Add datastore by LUN ID - Windows PowerShell Snipplr Social Repository

Revision: 40276

at February 8, 2011 16:48 by benash

Updated Code

function New-DatastoreByLun {
  param($vmHost, [string]$hbaId, [int]$targetId, [int]$lunId, [string]$dataStoreName)
  
  $lun = $view.Config.StorageDevice.ScsiTopology | ForEach-Object { $_.Adapter } | Where-Object {$_.Key -match $hbaId} | 
         ForEach-Object {$_.Target} | Where-Object {$_.Target -eq $targetId} | ForEach-Object {$_.Lun} | Where-Object {$_.Lun -eq $lunId}

  $scsiLun = Get-VMHost $vmHost | Get-ScsiLun | Where-Object {$_.Key -eq $lun.ScsiLun}

  New-Datastore -Name $dataStoreName -Path $scsiLun.CanonicalName -Vmfs
}

Revision: 40275

at January 28, 2011 15:35 by benash

Initial Code

function New-iScsi {
  param($vmHost, [string]$hbaId, [int]$targetId, [int]$lunId, [string]$dataStoreName)
  
  $lun = $view.Config.StorageDevice.ScsiTopology | ForEach-Object { $_.Adapter } | Where-Object {$_.Key -match $hbaId} | 
         ForEach-Object {$_.Target} | Where-Object {$_.Target -eq $targetId} | ForEach-Object {$_.Lun} | Where-Object {$_.Lun -eq $lunId}

  $scsiLun = Get-VMHost $vmHost | Get-ScsiLun | Where-Object {$_.Key -eq $lun.ScsiLun}

  New-Datastore -Name $dataStoreName -Path $scsiLun.CanonicalName -Vmfs
}

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Assumes the targets are already visible in the storage adapter, and you just want to create the VMFS volume

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Add datastore by LUN ID

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