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--- program_lang:powershell_powercli_misc [2022/01/07 18:33]
manu created
+++ program_lang:powershell_powercli_misc [2025/10/13 22:55] (current)
manu [List VMFS]
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 ====== Powercli misc commands ======
+Converted to PowerCLI that looks like:
+Get-VMHost | Set-VMHostAdvancedConfiguration -Name LVM.EnableResignature -Value 1
+Get-VMHost | Get-VMHostStorage -RescanAllHBA -RescanAllVMFS
+Get-VMHost | Set-VMHostAdvancedConfiguration -Name LVM.EnableResignature -Value 0
+https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-PowerCLI-Discussions/Assign-a-new-signature-via-Powercli/td-p/1852376
+https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-PowerCLI-Discussions/Resignature-a-VMFS-Datastore-Copy/m-p/462238
+https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-PowerCLI-Discussions/Creating-datastore-from-mounted-VMFS-Disk-LUN-producing/td-p/1263946
+https://github.com/voletri/PowerCLI-1/blob/master/Attach-SCSILun.ps1
+Get-VMhost | Select -first 1
+===== get_vm_list.ps1 =====
+<cli prompt='>'>
+PS /inventory/scripts> cat ./get_vm_list.ps1
+#!/usr/bin/pwsh
+$VMvCenterName = 'vcenterprod.test.lu'
+$VMvCenterUser = 'user_RO'
+$VMvCenterPass = 'ThisIsavceneter01'
+###
+###     Connect to vCenter
+###
+Set-PowerCLIConfiguration -InvalidCertificateAction Ignore -WarningAction SilentlyContinue -ParticipateInCeip $false -DisplayDeprecationWarnings $false -confirm:$false
+$VCSession = Connect-VIServer -Server $VMvCenterName -User $VMvCenterUser -Password $VMvCenterPass
+Get-VM | Select Name,PowerState,@{Name=’Cluster’;Expression={$_.VMHost.Parent}},NumCpu,MemoryGB,CreateDate,@{N="Configured_OS";E={$_.ExtensionData.Config.GuestFullname}},@{N="Running_OS";E={$_.Guest.OsFullName}},@{N = "IPAdress"; E = {$_.Guest.IpAddress}} | export-csv /inventory/list_vm.csv
+Write-Host "##### Collect Vcenter Finished"
+###
+###     Disconnect from vCenter
+###
+Disconnect-VIServer -Server $VMvCenterName -Confirm:$false
+exit $RC
+</cli>
+<cli prompt='>'>
+PS /inventory/scripts> cat /inventory/list_vm.csv
+"Name","PowerState","Cluster","NumCpu","MemoryGB","CreateDate","Configured_OS","Running_OS","IPAdress"
+"Win1100","PoweredOn","WIN","4","16","10/10/2025 09:01:16","Microsoft Windows 11 (64-bit)",,""
+"deb001","PoweredOn","LNX","1","2","01/01/1970 00:00:00","Debian GNU/Linux 10 (64-bit)","Debian GNU/Linux 9 (64-bit)","10.10.10.10 fe80::223:56ff:fe9a:a535"
+</cli>
 ===== get ALL VM snapshots =====
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 ...
 </cli>
+===== List VMFS =====
+<cli prompt='>'>
+PS /usr/cmd/fcm/old> $esxcli = Get-EsxCli -VMhost $myhost  -V2
+PS /usr/cmd/fcm/old> $esxcli.storage.filesystem.list.Invoke()
+Free       : 46794088448
+MountPoint : /vmfs/volumes/xxxxxxx-8bcefe5c
+Mounted    : true
+Size       : 356072996864
+Type       : NFS
+UUID       : xxxxxxx-8bcefe5c
+VolumeName : DataStore1
+Free       : 9521070080
+MountPoint : /vmfs/volumes/5e15fd7b-xxxxxxx-03d5-3863bb3ec358
+Mounted    : true
+Size       : 15837691904
+Type       : VMFS-5
+UUID       : 5e15fd7b-xxxxxxx-03d5-3863bb3ec358
+VolumeName : DataStore2
+...
+</cli>
+===== Misc commands =====
+get-vm | Select Name, UsedSpaceGB, ProvisionedSpaceGB

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