Hi,
When using the New-HardDisk cmdlet in an attempt to map an RDM disk to a VM, it fails with the below error:
- "Incompatible device backing specified for device '0'."
I have mapped a disk from an external IBM storage unit to he ESXI hosts. The disk shows on the ESXI hosts in the cluster.
Here is an example of my script:
[hashtable]$unassignedDisks = @{
1Disk = "naa.600507681081001BA8000000000006FC";
2Disk = "naa.600507681081001BA8000000000006F8";
3Disk = "naa.600507681081001BA8000000000006F9";
4Disk = "naa.600507681081001BA8000000000006FA";
5Disk = "naa.600507681081001BA8000000000006FB"
}
$vm = Get-VM "VM1"
$SCSIControllers = Get-ScsiController -VM $vm
$SCSIController1 = $SCSIControllers | Where-Object {$_.ExtensionData.BusNumber -eq 1}
$SCSIController2 = $SCSIControllers | Where-Object {$_.ExtensionData.BusNumber -eq 2}
$SCSIController3 = $SCSIControllers | Where-Object {$_.ExtensionData.BusNumber -eq 3}
Write-Host "Creating Disk and SCSI Controller 1"
New-HardDisk -VM $vm -DeviceName "/vmfs/devices/disks/$($UnassignedDisks.1disk)" -Datastore "MY_DATASTORE" -DiskType RawPhysical -Controller $SCSIController1
Not quite sure where I am going wrong here, all the parameters look to be correctly set, yet it always fails with the error listed above.
I have seen that this may be a bug with PowerCLI, is it still the case now?. Those posts were years old.
I also saw a reference to a lucd fix by using the add-hd function, but it still returns the same error regarding the incompatible device backing.
Here is my attempt to use add-hd
add-HD -VMName $vm -DSname "MY_DATASTORE" -Filename "/vmfs/devices/disks/$($UnassignedDisks.1disk)" -SCSIcntrl $SCSIController1
I would greatly appreciate some guidance here. Thanks!
