I am trying to document our VM ESX \ Celerra NS20 storage. I have several VMs that are using RDMs. By looking at my VM properties, is there a way tell which LUNS are being used for RDMs. I understand that when I look at the VM properties of the hard drives it will tell me which VM path it is using (vmhba1:0:14). The way I have been doing this is finding the path of the hard drive, vmhba1:0:14, going to the server configuration and finding that path and document the size, go into Navi and find a LUN that equals that size. Once I find it, I know which LUN is using RDM. Is there a better way? Is there a LUN ID number that is used by both ESX and Navi?
I have a Navi question regading LUN names. Can I change the names of the LUNs in Navi without issue? I tested with a test LUN and it seemed to work ok, but that LUN was not in use. Since the properties allows the name field to modified, I assume I can rename without issue.
I was able to find the lunUuid for my RDMs and match that number with the Navi Unique ID number. That script worked well. Now I have a similar question regarding LUNs for the VMDKs. I have a couple of VM that are running under a LUN that I can't obviously match up to the Navi LUNs. Again, is there a way to match the VMDK LUNs to Navi?
Aaron_Patten2
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Posted March 25th, 2009 06:00
http://www.yellow-bricks.com/2008/11/03/which-vm-is-connected-to-an-rdm/
Let us know if that is what you are looking for.
~Aaron