PowerCLI not catching the FIXED preferred path

[zenivox]

Hello I need to write a report that lists the LUNs preferred path but it seems that PowerCLI does not catch the parameter in question. In the web client H5 I can read them fine. vCenter server 6.5/6816762, ESXi hosts 6U3 6921384 (which include the fixed path bug fix), and Compellent Live Volumes LUNs. Here's the script, it runs fine but it lists zero LUNs. If I change the filter on the Preferred property to False I get all of them. Anybody experiencing this?

$prefpath = foreach($esx in (Get-Cluster myCluster | Get-VMHost)){
foreach($lun in (Get-ScsiLun -VMHost $esx | ?{$_.RuntimeName.Split(":")[3] -notmatch "L256|L257" -and $_.IsLocal -ne "True" -and $_.MultipathPolicy -eq "Fixed"})){
Get-ScsiLunPath -ScsiLun $lun | ?{$_.Preferred -match "True"} | Select @{N="Host";E={$esx.Name}},@{N="LUN";E={$lun.CanonicalName}},LunPath,Preferred
     }
} 
$prefpath

[RAJ_RAJ]

Can u just run only below command and check the output

Get-VMHost | Get-ScsiLun -LunType disk

[zenivox]

Thanks Raj, obviously command runs fine, what is it you need to check ?

[LucD · Accepted solution]

Can you try with a limited Where-clause?

Just keep the Fixed policy in there, like this

foreach($lun in (Get-ScsiLun -VMHost $esx | Where-Object{$_.MultipathPolicy -eq "Fixed"})){ 

Does that make any difference?

As an alternative can you check with

foreach($esx in (Get-Cluster -Name myCluster | Get-VMHost)){

    $esxcli = Get-EsxCli -VMHost $esx

    $esxcli.storage.nmp.device.list() | where{$_.PathSelectionPolicy -eq 'VMW_PSP_FIXED'} |

        Select @{N='VMHost';E={$esx.Name}},

            Device,

            @{N='PathSelectionPolicy';E={$_.PathSelectionPolicy}},

            @{N='PreferredPath';E={$_.PathSelectionPolicyDeviceConfig.TrimStart('{').Split(';')[0].Replace('preferred=','')}}

}

[zenivox]

Thanks Luc, the first does not work and the second suggestion works of course as it pulls info with esxcli. However it is confirmed then that Get-ScsiLunPath does not read the fixed preferred path property. Do you get that too? I don't know if you have any...

[LucD]

Confirmed, I get that too.
I think the PowerCLI Team is aware, but it won't hurt to open a SR on this.