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Trying to understand this VSAN script and if I can run it

G0nz0UK — Fri, 30 Sep 2022 12:25:00 GMT

Hello,

I've been looking for a PS script to run to show our VSAN info and to my luck found this .

From what I can see it would be safe to run as it's just a get?

It's a shame there is now screenshot of how it might look before running.

Do you think it looks ok to run?

Thanks

Re: Trying to understand this VSAN script and if I can run it

LucD — Fri, 30 Sep 2022 12:27:44 GMT

There don't seem to be any New- or Set- cmdlets in there, only Get-
Shouldn't pose any threat

Re: Trying to understand this VSAN script and if I can run it

LucD — Fri, 30 Sep 2022 12:33:59 GMT

Btw, that script is part of the vDocumentation project, which is available as a module vDocumentation in the PS Gallery..

Re: Trying to understand this VSAN script and if I can run it

G0nz0UK — Tue, 04 Oct 2022 15:43:14 GMT

Ah ok thanks, does that mean I can run it differently?

Re: Trying to understand this VSAN script and if I can run it

LucD — Tue, 04 Oct 2022 15:52:27 GMT

The vDocumentation module brings 8 new cmdlets, each of which you can run independently.
The problem might be that the code hasn't been updated since a couple of years.

Re: Trying to understand this VSAN script and if I can run it

G0nz0UK — Thu, 06 Oct 2022 17:56:52 GMT

I don't suppose it runs for you if you have a moment to test?

I've installed the module and now 'Get-vSANInfo' runs and I get some nice info.

If I run the script it runs and instantly returns to the next line with no error or output.

Re: Trying to understand this VSAN script and if I can run it

LucD — Thu, 06 Oct 2022 21:22:23 GMT

The Get-vSANInfo.ps1 defines a function (Get-VSANInfo), dot-source that file and after that you can call that function.

. .\Get-vSANInfo.ps1 Get-VSANInfo

Re: Trying to understand this VSAN script and if I can run it

G0nz0UK — Fri, 07 Oct 2022 16:10:06 GMT

That runs and produces a nice summary:

vSAN Cluster Name : xxx Effective Hosts : 123 Oldest vSAN Version : 7.0.203 Oldest Disk Format : 15 Cluster Type : Hybrid Disk Claim Mode : Manual Deduplication & Compression Enabled : False Stretched Cluster Enabled : False Host Failures To Tolerate : vSAN Stripe Width : Total vSAN Claimed Disks : 114 Total Disk Groups : 16 Total Capacity (GB) : 43817.87 Provisioned Space (GB) : 30692.68 Free Space (GB) : 21371.22

Do you know if there is a more details script that shows all the disks like these from vcenter

Summary per host

More detail per host:

Re: Trying to understand this VSAN script and if I can run it

LucD — Fri, 07 Oct 2022 16:18:16 GMT

Have a look in Jase's PowerCLI Cookbook for VSAN.

Re: Trying to understand this VSAN script and if I can run it

G0nz0UK — Mon, 10 Oct 2022 10:44:17 GMT

Thanks, I will do, lots of info.

I'm just exploring a way to have a detailed output of our VSAN clusters to CSV.

Re: Trying to understand this VSAN script and if I can run it

G0nz0UK — Fri, 21 Oct 2022 06:48:47 GMT

Hello, how would I send this to CSV?

Connect-VIServer -Server vvsupport1.thisisglobal.com -Credential $credentials . .\Get-vSANInfo.ps1 Get-VSANInfo Export-Csv C:\vmware\powercli\reports\vSAN.csv -NoTypeInformation -UseCulture

I get:

cmdlet Export-Csv at command pipeline position 1

Supply values for the following parameters:

InputObject:

Re: Trying to understand this VSAN script and if I can run it

LucD — Fri, 21 Oct 2022 09:17:14 GMT

You have to use the pipeline symbol

Get-VSANInfo | Export-Csv C:\vmware\powercli\reports\vSAN.csv -NoTypeInformation -UseCulture

Re: Trying to understand this VSAN script and if I can run it

JOJO2009 — Tue, 01 Nov 2022 07:53:40 GMT

Line 222

$magneticDiskCounter = ($vSanDisks | Where-Object {$_.IsSsd -eq $false}).Count

Re: Trying to understand this VSAN script and if I can run it

LucD — Tue, 01 Nov 2022 07:57:08 GMT

Is there a question in there?