyyy_MM_dd_HH_mm_ss")) + ".csv" $filelist=Read-Host "Please Enter Text file with ESXi hosts Names" $esxName=gc $filelist | %{get-vmhost $_*} # $esxName = get-vmhost $report = @() foreach ($esx in Get-VMHost -Name $esxName) { $esxcli = Get-EsxCli -VMHost $esx $hba = Get-VMHostHba -VMHost $esx -Type FibreChannel | Select -ExpandProperty Name $esxcli.storage.core.path.list() | Where {$hba -contains $_.Adapter} | Group-Object -Property Device | % { $row = "" | Select ESXihost, Lun, NrPaths, NrVM $row.ESXihost = $esx.name $row.Lun = $_.Name $row.NrPaths = $_.Group.Count $row.NrVM = (Get-View -Id $esx.ExtensionData.Vm -Property Name, Config.Template | where {-not $_.ExtensionData.Config.Template}).Count $report += $row } } $report | Export-Csv -Path $outputFile -NoTypeInformation -UseCulture  
Hi LucD, Nah the CSV file doesn't have the LUN Name, see attached Sorry for the Late Response. 
Hi LucD, Thanks for the script, wondering if you could add the LUN name as well to the output. Dipak  
This is what i got from VMware support an hour ago. This is the answer from the escalation --- Summary There is currently a known issue in HMS (VR) whereby the HMS component on ESXi is ... See more...
This is what i got from VMware support an hour ago. This is the answer from the escalation --- Summary There is currently a known issue in HMS (VR) whereby the HMS component on ESXi is triggering ESXUPDATE to attempt to download the package "vr2c-firewall.vib" from the VR appliance (i.e VRM/HMS server) even though that package may already be installed. This download attempt is retried each time ESXi connects with VC. The ESXUPDATE logs show the download activity but also show that the installation of this package will be skipped since it is already installed. --- 2015-01-12T07:21:51Z esxupdate: downloader: DEBUG: Downloading from https://10.x.x.x:8043/vib/vr2c-firewall.vib... 2015-01-12T07:21:51Z esxupdate: Transaction: INFO: Skipping installed VIBs VMware_bootbank_vr2c-firewall_5.8.0.1-2170514 --- So to stop this behavior, the HMS (VR) agent on ESXi needs to check if the package "vr2c-firewall.vib" is already installed before attempting to download it. If it is installed, there won't be a need to download it. This is exactly the fix that engineering is working on Workaround: -----------   For the HMS continuous download of the 'vr2c-firewall.vib' package, there is no practical workaround. Shutting down the VR appliance is the only one we know of as the customer has already verified. Thanks again for all your patience
I have the SR with VMware support for more than a month now, yet to get anything concrete. In my case we get the VIB install messages and immediately the hosts will get disconnected and reconnect... See more...
I have the SR with VMware support for more than a month now, yet to get anything concrete. In my case we get the VIB install messages and immediately the hosts will get disconnected and reconnected automatically. I have around 150+ hosts including remote site hosts. All remote site hosts are ESXi 5.0 hosts and local site hosts (around 50+) are ESXi 5.5 Build 2302651. It happens only between 1:00 am and 2:00 am) every night. This vCenter is part of a SRM site and the VIB install is initiated by VRMS server. Last week I shut down the VRMS form 12:30 am to 2:30 and didn't have any host disconnects at all. I passed the info to VMware support waiting on their feedback. Shall post once i hear anything from them. I have 3 other vCenters with SRM but not seeing this behavior on them.
Sanjeeb is right, you need to add the AD domain name under "SSO-->Configuration-->identity sources" after logging on to the Web-Client as administrator@vsphere.lcoal user.
I installed this both in LAB and Production environment. In production i have just installed the Master SSO VM and another VC (VC3) so i wanted a 2nd view before proceeding further in production... See more...
I installed this both in LAB and Production environment. In production i have just installed the Master SSO VM and another VC (VC3) so i wanted a 2nd view before proceeding further in production. Also both in LAB and Production whenever i installed the SSO, Integration Service, WebClient on the first VC (SSO pointing to the master SSO VM) the vCenter service won't start and i had to modify the vpxd.cfg to point to the local SSO fqdn/ip, then the issue got resolved, i had no clue why that happened. 
Apologize for a lengthy explanation of the environment I am working on. Please go thru it fully for a complete understanding. Okay, lets get directly on to the topic We have 3 Physica... See more...
Apologize for a lengthy explanation of the environment I am working on. Please go thru it fully for a complete understanding. Okay, lets get directly on to the topic We have 3 Physical Sites Site-A Site-B Site-C SSO Info A separate VM called Master-SSO-VM vCenter info (Please don;t ask why we have so many VCs in the environment ) Site-A VC1 (SSO installed with “vCenter SSO for an additional vCenter in an existing site”) VC2 (SSO installed with “vCenter SSO for an additional vCenter in an existing site”) VC3 (VDI) ((SSO installed with “vCenter SSO for an additional vCenter in an existing site”) Site-B VC4 (SSO installed with “vCenter SSO for an additional vCenter with a new site”) VC5 (SSO installed with “vCenter SSO for an additional vCenter in an existing site”) Site-C VC6 (SSO installed with “vCenter SSO for an additional vCenter with a new site”) Here is our SSO design, I have a separate VM designated for Master SSO VM in Site-A. All my VC will have SSO, Inventory, Web Client Installed on them. The SSO on each VC will point to master SSO in Site-A. Why I decided to have a separate VM for Master SSO? There is no big reason for that, I just wanted to have a separate SSO VM where all other VC’s SSO can point to instead of pointing to a SSO installed on a specific VC. Here is the attached diagram explaining SSO-Design.PNG So my question is 1.  Is this the appropriate design for my environment considering we want to have linked vCenters for all of them in the entire environment? 2.  The other issue I encountered is, when I installed my first vCenter server VC3, the vCenter service won’t start and the vpxd.log would throw SSO errors. I fixed it after changing the SSO to the local vCenter address in vpxd.cfg file. It was pointing to the Master-SSO-VM address. Here is the Vmware KB article on the error http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=2058080 Note: We will be Installing vSphere 5.5 and it’s components from scratch Right now we have only Master-SSO-VM and VC3 stood up, we will be slowly adding other VCs into this design if this design make sense.
it happned on esxi 5.0 U1 this morning, i am not sure about IP conflict or not, but both source and Destination host's vmotion/mgmt IPs were pingable. I was not able to vmotion any live vms, howe... See more...
it happned on esxi 5.0 U1 this morning, i am not sure about IP conflict or not, but both source and Destination host's vmotion/mgmt IPs were pingable. I was not able to vmotion any live vms, however powered off VMs worked fine. I just had to restart the mgmt network, the issue appears to be gone.
I tried the same before posting it here however didn't find any results not sure if i am doing a wrong search. I tried searching as "LGA2011" and "i7-3930K"
I am planning to build a desktop with LGA2011 Mother Board with Intel Core i7-3930K Sandy Bridge-E and planning to install ESXi 5 on it for learning, wondering if anyone knows if this is supporte... See more...
I am planning to build a desktop with LGA2011 Mother Board with Intel Core i7-3930K Sandy Bridge-E and planning to install ESXi 5 on it for learning, wondering if anyone knows if this is supported.
Here is what i have... Laptop OS : Windows 7 x64 Laptop CPU : Intel i7 Q720, BIOS enabled for Intel-VT VM Workstation Version 7 I successfully installed ESX 4.1 and ESXi 4.1 as guest... See more...
Here is what i have... Laptop OS : Windows 7 x64 Laptop CPU : Intel i7 Q720, BIOS enabled for Intel-VT VM Workstation Version 7 I successfully installed ESX 4.1 and ESXi 4.1 as guest OS in VMware Workstation 7 and they are running perfectly fine. Note: I installed the ESX server after adding this monitor_control.restrict_backdoor = "TRUE" in the VMX file and changing the virtualization engine to Intel VT-x in vmworkstation setting for the guest. However after installing the ESX or ESXi when i am checking the CPU, it tells me that it does NOT supports Virtualization. I am running this command on the ESX hosts which returns the value as ZERO, i guess for supported CPUs should return value 3, any help would be really appreciated. ~ # esxcfg-info |grep "HV Support"          |----HV Support............................................0 The output of the HV Support command indicates the type of Hyper-visor support available. These are the descriptions for the possible values: 0 - VT/AMD-V indicates that support is not available for this hardware. 1 - VT/AMD-V indicates that VT or AMD-V might be available but it is not supported for this hardware. 2 - VT/AMD-V indicates that VT or AMD-V is available but is currently not enabled in the BIOS. 3 - VT/AMD-V indicates that VT or AMD-V is enabled in the BIOS and can be used.
Hi, I really don't have any idea about this. I have just started learning ESX server very recently. the command i gave you is from sone of the documents that i have. regarding this port a... See more...
Hi, I really don't have any idea about this. I have just started learning ESX server very recently. the command i gave you is from sone of the documents that i have. regarding this port allow/deny thing, some ESX/LINUX gurus can answer, however if i come across anything i will post it here.
could you try giving this command and see what happens.. #esxcfg-firewall --allowIncoming –allowOutgoing
In my previous posted i had a problem with Guest VM not able detect the HDD, now it's floppy drive, I just installed XP sucessfully as a Guest VM, now when i try to access the Floppy drive it say... See more...
In my previous posted i had a problem with Guest VM not able detect the HDD, now it's floppy drive, I just installed XP sucessfully as a Guest VM, now when i try to access the Floppy drive it says " Insert a Floppy in the Floppy Drive" where as i already have a floopy inside the drive. I have setup the floppy drive as Host's /dev/fd0[/b]. I tried mounting directly from ESX console and it works, somehow not working from Guest VM.
Yes, i do. everything seems to be working fine. i have another Qs but shall post it as new topic on Floppy access. BTW thanks for the detail info.
thanks guys, it worked.. I downloaded a .flp image from some other posting and used that to supply the driver and it started working. But one thing i am still wondering is where it says that one ... See more...
thanks guys, it worked.. I downloaded a .flp image from some other posting and used that to supply the driver and it started working. But one thing i am still wondering is where it says that one need buslogic driver? The only thing i can see is the SCSI HDD has been assigned for the Guest VM, is it in VMX file ? I am a Windows guy so hardly know anything about linux. answer to my second qs, i changed the boot process inside the VM BIOS and now it's booting every time from the CD/ISO not just the first time. anyway, thanks for prompt replies and correct answers, i really appreciate